Child and Youth Safeguarding Advisor (527598)Department of HealthChief Risk OfficerCRO - Recovery & Child Safeguarding
Applications must be submitted by Sunday 26 January, 2025 11:55 PM AEST.
Award/Classification:Health and Human Services (Tasmanian State Service) Award, General Stream, Band 5
Employment type:Part Time
Region:North
Location:The purpose of the Child Safety and Wellbeing Service is to support the Department in creating a child safe culture, implementing strategies, and taking action to promote child safety and wellbeing. Reporting to the Principal Policy Officer, you will work within a small team of dedicated staff in delivering child safeguarding training, education, and advice. The position is primarily located in the north, with the capacity to travel to the northwest.
The Role: The Child Safety and Wellbeing Service is a unit within the Department of Health, with the Child and Youth Safeguarding Advisor operating within the statewide Child Safety and Wellbeing team. The Child and Youth Safeguarding Advisor supports and guides the development of the Department's child-safe culture, providing advice, delivering training, and building relationships with workers, including staff, students, volunteers, contractors, and other external stakeholders. The functions of the Child and Youth Safeguarding Advisor play an important role in liaising with workers regarding the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
You will need: Demonstrated knowledge, participation, and experience in undertaking child safeguarding activities within a healthcare or equivalent setting, including actively promoting principles, policies, and procedures around mandatory reporting, with experience in facilitating and delivering multi-modal education and training to adult learners and providing individualized support as required.Well-developed interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, including the demonstrated ability to support, advise, and motivate workers, and effectively liaise with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.Ability to work in a complex and sensitive environment, united by our shared purpose and model our CARE values, understanding of trauma-informed principles, ability to apply this approach to the delivery of child safety and wellbeing programs, and demonstrated high levels of personal resilience, flexibility, and perseverance.Details of appointment: Fixed-term part-time, day worker position, working up to 60.8 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible for a period of 12 months. Notwithstanding, hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.
Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full-time, part-time, and casual vacancies.
Salary: $98,255 to $103,096 per annum (Pro rata). Our Employer 11.5% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.
Salary range is in accordance with Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement 2022.Benefits available to eligible candidates: Professional development and accelerated pathways.A range of leave entitlements, including study leave and Professional Development Support.Fitness Passport – You and your family can access 40+ fitness facilities across Tasmania for just $13.95 per week per person, or $25.95 for a family.Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:
Current Working with Children Registration.Desirable: Current Driver's Licence.For more information: Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.
Ange GreenPrincipal Policy Officer - Child Safety and Wellbeing Service What it is like working at the Department of Health? Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence are the key values of the Department of Health. We respect diversity, which is the foundation of everything we do, fostering trust and collaboration through honest communication and cultivating an environment of growth and innovation. We strongly encourage applicants from key communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQA+ people, and people living with disabilities.
We encourage you to review the Statement of Duties and consider if you meet the requirements before applying.
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