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a. The duties of Service Manager (Education Psycho-Social
Services) shall include:
• Developing, synergizing and managing services
attached to this department including School Psychological
Service, Guidance Services, Counselling Services,
Safe School Programme, School Social Work Service,
Education Medical Services, Specific Learning Difficulties
Unit;
• Ensuring the services are provided holistically
and adequately resourced, at national, College and
school level;
• Tracking and monitoring the uptake of education
psycho-social services and ensuring services are
adequate and relevant to students today;
• Developing policies and procedures and administering
education psycho-social student services to all Colleges
and schools;
• Ensuring staff are trained and receive professional
development and support;
• Liaising with Government Agencies and education
stakeholders regarding the efficient provision of
the services, and working collaboratively with other
Government Ministries and Departments such as Health,
Social Welfare and Juvenile Courts;
• Acting as a focal point for the said agencies,
ensuring coordination and harmonization of policies,
sharing of resources, facilities and services and
promoting collaborative programmes, projects and
activities;
• Mounting effective campaigns to promote
preventive education programmes;
• Supervising the services being provided;
• Regularly meeting with College Principals
and Heads of Units/Services to evaluate and develop
services;
b. The duties of Service Manager (Inclusive Education) shall include:
• Promoting an inclusion culture and environment
in Colleges and schools, and among teachers, students
and parents;
• Managing inclusive education programmes
and initiatives in Colleges and schools, including
the management of all staff providing such programmes
and initiatives;
• Co-managing the National Resource Centre
for Inclusive and Special Education together with
the Service Manager assigned to Special Education
and Resource Centres;
• Managing the statementing process of students
and periodic reviews of statemented students;
• Managing the delivery of peripatetic services
related to the inclusive education sectors;
• Ensuring the provision of appropriate resources
and facilities for students with individual educational
needs;
• Planning, coordinating, monitoring and facilitating
the training of personnel who educate students with
individual educational needs;
• Managing transition programmes at the different
levels for students with individual educational needs;
• Formulating and implementing policy recommendations
and directives in inclusive education;
c. The duties of Service Manager (Special Education
and Resource Centres) shall include:
• Managing, developing, planning and ensuring
the delivery of the special educational programmes
and services within and connected to special education
and to the Resource Centres (previously known as
Special Schools);
• Collaborating with the DQSE regarding curriculum
development and implementation and review of such
Resource Centres;
• Co-managing the National Resource Centre
for Inclusive and Special Education together with
the Service Manager assigned to Inclusive Education;
• Managing, co-ordinating and reviewing the
peripatetic service in Resource Centres;
• Providing special educational services to
Colleges, schools and students and advising school
administrators, teachers, students and parents on
the provision of special educational services and
facilities;
• Researching, planning, mapping and reviewing
the ongoing way forward for special education in
Malta and Gozo;
• Liaising with non-government organizations
and other stakeholders regarding services and programmes
for special needs students;
• Ensuring the maintenance of facilities and
equipment in Resource Centres.
d. The duties of Service Manager (Lifelong Learning)
shall include:
• Promoting and propagating a lifelong learning
culture among parents and the general public;
• Managing, coordinating and organising lifelong
learning services and initiatives in schools and
in the community;
• Planning, providing and coordinating adult
education services as a means of lifelong learning
through the development and coordination of policies,
programmes and courses through effective scheduling,
programming and promotion;
• Managing needs assessments to ascertain
course themes and subjects; type of programmes; locations;
teaching methods etc. of programmes to be delivered;
• Promoting the production of educational
and resource materials for lifelong learning programmes,
as well as ensuring the appropriate training of teachers
in the field of adult education;
• Managing and participating in matters related
to educational broadcasting;
• Managing and coordinating adult education
and lifelong learning centres and collaborating with
Local Councils, other educational institutions and
Non-Government Organisations in the dissemination
of lifelong learning;
• Coordinating the Creative Arts Network,
including the schools for the visual arts, music
and drama.
e. The duties of Service Manager (Projects and Initiatives)
shall include:
• Managing projects on a national level and
also internationally, such as youth programmes, cultural,
social and sport events, etc.;
• Managing and coordinating the School Library
Service and promoting a reading culture in the community;
• Collaborating with School Councils, Student
Councils and Local Councils in the promotion and
organisation of educational, cultural, and social
initiatives;
• Coordinating international projects and
programmes related to education, including projects
and programmes of the European Union, Council of
Europe, UNESCO, Commonwealth, etc.
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