At C&K, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children’s lives. It’s what we’ve been doing for more than 115 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hard work and true compassion, we’ve built a trusted reputation as Queensland’s leading provider of early childhood education. And as a child safe organisation, we put children's safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do, creating nurturing spaces where children can learn, explore, play and grow.

Join C&K, where the safety and wellbeing of children is at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for a dedicated and knowledgeable Child Protection & Safeguarding Lead to champion safe practices and ensure every child in our care is protected, supported, and able to thrive.

As part of the C&K Leadership Team, you’ll lead and support safeguarding practices across services, providing guidance to teams, responding to concerns, and ensuring compliance with child protection legislation and organisational policies. You’ll be a trusted leader who helps build a strong culture of safety, awareness, and accountability.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and review C&K’s safeguarding framework, policies, and systems
• Develop and implement organisation-wide safeguarding strategies and processes
• Provide expert advice to senior leaders and executive management on child protection matters
• Conduct risk assessments, review incidents, and recommend improvements to strengthen safety across the organisation

Find Your Better Way and Enjoy the Benefits

Every C&K career helps children belong and grow. We’ll set you up for success with a range of benefits, programs and opportunities to help you earn, be well and grow.

• 7.6 hours Monday to Friday with 2 days WFH option 
• Beat the city bustle, conveniently located in Kedron with ample street parking and close to public transport options.
• Find a healthy work-life balance with family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres and discounts of up to 35% of the gap fee.
• Be well and prosper with an Employee Assistance Program that includes financial counselling, nutrition coaching, individual counselling and specialist support for LGBTIQA+ and First Nations individuals.
• BUPA health insurance discounts
• Funded Blue Card and National Police Check.
• Take your career to new heights with professional development opportunities.
• Support the growth of our teams and earn a $1000 referral bonus reward.
• Plus so much more.

What you’ll bring

You will bring extensive knowledge of Child Protection related legislation, regulations and best practice alongside a deep understanding of the Education and Care Services National Regulations and the National Quality Framework. Most importantly, you will bring proven experience putting that knowledge into practice within organisations on-the-ground, ideally at scale.

• A relevant degree qualification in early childhood education, social work, psychology, welfare or equivalent.
• Knowledge of the Child Safe Organisation principles and child protection system in Qld.
• Experience in completing investigations or similar investigatory experience and knowledge
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to quickly ascertain concerns for children’s safety and wellbeing to provide timely support and advice to contribute to decisions to ensure safety and wellbeing.
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• Current Police Check
• Completion of the National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate

You will bring a passion for achieving long-lasting, high-quality outcomes for children, their families and the community alongside a team-player mindset - when you join C&K, you join a village of good-hearted, talented people, so you can lean on them as they lean on you.

Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.

C&K is a child-safe organisation and all C&K employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a ‘Restricted Person’ or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System.

We welcome applicants who identify as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, have a Culturally and /or Linguistically Diverse background and/or those with additional needs.

Kedron, QLD