Safeguarding Officer

1 week ago

Lewisham, Australia St Vincent de Paul Society Full time

**Safeguarding Officer**:

- Date: 10 Oct 2024- Location: Lewisham, NSW, AU, 2049- Requisition ID: 1200**About Us**:
The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose values it is to shape a more just and compassionate society.
- We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. Our employees are recognised for their achievements and offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.The Society recognises the value of an inclusive work environment and believes that our diversity is a strength in the work we do with our local communities._

**Your Role**:
As the **Safeguarding Officer **you will, provide technical and expert advice to ensure the effective delivery of, and compliance with, the Society's safeguarding responsibilities.

**Your Responsibility**:

- Support the implementation of evidence-based safeguarding programs, and practices throughout the Society including provision of expert advice regarding the content of Safeguarding Learning.
- Guide the implementation of the Society’s Safeguarding Policy Framework.
- Assist the implementation of the NSW Child Safe Standards and National Catholic Safeguarding Standards across the organisation.
- Provide advice on incident management, reportable conduct and mandatory reporting notifications.
- Respond to requests for assistance from employees, members and volunteers, provide support referrals and make reports to DCJ, NDIS and other statutory bodies as required.

**You Will Need**:

- Working knowledge of child protection, vulnerable adult legislation and reporting systems.
- Qualifications and experience managing the coordination and promotion of evidence-based safeguarding programs, policies and practices.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to lead and facilitate discussions and liaise and build rapport with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, influence across directorates and services, and adjust priorities as required.

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