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:
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.
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.
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
Established in 1907, C&K is proud to be the largest and longest established provider of community based early childhood education and care services in Queensland.
Our philosophy, where children come first, emphasises the fact that for C&K the interests of children are paramount. Any profits generated from our services are returned to benefit children and the community.
We are committed to providing quality education and care for your child’s pre-schooling years (from birth to school age) in an environment − both inside and outside − that enables children to explore, satisfy their natural curiosity and grow as individuals. Independent research indicates that children who have enjoyed a C&K early learning experience are the most successful in their first years of schooling.
Over the last century hundreds of thousands of Queensland children and parents have become part of the C&K family. As a community based association we recognise the valuable role families and the wider community play in children’s education and care.
