Safeguarding Practice Lead – Newcastle Anglican Schools
Permanent, Full-time | Newcastle, NSW
The Safeguarding Practice Lead provides specialist operational leadership to strengthen safeguarding practice, child protection processes, incident management, and reporting consistency across Newcastle Anglican Schools.
The role supports Principals and school leaders to confidently apply child safeguarding requirements, mandatory reporting obligations, reportable conduct processes, Reporting of Crime (ROC) obligations where applicable, and organisational incident escalation pathways consistently across school environments.
The Safeguarding Practice Lead acts as a trusted advisor to school leadership teams by providing guidance, coaching, oversight, and quality assurance in relation to safeguarding concerns, student protection matters, reportable conduct issues, and operational safeguarding practices.
The role contributes to a proactive child-safe culture through improved operational consistency, strengthened safeguarding capability, enhanced incident oversight, and reduced organisational risk across Newcastle Anglican Schools.
Why work for us?
Benefits
Our team are the heart of what we do here at Samaritans. As a part of the Samaritans team, you have access to the following great benefits:
- 14 weeks paid maternity leave or 3 weeks paid parental pay. + Super Contributions after 12 months
- Salary Packaging on a range of everyday living expenses (Mortgage, Rent and Bills), up to $611/fortnight
- Up to 40% on school enrolment fees at any of our Newcastle Anglican schools
- Meals & Entertainment Salary packaging up to $2,650
- Access to MAXXIA rewards program
- Access to Fitness Passport (over 300+gyms)
- Free access to our corporate Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible working options
- Career and development opportunities
Essential Qualifications
- Tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Social Science, Investigations, Risk Management, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
- A current Drivers License
- A current Working with Children Check
- National Police Check (Newcastle Anglican will consider the relevance of any reported outcomes).
Essential Experience
- Significant experience in safeguarding, child protection, investigations, incident management, or related operational environments.
- Demonstrated experience supporting leaders in complex decision-making and risk management.
- Experience conducting investigations and preparing investigative, assessment, or incident reports
- Strong understanding of:
- Mandatory reporting obligations
- Child Safe Standards
- Reportable conduct requirements
- Safeguarding legislation and best practice
- Experience liaising with external agencies including:
- NSW Police
- Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ)
- Office of the Children’s Guardian (OCG)
The successful applicant will possess or willingness to obtain the following: NDIS Worker Screening Check, National Criminal History Check, First aid & CPR certificate and undertake a pre-employment functional medical.
Who we are?
Formally known as the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Newcastle Anglican is a faith-based organisation serving the people of the Hunter and Central Coast.
We offer a leading Christian presence to our community through our parishes, four schools, Anglican Care and Samaritans.
Our vision is for people to flourish because of what we do, inspired by the way of Jesus.
We provide a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and welcome all applications.
For more information on who we are and the work we do, visit www.newcastleanglican.org.au .
For further information and to obtain a copy of the full position description, please email our Talent Team at careers@newcastleanglican.org.au
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