This is a permanent part-time (0.6FTE) position commencing Term 3, 2025
This is a Ministerial Award position which attracts 11 weeks leave during school vacation periods.
The School of Special Educational Needs: Sensory (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, Deaf education officers, captioners and educational interpreters.
SSEN: S staff benefit from working in a cohesive and collaborative team environment, sharing common goals and resources in supporting students, schools and parents across a state-wide service. SSEN:S provides opportunities to work state-wide with the provision of current and regular professional learning events, an induction and mentoring program for new and returning staff, and the opportunity to work in an environment of best practice which encourages innovative input of ideas from staff.
Find out more about our school by visiting www.ssens.wa.edu.au or Schools Online
The Role
The Educational Audiologist works within an interdisciplinary team to ensure the educational impact of hearing loss is considered at an individualised level and in a holistic manner when determining eligibility for SSEN: S services. The Educational Audiologist provides specialist information, expert advice and professional learning to SSEN: S personnel. They work collaboratively with other health professionals, including paediatric and cochlear implant audiologists to identify accommodations to facilitate access to education for students with hearing loss, and to ensure delivery of appropriate services.
The successful applicant will ideally display the ability to perform comprehensive paediatric hearing assessments and evaluations and provide written or verbal interpretation of assessment results, functional implication and management recommendations. As our service encompasses children from birth to Year 13, we are seeking an Educational Audiologist with experience in working with young children and/or school age children and their families. To support students with hearing loss in an educational setting, a sound understanding of best classroom practices to cater for the needs of individual students with a hearing loss is highly desirable.
SSEN: S staff benefit from working in a cohesive and collaborative team environment, sharing common goals and resources in supporting students, schools and parents across a state-wide service. SSEN:S provides opportunities to work state-wide with the provision of current and regular professional learning events, an induction and mentoring program for new and returning staff, and the opportunity to work in an environment of best practice which encourages innovative input of ideas from staff.
Want to know more?
Full details of the role, selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Chelsea Robinson (08) 9402 6409 or chelsea.robinson@education.wa.edu.au
Equity and Diversity
We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Explore our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021-2025 for more details.
Eligibility
To work with us, you must:
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
- obtain a valid Working With Children Check before you start; and
- consent to a National Criminal History Check with the Department's Screening Unit.
Additional eligibility and training requirements are outlined in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
Application Instructions
Apply online in two easy steps:
Step 1: Select Apply for Job
Complete the online application form, including details of two (2) work related referees, preferably one (1) being your current line manager.
Step 2: Attach your documents
Your application should include:
- A CV of up to four (4) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
- A four (4) page statement addressing the following selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF
- Demonstrated extensive clinical experience and knowledge of assessment, diagnosis and management of paediatric audiology clients.
- Demonstrated highly developed written and oral communication skills, including effective facilitation skills and the ability to prepare professional tools.
- Demonstrate high level interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain high level collaborative working relationships in a team environment.
- Demonstrated well developed research, conceptual and analytical skills, including the ability to identify issues, devise plans and apply strategies to address them.
It is recommended you have your attachments ready before selecting Apply for Job.
Your application must be received before the closing date and time. Late applications will not be accepted.
For technical support submitting your application, you can call the Department of Education’s Recruitment team on (08) 9264 4127 for assistance.
Advertised Vacancy Number: SS/SS955271
Suitable applicants may be considered for similar vacancies arising within the next 12 months following this selection process. This may include circumstances where the successful applicant declines or vacates the position.
The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.
Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Monday, 26 May 2025
