Head of Safeguarding

**About The Role**

DSA/Scope has an exciting and unique opportunity for a Head of Safeguarding to work within our Customer Experience, Risk and Compliance division.

Reporting to the Chief Customer Experience, Risk and Compliance officer, the Head of Safeguarding will be responsible for ensuring that Scope (Aust) have the tools and resources at hand to operationalise effectiveness of all core compliance and safeguarding systems across Scope.

**About You**
- Previous experience in a quality management role, with a sound understanding of quality management systems including continuous improvement principles, quality frameworks, internal auditing practice.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the NDIS and Quality and Safeguarding Framework
- Demonstrated knowledge of relevant standards and compliance relevant to the Scope group
- Sound understanding (or ability to rapidly understand) the legislative and regulatory environment for disability support services.
- Demonstrated understanding of human rights and other person-centred approaches as it applies to practice.
- Experience in Community and/or NFP organisations would be highly regarded.

**Who We Are**
We have officially joined forces with Scope Australia The union of Scope and DSA has made us the second largest disability services provider in Australia.

Our purpose is to create meaningful opportunities for people with disability to belong and thrive. We support people with physical, intellectual, and multiple disabilities and developmental delays to achieve their goals Scope is a registered provider under the NDIS and delivers a range of services such as Employment Services, Community and Home Living, Allied Health Services, and Training options for people with disability. We have an innovative and supportive culture, guided by our values which is imbedded in everything we do.

**Scope as an Employer**

View our stance on inclusion and diversity, human rights, and our Covid-19 policies.

Take your career on a journey with Scope and work proactively with us to achieve our purpose
- Please note, successful applicants will be required to hold a NDIS Worker Screening Check Clearance and a Working with Children Check. If you have lived or worked for a continuous period of 12 months or more in another country within the last 10 years, a certified International Police Check from that country or countries will also be required. As part of our Covid-19 response the Scope Covid-19 policy requires all our employees regardless of the job to have received at least 3 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. Please note that the offer will be conditional on meeting these requirements_