At Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation (‘AKKF’) our purpose is to empower young people to thrive beyond the impacts of family mental illness. We achieve this by:

• Delivering positive mental health outcomes through high quality services that are trauma informed and evidence based.
• Delivering services that uniquely integrate recreation with mental health education, on the kids turf and on the kids' terms; and
• Driving thought leadership and best practice in mental health through research and advocacy for young people and their families across Australia.

We are a values-based, equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our values act as a guide for our behaviours and engagement with our colleagues, volunteers, young people and their families, partner organisations, and communities.

Our values are:

• Connection - we are passionate about building genuine connections and creating fun experiences for the young people we support.
• Commitment - we are committed to making a positive difference in the lives of all young people.
• Collaboration - we work together, united as one team, organisation, and community.
• Integrity - we live and work with integrity, trust, and transparency in everything we do.

The opportunity:

Reporting to the Mental Health Specialist, The Child Safeguarding Coordinator is responsible for maintaining a high standard of child safety and well-being by ensuring that safeguarding practices are robust, data is managed effectively, and incidents are handled with the utmost care and efficiency.

This role is Part time at 2 days per week (0.4 FTE)

AKKF is a remote organisation and majority of the role will be performed while WFH.

Responsibilities include:

Safety and risk guidance

• Conduct risk assessments to identify areas of potential vulnerability, developing strategies to mitigate risk and corrective actions and ensuring improvement activities are coordinated across the organisation.
• Provide child safeguarding advice to leadership and team.
• Conduct root cause analysis of complex incidents and provide remedial recommendations.

Training

• Design training programs for team, volunteers, and stakeholders on child safeguarding and child protection procedures.
• Ensure training is engaging and up to date with the latest best practices and legal requirements.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training and make improvements as necessary.

Policy and procedure writing

• Draft, review, and revise child safeguarding and safety policies to ensure they are comprehensive and comply with relevant legislation and best practices.
• Work closely with HR and SLT teams to ensure policies are legally sound and applicable.
• Ensure policies are communicated effectively across the organisation.

Data reporting

• Establish and maintain systems for collecting and analysing child safeguarding data.
• Maintain detailed records and reports on child safeguarding matters.
• Prepare regular reports for Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
• Monitor trends and emerging issues through data analysis and provide actionable insights.

Support and communication

• Act as a point of contact for child safeguarding concerns and queries within the organisation.
• Collaborate with external agencies and partners as needed

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected] using the subject line: Child Safeguarding Coordinator - Remote / Work from Home enquiry via EthicalJobs.