Child Protection Specialist

1 month ago

Upper Kedron, Queensland, Australia C&K - The Creche and Kindergarten Full time
Make a Difference in the Lives of Children

C&K is seeking a dedicated and experienced Child Protection Specialist to join our Leadership Team. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in strengthening our child-safe culture and driving our commitment to child safeguarding and protection.

About the Role

This exciting new position will see you leading the development, implementation, and review of our safeguarding framework, systems, and policies. You will work closely with our multi-disciplinary team to create an environment where every child in our care can thrive in a safer environment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement an organisational strategy for end-to-end safeguarding processes.
  • Contribute to child safety and safeguarding reviews to inform our protection policies, identify best practices, highlight gaps, and recommend mitigation strategies for future actions.
  • Conduct risk assessments to identify areas of potential vulnerability, develop strategies to mitigate risk, and ensure improvement activities are coordinated across the organisation.
  • Provide advice and guidance to Senior leaders and Executive Management on safeguarding and child protection matters.
  • Conduct root cause analysis of complex incidents and provide remedial recommendations.
Requirements

To thrive and succeed in this role, you will need:

  • 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.
  • An active Blue Card and Police Check or the willingness to get one.
About C&K

C&K is a child-safe organisation and all C&K employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a ' or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people from all backgrounds.

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

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