Teacher Special Education/Personal Development, Health & Physical Education – Rivendell School

Teacher Special Education/Personal Development, Health & Physical Education – Rivendell School – 0000B4AT

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Location

Sydney Region

Advertisement Number A900150435

Number of Positions

1

Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at up to $156,253.00. Base salary ranges from $90,177.00 to $137,861.00, plus leave loading and employer’s contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.

School Name Rivendell School

Principal Network Strathfield

Staffing Area Granville

FTE 1.000

Contact Name Daniel Chambers

Contact Phone number 0451 093 635

Contact School Admin – 99999999

Closing Date

03-Dec-2025, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

Teachers

Organisation

Teaching Service

Position Information

Rivendell School is a joint NSW Ministry of Health and Department of Education (DoE) facility. It is located within the historical Thomas Walker Estate at Concord West and shares the site with the Rivendell Child, Adolescent Mental Health Service. Rivendell School provides the educational component for students admitted to the Yaralla and Lawson programs of the Rivendell Adolescent Mental Health Unit.

The school also has two DoE programs for students with an emotional disorder. The Paterson program caters for students in Stages 4 and 5. The Sulman program is a Stage 6 program.

There are two learning centres staffed by Rivendell School on off-site campuses. One is within the Walker Adolescent High Severity Psychiatric Unit in the Concord Centre for Mental Health. The other learning centre is at Gna Ka Lun Acute Adolescent Mental Health Unit attached to Campbelltown Hospital.

The school provides a broad academic curriculum, individualised education and wellbeing programs, targeted vocational programs, and the opportunity for students to participate in a range of extra curricula activities. Enrolment sits at 89 students.

The school has a committed staff with a strong ethos of communication and collaboration with the wider school community.

Specific Selection Criteria

1. Approval or willingness to teach special education and personal development, health & physical education and/or experience teaching students with emotion disturbance and/or autism.
2. Successful experience supporting academic improvement through differentiating learning for students with high and complex needs.
3. Using evidence-based practice to build and strengthen student voice and transition opportunities for students with high and complex needs.
4. Demonstrated impact engaging all stakeholders in delivering, implementing and evaluating personalised learning and support plans with high level communication and interpersonal skills.

Conditions

An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.

Special Notes

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team ([email protected]) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion

New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.

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