Deaf Education Officer

This is a permanent part-time (0.4FTE) position commencing Term 1, 2027

The School of Special Educational Needs: Sensory (SSEN:S) is seeking an energetic, motivated and aspirational Deaf Education Officer for a permanent, part-time (0.4FTE) appointment for commencement Term 1, 2027.

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SSEN: S provides educational support for children with a hearing loss and/or vision impairment from birth to completion of school. SSEN: S is based at the Statewide Services Centre in Padbury and supports children in both public and non-government schools throughout Western Australia.

SSEN: S operates the Deaf Education and Vision Education programs to support eligible children, their schools and families. SSEN: S employs teachers with specialist skills and other specialist staff such as educational audiologists, school psychologists, braille transcribers, captioner, Deaf education officers and educational interpreters.

Find out more about our school by visiting www.ssens.wa.edu.au or Schools Online

The Role

The Deaf Education Officer will ideally assist in the coordination and delivery of the support programs offered to Deaf/deaf or hard of hearing students and their families from Pre-Primary to Year 12. Additionally, they should be an Auslan language role model and mentor to assist with identity development and cultural awareness for students enrolled in Sensory Deaf Education and encourage the development of student resilience by displaying how to overcome everyday challenges of deafness.

The Deaf Education Officer would support Teachers of the Deaf and classroom teache…