At Berry Street Yooralla, safety is central to everything we do — for the children, young people, families, carers and employees we support.
Formed through the coming together of Berry Street and Yooralla, our organisation brings over 240 years of combined experience supporting people with disability and those impacted by trauma, violence, abuse and disadvantage. Together, we are committed to upholding human rights and creating a future where everyone can live a safe, fulfilling life with dignity.
This is a unique opportunity to shape and strengthen safety across diverse and complex service environments, including disability, child and family services, and settings where occupational violence risks are present.
As a Work Health and Safety Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to leaders, partnering across the organisation to embed a proactive, prevention-focused safety culture.
You will play a key role in influencing decision-making, improving systems and practices, and supporting leaders and frontline teams to effectively manage risks and respond to incidents.
In this role, you’ll regularly engage with teams across sites, support risk assessments, lead investigations, and deliver practical, people-centred safety solutions that make a real difference.
WHS Strategy & Compliance
Risk Management & Prevention
Incident & Injury Management
Coaching & Capability Building
Stakeholder Engagement
You are a confident and collaborative WHS professional who thrives in complex environments and enjoys partnering with leaders to drive meaningful change.
You will have:
Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted. Please note applications will be reviewed and assessed as received.
Any queries please contact Samantha Cucuzza - Head of Workplace Health and Safety on Samantha.Cucuzza@yooralla.com.au
We believe in diversity, inclusion and equality and are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are a reflection of the Victorian community. We recognise the benefits that diversity and inclusion brings, and in turn encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies.
We encourage applications from people with lived experience of disability. You'll receive adjustments and support throughout the whole process — from the application stage to starting in the workplace. If you require the position description in a different format or any accommodation or assistance during the application and interview stages please contact the person listed on the ad or alternatively email recruitment@berrystreet.org.au.
Berry Street Yooralla is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTIQA+. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion.
Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a NDIS Screening Check, Working with Children Check and National and International Police check (if required) and NDIS training.
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.
