Advanced Skills Teacher in Riverside

The Team North West Support School is supported by a dedicated and experienced multidisciplinary team that works collaboratively to meet the diverse needs of students with moderate to severe disabilities. The team includes teachers, teacher assistants, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, a social worker, a school psychologist, and a registered nurse. Together, they deliver individualised learning and support programs that promote student wellbeing, engagement, independence, and achievement. Staff are committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and nurturing environment where every student is valued, supported, and encouraged to reach their full potential. Through teamwork, shared responsibility, and strong partnerships with families and the broader community, the team strives to provide the highest quality educational experience for all students.

About the Role

The Advanced Skills Teacher (AST) provides exemplary teaching and educational leadership to support positive student learning outcomes and achievement. The role is responsible for assessing student needs, developing and delivering effective learning programs, monitoring student progress, and creating safe, inclusive, and engaging learning environments. Working closely with the Principal and school leadership team, the Advanced Skills Teacher (AST) contributes to curriculum development, staff mentoring, resource allocation, pastoral care, and school improvement initiatives. The position also provides leadership beyond the classroom through participation in committees, professional learning, extracurricular activities, and community engagement. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong teaching practice, leadership capability, collaboration skills, and a commitment to student wellbeing, professional growth, and continuous improvement. They will build positive relationships with students, families, colleagues, and the broader community while fostering a culture of inclusion, excellence, and lifelong learning.

We are offering

• Ongoing - ASAP start date
• Full-time
• 70 hours per fortnight
• We are a child-safe organisation

Benefits

• Fitness Passport provides DECYP employees with discounted access to 50+ facilities across the state, helping you and your family meet your fitness goals!
• Wellbeing Connect is DECYP’s pathway to free confidential counselling services. Wellbeing Connect isn’t just for when things get tough. It’s designed to support your wellbeing every day – helping you to stay on track, build healthy habits, and access expert advice across a range of areas important for your overall wellbeing.

Essential

• Current Tasmanian Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (RWVP) with a registration Status – Employment
• A registered teacher with full registration within the meaning of the Teachers Registration Act 2000.
• Qualifications as established by the Tasmanian Industrial Commission in the Teaching Service (Tasmanian Public Sector) Award, 2005.

Desirable

• Four years or more training as defined in the Teaching Service (Tasmanian Public Sector) Award 2005.

Applicants should be aware that for twelve (12) months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill any subsequent full-time or part-time vacancies in accordance with Employment Direction 1.

About DECYP

Our goal is to work together to ensure that every child and young person in Tasmania is known, safe, well and learning. The child is at the centre of everything we do and the way we do it. Our values of Connection, Courage, Growth, Respect, Responsibility represent the foundation of our department’s culture and guide us in all that we do to ensure bright lives positive futures for every child and young person in Tasmania. We bring our values to life through our everyday behaviours and actions. We want to attract, recruit and retain people who uphold these values and are committed to building a strong values based culture.