Child Safeguarding Champion

1 day ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia beBeeChampion Full time $115,000 - $145,000
**Job Opportunity**Senior Leadership Role - Child Safeguarding ChampionThe role of the Senior Leadership and Child Safeguarding Champion is to champion our child safe strategy, ensuring it meets the Victorian Child Safe Standards and drives best practice across all services.This senior leadership role will drive a child-safe culture across the organisation, representing the best interests of children in policy development and practice. You will collaborate with a passionate and friendly team dedicated to excellence in early childhood education.As a proactive and trauma-informed leader, you will embed systems to ensure decision-making and policy align to the principles of child safeguarding and trauma-informed practice.You will lead the development of a healthy reporting culture where concerns about child safety and wellbeing are raised and addressed confidently.Key Responsibilities
  • Driving the implementation of the child safeguarding strategy, embedding trauma-informed practices and child-centred decision-making
  • Embedding systems to ensure decision-making and policy align to the principles of child safeguarding and trauma-informed practice
  • Building organisational capability to assess and manage risks to children, including the management of child-related investigations
  • Leading the development of a healthy reporting culture where concerns about child safety and wellbeing are raised and addressed confidently
  • Providing expert guidance on child safe standards, reporting obligations, and high-risk safety matters to senior leaders and teams
  • Promoting continuous improvement by strengthening quality assurance systems, monitoring compliance, and ensuring the organisation meets legislative requirements
Requirements
  • Tertiary qualifications in social work, psychology, or another human services discipline
  • Strong experience leading workplace investigations and developing policy, programs, and strategy at a senior level
  • In-depth understanding of Victorian Child Safe Standards, Reportable Conduct Scheme, and mandatory reporting obligations
  • Exceptional leadership, collaboration, and negotiation skills with the ability to influence change across a multi-site organisation
  • Highly organised, with the capability to manage competing priorities while embedding trauma-informed, child-centred practices


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