Safeguarding Advisor

About the opportunity

Rocky Bay is seeking a permanent full-time Safeguarding Advisor in Perth, Western Australia. The role offers hybrid flexibility and sits within a purpose-led not-for-profit organisation focused on helping customers reach their goals and achieve positive outcomes.

Role overview

Reporting to the Safeguards Business Partner, you will take ownership of monitoring, reporting on, investigating and responding to quality and safeguarding concerns. You will also support improvements to policies and procedures connected to restrictive practices and safeguarding, while providing guidance to the wider business in these areas.

Key accountabilities

• Track, review and report on quality and safeguarding issues.
• Investigate safeguarding matters and respond to safeguarding complaints.
• Support updates and improvements to safeguarding and restrictive practice policies and procedures.
• Advise internal stakeholders on safeguarding-related matters.
• Prepare written reports for senior leaders and other stakeholders.

Candidate profile

The preferred applicant will bring experience from disability, health or community services settings, along with strong communication, presentation and influencing skills. You should be comfortable producing clear written reports, have a sharp eye for detail, and be able to develop strong working relationships with stakeholders. Experience with service delivery and quality systems is important, and a high degree of integrity, self-awareness and professionalism is expected. Intermediate to advanced capability in MS PowerPoint and Excel is also required.

Desirable experience

• Prior exposure to reporting safeguarding matters to the NDIS.
• Background in investigating safeguarding incidents and managing safeguarding complaints.

Benefits and support

Rocky Bay offers a strong employee value proposition, including salary packaging that can deliver tax-effective benefits of up to $18,550 per year. Additional perks include access to a broad range of staff discounts through partners such as HBF, JB Hi-Fi, Ultra Tune and Flight Centre, a refer-a-friend incentive worth $2,000 to $4,000, fleet vehicles for work-related travel, and free parking. Employees also have access to a Purchased Leave Program, 6 weeks of paid parental leave, and individual, group and peer support from experienced therapists. The organisation provides thorough onboarding, internal training, and opportunities to pursue external professional development, as well as access to the Emerging Leaders Program, the Rocky Bay scholarship program, Certificate IV in Leadership and Management, and involvement in research and projects.

Additional information

Rocky Bay is committed to an inclusive recruitment process and can provide adjustments to support applicants with different needs. The organisation values diversity across race, gender, disability, age, religion and LGBTQIA+ identity. It also acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which it works, including the Noongar and Yamatji nations.