An exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking school and make a lasting impact on student success. Springwood State High School are seeking a Head of Special Education Services (HOSES) to join their school community for a temporary full-time position commencing 14 July 2025 to 19 September 2025. Within this role you will have the opportunity to: promote an inclusive culture and practices within the school community to ensure equity and excellence for students with disability. Develop and support a high quality of teaching and adjustments for students with disability in accordance to related legislation and policies.

Job details

This temporary vacancy is open to Expressions of Interest and any extensions to this appointment will not exceed 12 months. 

About Us:

Welcome to Springwood State High School. We take great pride in our school and the way in which we continuously work together to provide quality teaching and learning experiences for our students.

We welcome families from our local area and indeed across the world. We focus on four key areas of learning:

Aspirational Learning ensuring that all children set goals to reach their highest level of achievement;
Personalised learning that honours each student as an individual learner;
Connected Learning through immersion in digital technologies linking students with peers and teachers, experts and places within the classroom and beyond and
Precision Teaching and Learning through the uniquely accurate deep teacher knowledge of the subjects taught.

About the Role:

As Head of Special Education Services, you will lead and support the implementation of inclusive practices, ensuring all students have access to high-quality teaching and the adjustments they need to thrive. You will work collaboratively with staff, students, families and the community to enhance learning experiences and drive positive outcomes for all students.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to;

• Lead and manage the Special Education Program and/or Early Childhood Development Program to provide advice to classroom teachers for students with disability as needed.
• Provide high quality advice to the school leadership team, classroom teachers and other school staff to develop, plan and implement effective reasonable adjustments for students with disability.
• Coordinate and provide intensive targeted teaching for students requiring intervention.
• Provide, support and/or coordinate case management for students who require extensive or substantial adjustments.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position. 

How to Apply:

• Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
• A 2-pg response to the How you will be Assessed section of the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. 

Applicants need to be a current Queensland Government employee to be eligible to apply. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. 

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). 

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. 

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached role description and candidate information fact sheet and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• SER630743_25E - Role Description (PDF, 241KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants