Job Description
OSHC Support Worker - Melton Specialist School
Casual
Part time
Melton Specialist School
Job ID: MSS1
We are currently recruiting for our Summer 2025 School Holiday Program! Operating Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm throughout January with plenty of fun activities, excursions, and incursions planned. Whether you’re looking for a job over the summer months, or seeking something ongoing, if our OSHC program interests you, we encourage you to apply!
Do you love what you do and want to make a difference?
We have an exciting opportunity for part-time and casual Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) Support Workers to join our innovative high-intensity OSHC program for children with disabilities attending Melton Specialist School.
Your role at a glance
Your role as an OSHC Support Worker is pivotal to the program’s success. You will assist to supervise, engage, and provide care for school-age children with disabilities, ensuring their safety and wellbeing. Supporting children in a variety of activities from reading and crafts, to sports and games, every day is different!
- After-school care (Monday-Friday): Directly supervising children from 3 pm to 6 pm in a range of fun activities.
- School Holiday Care (Monday-Friday): Directly supervising children during the holiday program from 9 am to 5 pm, engaging them in a variety of enjoyable activities, incursions, and excursions.
Find out more about what ‘A Day with Lifely’s OSHC Crew’ looks like in our Toolkit!
About Us
Lifely is a disability service provider with 40 years’ experience supporting people with a disability and their families. Check out our About Us page for more information.
We are proud to be part of a government-funded program providing free OSHC services to children and young people with disabilities attending specialist schools in Bendigo, Melton, and Sunbury.
Remuneration commencing at SCHADS Level 2 ($33.41 base rate) plus salary packaging is available for permanent part-time staff to reduce the tax you pay and increase your take-home pay (as per PBI status).
The ideal candidate must have:
- Passion for child development and education
- Experience, study or lived experience in child services, education, or disabilities is desirable
- Strong ethics, child safety awareness, and work health and safety knowledge
- Adaptability, flexibility, and resilience in the face of change
Perfect for workers, students and carers with skills in teaching, disability, community services, allied health and early childhood. Applicants with lived experience are also encouraged to apply.
You must be willing to provide the following prior to starting work:
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Working with Children Check
- First Aid and CPR Certificates
- NDIS Orientation Certificate
- Mandatory Reporting Certificate
- COVID vaccination (including first booster, 3 overall doses)
- Proof of Right to work in Australia
Position description
Download the OSHC Support Worker Position Description
How to Apply:
Please include:
- Job Ad Number: MSS1
- Application letter addressing the selection criteria listed in the position description.
- Resume
- Proof of Australian Citizenship or Work Visa (e.g., birth certificate, passport, visa, etc.)
For further information, please contact Lochlan Tobin (Human Resources Officer) on 1300 799 421 or email recruit@lifely.org.au
Lifely is an equal opportunity employer, a Child Safe organisation and upholds zero tolerance to abuse and neglect. We promote the safety and wellbeing of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.