Ve Casual Teacher

Description:

Our vision for Vocational Education is to be the best provider of vocational education in Australia, known for our industry and community connections, and excellence in student focused learning. To assist in achieving this vision, Swinburne’s Vocational Education team is now inviting applications of interest for VE casual teachers in Mental Health Peer Work.

Our VE teachers inspire, engage and educate our students for the 21st century, through implementing industry best practice and applying current learning technologies and contemporary learning pedagogies.

You will work collaboratively within a team of education professionals to plan deliver, assess, evaluate and ensure compliance of high-quality education and training programs. This role requires our teachers to be able to customise and adapt our programs to meet our learners and clients’ needs that vary from certificate level through to diploma and associate degree levels.

About you
To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities:

• Be an experienced peer worker with lived experience of mental illness as a consumer or carer.
• Experience in a Mental Health Peer Worker position for at least 1 year
• Awareness of the current Mental Health Peer Work industry developments
• Demonstrated ability to foster and promote an inclusive, customised and safe learning environment and provide support and advice to a diverse range of students and industry clients.
• Demonstrated ability to implement high quality innovative teaching and learning programs in a variety of learning modes which respond to a diverse range of student learning needs.
• Demonstrated awareness and understanding of Vocational Education and Training policies and frameworks.