<p><strong>Inclusion Support Specialist</strong></p> <p><strong>Commencement:</strong> Immediate start&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Salary: A</strong>ttractive salary packaging benefits.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Context statement</strong></p> <p>Yipirinya School is an independent, Indigenous community school in Alice Springs controlled by an Indigenous School Council and catering for Indigenous students from the nearby community and outstations. The school has excellent, purpose-built classrooms, and support facilities for all teachers. All classroom teachers currently have the support of Indigenous assistant teachers. The school offers a two-way learning approach (bi-lingual &amp; bi-cultural) to education and language/culture teachers provide additional specialist support when children engage with language classes each day. Relationships-based learning, and school wide positive behaviour support are significant improvement priorities at the school.</p> <p><strong>Key duties and responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Promote a culture of inclusion and high expectations for the learning of all students.</li> <li>Provide case management services&nbsp;</li> <li>Design, deliver and evaluate tier 2 and 3 services and programs within the Happy Heart hub to support the safety, wellbeing and inclusion needs of children using data to inform planning, programming, and reporting&nbsp;</li> <li>Offer a sense of security, encouragement, care and belonging.</li> <li>Support and guide children's behavior in positive ways.</li> <li>Build and nurture positive relationships between students, staff, parents, carers and stakeholders and community</li> </ul> <p><strong>Selection criteria</strong></p> <p><strong>Essential</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in a relevant profession such as Social Work or</li> <li>A qualification in a relevant field such as youth work with 3+ years of relevant experience&nbsp;</li> <li>Current working with children check and police clearance or ability to obtain</li> <li>Experience in case management</li> <li>Experience designing, leading and implementing the delivery of programs&nbsp;</li> <li>High level collaboration skills and ability to foster relationships between teams towards common goals</li> <li>Demonstrated outstanding written and oral communication and interpersonal skills&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience developing relationships with children, families and wider communities</li> <li>Desire to learn about local culture and languages</li> </ul> <p><strong>Further information</strong></p> <p>AN APPLICATION AND CURRICULUM VITAE IS NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF 5 PAGES AND SHOULD ADDRESS THE SELECTION CRITERIA AND THE SCHOOL CONTEXT STATEMENT.</p> <p>Contact Gary Seaton Human Resources Manager, Yipirinya School phone 08 8952 5633.</p> <p>Email application to <a href="mailto:<a href='mailto:gary.seaton@yipirinya.nt.edu.au?subject=Inclusion%20Support%20Specialist%20-%20Case%20Manager%20position%20%28via%20Teachers%20On%20Net%29'>gary.seaton@yipirinya.nt.edu.au</a>?subject=Inclusion%20Support%20Specialist%20-%20Case%20Manager%20position%20%28via%20Teachers%20On%20Net%29" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="mailto:gary.seaton@yipirinya.nt.edu.au?subject=Inclusion%20Support%20Specialist%20-%20Case%20Manager%20position%20%28via%20Teachers%20On%20Net%29">gary.seaton@yipirinya.nt.edu.au</a> by COB on 27 February 2026.</p> <p><strong>From 13 November 2021 all NTPS employees subject to the Chief Health Officer Directions No.55 of 2021 are required to provide evidence of at least one dose of an approved COVID 19 vaccination and evidence of two doses completed by 24 December 2021 except in circumstances where there is a medical exemption.</strong></p>