Child Protection
2 months ago
**For Children. For You. For Always.**
Are you ready to make a difference that lasts a lifetime?
At C&K, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children’s lives. It’s what we’ve been doing for more than 115 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hard work and true compassion, we’ve built a trusted reputation as Queensland’s leading provider of early childhood education.
Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.
**Find your Better Way**
Every C&K career helps children belong and grow. We want the same for you and we invite you take on this critical leadership role dedicated to strengthening C&Ks child-safe culture, and driving the organisation's commitment to child safeguarding and child protection to ensure that our operations and activities protect children from harm, so every child can flourish.
We’ll set you up for success with a range of benefits, programs and opportunities to help you earn, be well and grow.
- Enjoy a better work-life balance with the option to work from home two days a week and flexible start and finish times.
- Live, work and be well with our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, plus health insurance discounts through Bupa.
- Prioritise what matters most with parental leave, return-to-work support, and family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres.
**Help shape the future of children in our care**
As a part of C&Ks Leadership Team, you will work with a multi-disciplinary team of leaders across operations, Wellbeing, Research and Compliance to create an environment where every child in our care can thrive in a safer environment.
This exciting new position, based out of our Kedron central office, will see you:
- Leading the development, implementation and review of C&K's safeguarding framework, systems and policies.
- Developing and implementing an organisational strategy for end-to-end safeguarding processes.
- Contributing to child safety and safeguarding reviews to inform C&K's protection policies, identify best practices, highlight gaps, and recommend mitigation strategies for future actions
- Conducting risk assessments to identify areas of potential vulnerability, developing strategies to mitigate risk and corrective actions and ensuring improvement activities are coordinated across the organisation.
- Providing advice and guidance to Senior leaders and Executive Management on safeguarding and child protection matters.
- Conducting root cause analysis of complex incidents and give remedial recommendations.
**Your Expertise**
You will bring extensive knowledge of Child Protection related legislation, regulations and best practice alongside a deep understanding of the Education and Care Services National Regulations and the National Quality Framework. Most importantly, you will bring proven experience putting that knowledge into practice within organisations on-the-ground, ideally at scale.
To thrive and succeed in this role, the below will also be key:
- A relevant degree qualification in early childhood education, social work, psychology, welfare or equivalent.
- Knowledge of the Child Safe Organisation principles and child protection system in Qld.
- Experience in completing investigations or similar investigatory experience and knowledge
- Knowledge of the Education and Care Services National Regulations and the National Quality Framework
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to quickly ascertain concerns for children’s safety and wellbeing to provide timely support and advice to contribute to decisions to ensure safety and wellbeing.
- Must have an active Blue Card and Police Check or the willingness to get one.
**Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.**
- C&K is a child-safe organisation and all C&K employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a ‘_Restricted Person_’ or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System._
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Kedron, QLD
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