Cpp3 Child Protection Practitioner
6 days ago
**Beginning Child Protection Practitioners - Central After Hours Box Hill**
**Working in child protection**
If you are passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of children, then a career in child protection is for you. Child protection work is interesting, challenging, busy and fulfilling and involves therapeutic and analytical skills. You will be working in collaboration with families, Community Sector Organisations and professionals to develop and implement effective plans for children.
**Benefits of a career in Child Protection**
As a Victorian government employee, you will have access to a broad range of benefits and entitlements. These include access to professional development opportunities through training programs, peer support networks and access to a dedicated and free wellbeing and a support program specifically designed to support our child protection employee's mental health and wellbeing.
More information on the benefits in working with child protection can be found on our webpage Department of Families Fairness and Housing Victoria | Child protection
**Central After-Hours Service (CAHS)**
**Ongoing, part time positions (38 hours per fortnight) plus on-call work available.**
Central After-Hours Service (CAHS) - All urgent child protection matters that are received outside core business hours (after hours, weekends and public holidays), are responded to and managed by a state-wide service based in metropolitan Melbourne. In this team you will participate in rostered work completing all shift types including night, afternoon and day shifts including on weekends and public holidays where you will receive and assess new reports of alleged child abuse or neglect and conduct urgent visits to assess the risk and safety of a child.
**CAHS vacancies**:Box Hill
For further information about these roles please visit the Child protection jobs - position descriptions | vic.gov.au.
**Commencement Salaries**:
CPP 3.1: $76,817 (Diploma qualification entry level)
CPP3.2: $80,111 (Degree qualification entry level)
**Assessment Stages and Key Dates**:
Eligible CPP3 applicants are required to participate in a one-way video interview. If shortlisted for a CPP3, you will be required to undertake online psychometric and personality assessments by a set date.
**Commencement Dates**:
**How to Apply**:
Please note: For this role, you are **not**required to address each of the key selection criteria in a separate written document. Applicants are strongly encouraged to review our **Careers Page**. This page provides information on the department's recruitment and pre-employment screening processes.
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