QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Essential: Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Education or other relevant discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in the school sector is highly desirable for this role.
  The successful applicant will be required to provide a current Working with Children Check.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The LOOKOUT Learning Advisors are a critical role within the multi-disciplinary LOOKOUT teams. Key functions of the Learning Advisor role include:

• supporting Area teams in building the capabilities of schools (including Learning Mentors and Designated Teachers), across their areas and region, to tailor education supports to meet the educational needs of children and young people in contact with the youth justice system. Activities include delivering professional learning, running workshops, providing consultation, advocacy and advice. This will include building understanding of trauma and how this presents in the education and care/ classroom settings and the impacts on children and young people in OoHC
• collecting, effectively analysing and implementing findings from data to better direct efforts, and understand the impact of actions (e.g. prioritising support for schools and services with high numbers of children and young people and with complex needs)
• ensuring decisions are in the best interests of the child and young person’s learning and wellbeing outcomes
• referring complex cases for support and using this as an opportunity to build the capabilities of schools, Area Team members and other stakeholders to overcome complex barriers to engagement in education
• providing time limited advocacy, and advice (including to carers) in instances where without this intervention a child would not be connected to the support they need to engage in education.