Are you passionate about safeguarding, compliance, and creating environments where children and vulnerable people are protected and supported? Uplyft are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Safeguarding Compliance Officer to help drive a culture of safety, accountability, and best practice across our organisation.
About Uplyft
Uplyft (formerly Wanslea) is a leading provider of services for children, young people, and families across Western Australia. Founded in 1943, we have now expanded to offer a wide range of programs services that support children, young people and families at every stage of life.
Why join Uplyft?
At Uplyft, your work makes a real difference. You won’t just have a job — you will support children, young people, and families, helping to build safer, stronger, and more resilient communities.
We value people who bring their whole selves to work. Our team reflects our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and collaboration, where differences are celebrated and every voice matters.
Joining Uplyft means being part of a professional, purpose-driven organisation where your skills, ideas, and compassion helptransform lives every day.
About the Role
We are seeking a Safeguarding Compliance Officer to join our People, Safety, Safeguarding and Risk team! This role is responsible for overseeing and strengthening Uplyft’s safeguarding governance framework by ensuring we comply with legislative and regulatory requirements and promoting a
culture of safety and accountability across all operations.
Working closely with our Safeguarding Manager, this role will have the opportunity to contribute towards reviewing our policies and procedures, supporting audits and reporting and overseeing the intake, documentation and escalation of safeguarding concerns or incidents.
This role is an exciting opportunity to support across our business contributing towards meaningful work that supports the health, wellbeing and resilience of children, young people and families within
the community.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have
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Submit your current resume and a concise cover letter addressing the full selection criteria as provided in the Position Description.
For any queries please contact Skye Upton, Talent Acquisition Partner on 08 9245 2441
To learn more about Uplyft visit: http://www.uplyft.org.au.
Uplyft reserves the right to close applications at any time, therefore we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Uplyft encourages applicants from all backgrounds and does not discriminate in regards to race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, marital status, family or carer, pregnancy, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin.
Uplyft is committed to protecting children and young
people from harm. We require all applicants to undergo an extensive screening
process prior to appointment.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
