Anyone An SLSO?

[BrightSparkles]

HOw do you get a job doing this? Just curious to know...

[Astrolady]

If it's the same as an SSO (school support officer), all I did was get the things that the department required, DECD police clearance, Mandatory reporting certificate, and I also did senior first aid as extra and then submitted an application on the DECD website under jobs. I listed on my application what schools I would be interested in and what skills I have.

When I first did my application I had no desire to work with children as I was in a bad place myself, but listed clerical/secretarial (I have a Cert II in Business Administration) and library skills. I have volunteered for a year at a local public school library 3 days a week, which is where i built up my library skills.

I currently don't have an SSO job, but I am registered. There is a chance I might get offered placement next year at the school I am volunteering at doing Admin work, but if it doesn't happen I will be sending my resume to other local schools and begin to look at working with the children.

[Trillian]

Are you wanting to be a teacher's aide? Ideally you would need to have done, or are willing to undertake a TAFE course for Education Support, so you know what you have to do and how best to work with the children you are placed with, But I know women who have gotten SLSO jobs without having done that course. THere is some information on the DEC site here http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/about-us/c...-support-roles It can be a tough job to get a hold of - schools only employ SLSO's if they have the children that qualify for aide hours and for some children, that may only be a few hours a week. If they don't have any children that need aide's then you don't get the work, but being in Sydney, that's probably not going to be hard as you have more schools to work with. You just need to start approaching schools and one of the best ways to do that is to volunteer within the school first - schools always need helpers for their literacy programs etc to listen to children read one on one. Once you actually have children at school it's so much easier because the school *knows* you.

[Mummy&Daddy2Be]

i'm an SSO. i volunteered for 1 year at my previous high school, and then i finally got employed with them (but only a 1 year contract) was a hard road to take, and my god it felt like forever!!!!

i will say though.. my whole life i imagined working for the government "so stable, dream job" jadada. well sadly it's not. some of us SSO's only get 10 week, by 10 week contracts.. some SSO's find out the day before term starts if they have a job or not, you don't get paid holidays (unless your IT like myself, and you have to work holidays, which kindof sucks because myself and DF maybe get 1 week holiday per year?)

you need mandatory reporting, police clearance, (i did senior first aid also). you apply online, i think there's about 20 pages you need to fill in, also need birth certificate. you pick the schools you'd be available for, and all the things you can do (eg: library assistant, literacy and numeracy help, IT support)

all the best

[BrightSparkles]

Are you wanting to be a teacher's aide? Ideally you would need to have done, or are willing to undertake a TAFE course for Education Support, so you know what you have to do and how best to work with the children you are placed with, But I know women who have gotten SLSO jobs without having done that course. THere is some information on the DEC site here http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/about-us/c...-support-roles It can be a tough job to get a hold of - schools only employ SLSO's if they have the children that qualify for aide hours and for some children, that may only be a few hours a week. If they don't have any children that need aide's then you don't get the work, but being in Sydney, that's probably not going to be hard as you have more schools to work with. You just need to start approaching schools and one of the best ways to do that is to volunteer within the school first - schools always need helpers for their literacy programs etc to listen to children read one on one. Once you actually have children at school it's so much easier because the school *knows* you.

i'm an SSO. i volunteered for 1 year at my previous high school, and then i finally got employed with them (but only a 1 year contract) was a hard road to take, and my god it felt like forever!!!!

i will say though.. my whole life i imagined working for the government "so stable, dream job" jadada. well sadly it's not. some of us SSO's only get 10 week, by 10 week contracts.. some SSO's find out the day before term starts if they have a job or not, you don't get paid holidays (unless your IT like myself, and you have to work holidays, which kindof sucks because myself and DF maybe get 1 week holiday per year?)

you need mandatory reporting, police clearance, (i did senior first aid also). you apply online, i think there's about 20 pages you need to fill in, also need birth certificate. you pick the schools you'd be available for, and all the things you can do (eg: library assistant, literacy and numeracy help, IT support)

all the best

I'm currently a youth worker and work in HEAPS of various schools and school settings and have great relationships with my schools.
I was just curious to know what other's experiences are with this, if you found it hard to get or not. I know they don't get paid much but really, it's mroe than youth workers get LOL

[Trillian]

THere are different pay scales depending on how much experience you have. Someone in their first year isn't going to get as much as a 4th year. I actually have a casual day coming up as an aide - the school just rang me out of the blue and asked me if I wanted to do it. But they know I'm a student teacher and it's my kid's school. So I guess I haven't found it hard at all, but then it's only a one off casual day to fill in for someone who will be away. I'd be surprised if it lead to more work. By the sounds of it though, if you wanted to cross over to being an aide instead of what you're doing now, you shouldn't find it too hard at all.