Visiting Teacher - Pilbara

Connect, Learn and Thrive

Are you an excellent teacher who wants to make a positive difference?

This is a permanent part-time (0.6FTE) position commencing Term 1, 2027

The Role

The School of Special Educational Needs: Medical and Mental Health (SSEN: MMH) teacher role plays a vital part in strengthening partnerships between Health and Education by enhancing communication, coordination, and collaboration between the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and schools in regional areas. Suitable applicants will be based within a community health setting in Karratha, providing outreach and support to schools across the Pilbara.

As a SSEN: MMH teacher within CAMHS, you would use your comprehensive educational expertise to contribute to an interdisciplinary team supporting the educational, medical, and psychosocial needs of young people. You will ideally act as a crucial liaison between clinicians, schools, and regional staff, ensuring that students with mental health challenges are supported to engage in learning and reach their full potential.

Key Focus Areas of the role would be:

• Strengthen partnerships between CAMHS and regional schools to improve shared understanding and communication.
• Support schools in developing tailored strategies to enhance educational outcomes for students referred to CAMHS.
• Promote collaborative practice within the interdisciplinary health team, the Department and across agencies to address student need.

The successful applicant will ideally bring:

• Broad curriculum knowledge and a solid understanding of education systems, school processes and operations.
• Current experience across K–12 education, including familiarity with associated pedagogical approaches.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including tact, diplomacy, and effective negotiation.
• A collaborative mindset, openness to diverse perspectives and the ability to work constructively with a range of stakeholders.
• Professional sensitivity and respectful interactions when supporting vulnerable students and engaging with families, educators, and clinicians

The School of Special Educational Needs: Medical and Mental Health (SSEN: MMH)

SSEN: MMH is one of seven specialist schools within Statewide Services. SSEN: MMH provides educational support for students whose medical or mental health prevents them from successfully participating in their enrolled school programs. The SSEN: MMH administrative centre is based at Perth Children’s Hospital in Nedlands, with metropolitan programs in hospital and community health settings across sites in the north and south metropolitan educational regions and community health settings across regional educational regions in WA.

SSEN: MMH is a school that strives for excellence by building staff capacity within a supportive culture and creating a learning environment where students can connect, learn and thrive. Staff are empowered to share expertise, engage in reflective practice, and pursue continuous improvement through Professional Learning Communities, maintaining a strong focus on quality teaching and student success.

Staff at SSEN: MMH are responsive to diverse needs within a holistic framework of family, students' enrolled schools (both government and non-government), other Specialist Schools and Statewide Services teams, community support systems and the health community. Staff at SSEN: MMH are continuously establishing and maintaining the vital link between health service and schools that is necessary for a student’s total care. Our teachers work with interdisciplinary health teams, as well as collaboratively with other teachers and support staff. These teams assist us meet the educational, medical and psychosocial needs of students ensuring continuity of education.

For more information about the dynamic team at SSEN: MMH and the exciting employment opportunities we have to offer, please watch the video about SSEN: MMH below.

Find out more about our school by visiting ssenmmh.wa.edu.au or Schools Online