Special education advisor

Permanent, full-time role based in Kerikeri, Te Tai Tokerau.

As a special education advisor, you will play a critical role in our region's learning support team by doing the following :

• Working collaboratively with a team around the child, including educators, parents, caregivers and whānau, to enhance understanding about the child and their behaviours
• Collaboratively develop, implement, and monitor an effective personalised learning plan
• Helping the adults around the child to make changes to the learning environment so that their behaviour can be more effectively managed, and the situation can be stabilised / made safer. This includes supporting the child to develop more pro-social ways of responding, and improve their participation, wellbeing and learning outcomes
• Facilitating access to wider services and support, in response to individual needs, for example speech and language therapy and local agencies
• Enhancing inclusive practices in schools and other educational settings.

To be successful in this role you will hold a Bachelor of Teaching or Postgraduate Diploma in Special Education / Educational Psychology.

You will also have :

Join the Ministry of Education and be motivated by colleagues who possess a wide range of experience and strengths, work collaboratively with educators, parents, caregivers and whānau, and work effectively as part of a transdisciplinary team.

How to apply

All applications must be submitted online via the Ministry careers portal (see vacancy link).

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