Job Description

Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service – Preston VIC

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Job Details

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- Full Time | 12-month Fixed Term (strong potential for renewal)
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- Preston, VIC
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- $92,820 to $98,024 + Super + Salary Packaging
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- Hybrid working available
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- 35-hour work week!
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Help create safer services for Aboriginal children, young people and families.

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This is an opportunity to lead meaningful change by strengthening child safety and quality across a purpose-driven organisation. As the Child Safety and Quality Officer, you will play a key role in embedding the Victorian Child Safe Standards, driving continuous improvement, and supporting accreditation activities that ensure services remain safe, culturally responsive, and accountable.

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Working within the Safety, Quality and Risk team, you'll collaborate with leaders and staff across the organisation to build capability, strengthen compliance, and promote a culture where the safety and wellbeing of children is everyone's responsibility.

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About the organisation

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Victoria Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) and the state's only specialist legal and support service dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Since 1973, VALS has provided culturally safe legal advice, representation and community support across criminal, family, civil and human rights law, youth justice, and specialist litigation. We also deliver a range of community programs including a 24/7 Custody Notification Service, family violence programs, transitional housing, client support services, and community legal education.

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Our Corporate Services team provides the governance, systems and operational support that enables our legal and community teams to deliver high-quality services across Victoria.

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About the role

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Reporting to the Safety, Quality and Risk Manager, you will lead the implementation and ongoing monitoring of VALS' child safety framework while supporting organisation-wide quality assurance and accreditation activities.

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This is a diverse role that combines compliance, policy development, stakeholder engagement, training, risk management, continuous improvement and project coordination.

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Your responsibilities will include:

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- Leading implementation of the Victorian Child Safe Standards across the organisation
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- Developing and maintaining child safety policies, procedures and resources
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- Delivering child safety, mandatory reporting and awareness training
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- Conducting child safety risk assessments and supporting incident management processes
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- Monitoring compliance and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
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- Coordinating accreditation activities, including the National Accreditation Scheme (NAS) and Rainbow Tick
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- Supporting audits, evidence collection and quality improvement initiatives
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- Building strong relationships with internal teams, regulators and external stakeholders
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- Providing advice on legislative and regulatory child safety requirements
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About you

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You are passionate about creating safe environments for children and young people and enjoy working collaboratively to improve organisational practice.

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You'll bring:

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- Qualifications in social work, child protection, human services,



law, quality management or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
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- Experience implementing child safety frameworks, compliance programs, quality systems or accreditation activities
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- Robust knowledge of the Victorian Child Safe Standards and mandatory reporting obligations
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- Understanding of trauma-informed practice and culturally safe service delivery
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- Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder engagement skills
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- Experience coordinating projects and working across multiple teams
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- A commitment to Aboriginal self-determination and community-controlled service delivery
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Experience within an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation, legal service, justice or community services environment will be highly regarded.

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What we offer

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- Salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
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- A supportive and values-driven workplace
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- Opportunities for professional development and learning
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- A collaborative Corporate Services team
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- The prospect to make a genuine impact on child safety and service quality
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- Employee wellbeing initiatives
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- A culturally safe and inclusive workplace
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Mandatory requirements

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- Current Employee Working with Children Check
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- Victorian Driver Licence
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- National Criminal History Check
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- Australian work rights
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Our commitment to inclusion

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VALS is committed to creating an inclusive, culturally safe and diverse workplace.

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We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disability, and members of LGBTQIASB+ communities. We welcome requests for reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

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📌 Child Safety and Quality Officer (Williamstown)
🏢 Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
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