Manager - National Child Sexual Abuse Offending Prevention Service/stop IT Now

Posted: 17/09/2025

Closing Date: 03/10/2025

Job Type: Contract

Location: Richmond

Job Category: Community Services and Development

**About the organisation**:
**Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential.** We reflect on the critical factors shaping our contemporary world; the social, political and economic contexts, and we adapt our practice to work with those most in need.**:
Since 1977, Jesuit Social Services has provided services to some of the most disadvantaged in our community.

We place a high priority on advocacy and are a leader in policy development and research.

**About the program**:
**Offending Prevention Service/Stop It Now**

Stop It Now is a child sexual abuse prevention program which works with individuals concerned about their own or someone else’s sexual thoughts or behaviours towards children. It was first established by a victim-survivor of child sexual abuse in the U.S 30 years ago, and we have been delivering the service here in Australia for over two years. We have also received federal funding to develop a larger scale Offending Prevention Service based on the Stop It Now Pilot program.

The program’s key feature is an anonymous phone helpline for people who are worried about their own sexual thoughts and behaviours in relation to children, as well as professionals and family members who are concerned about the behaviour of others. The service also includes a website with advice, self-help materials and guidance to raise awareness around child abuse. Stop it Now/ the National Child Sexual Abuse Offending Prevention Service is dedicated to reducing or eliminating the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and seeks to achieve this by engaging with adults who may go on to harm children, and other protective adults. While the service can be accessed anonymously, all mandatory reporting guidelines are complied with.

The National Child Sexual Abuse Offending Prevention Service/Stop It Now sits within the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention team, and is part of The Men’s Project.

**The Men’s**Project**

The Men’s Project builds on Jesuit Social Services’ over 45 year engagement with boys and men in trouble. The Men’s Project provides leadership on the reduction of violence and other harmful behaviours prevalent among boys and men, and builds approaches to improve their wellbeing and keep families and communities safe.

Our vision is for good men, respectful relationships and safe communities.

We will achieve this by undertaking research to understand the behaviours and underlying attitudes of men and boys, promoting positive change around gender norms and being a man, develop innovative ways to stop cycles of violence and harmful behaviour, including delivery of content to the construction industry, sporting clubs and schools. The Men’s Project is also focused on strengthening early intervention responses for adults and young people to prevent child sexual abuse.

**About the role**:
The Manager - National Child Sexual Abuse Offending Prevention Service/Stop It Now (OPS) will lead the development of Australia’s first and only national anonymous Offending prevention helpline to prevent child sexual abuse, expanding on learning from the successful Stop It Now pilot program.

This role will manage a team responsible for ensuring effective service delivery on the helpline overseeing senior practitioners, media and communications, development and management of stakeholders, and engagement with a range of priority groups.

The Manager OPS is responsible for supporting effective functioning of the service, appropriate management and development of staff, management of digital infrastructure, maintaining and monitoring of referral pathways into and out of the service, stakeholder relationships including engagement with/reporting to our funding body, and working alongside other leaders to build the understanding of child sexual abuse prevention more broadly.

Competitive remuneration, plus salary packaging benefit, is offered together with ongoing professional and career development as well as opportunities for personal growth.

**What Jesuit Social Services can offer you**:

- An organisation that lives its values, through its day to day work
- A welcoming and supportive relational environment
- A comprehensive Induction and Orientation program
- Ongoing training and development related to your role
- Employee assistance program
- A competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
- Generous leave

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**About you**:
1. Tertiary qualification/s and/or relevant experience in field of social work, psychology or the social sciences OR experience related to management and coordination of helpline services or similar.

2. Commitment to and/or demonstrated experience in working with people who have sexually abused (or at risk of sexually abusing) children, and/or no