Program Lead

Employment Type: Part -time (4 days a week)

Requirements: Permanent Grade 4 Social Worker classification or Nursing Qualification
Hours: 60.8 hours per fortnight, 7.6 hour day
Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital and Mercy Hospital for Women
Application: Please upload Resume and Cover Letter
Contact: Sandra Ilyas, Safeguarding Program Lead

email: [email protected] 

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.
Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they

value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and

gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

About the opportunity

We’re seeking a Program Lead who can:

• Provide organisational leadership, advocacy, oversight and compliance with the family violence and safeguarding strategy across Mercy Hospitals Victoria Limited (MHVL).  

• Ensure that MHVL meets all regulatory and statutory requirements, including policies and procedures relating to the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM) framework, Information Sharing Scheme legislation, child protection, health, safeguarding, statutory compliance, confidentiality and data protection.

• Lead significant stakeholder engagement and partnership management internally and externally to elevate the profile and recognition necessary to ensure best practice, optimal response and appropriate policy and governance frameworks are in place.

• Embrace the accountability for Family Violence and Safeguarding practice implementation and maintenance across Werribee Mercy Hospital, Mercy Hospital for Women and Mercy Early Parenting Centres.

The Program Lead ensures the successful implementation of several family violence and safeguarding deliverables including:

• Continuing to embed the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM)  

• Partnering with antenatal clinics to support the ongoing implementation of routine family violence screening

• Delivering and continually improving tailored face to face training sessions for clinical groups

• working with the Safeguarding Lead in launching online modules for Elder Abuse and Child Safety

• Implementing an audit based, quality improvement program that ensures Family Violence and Safeguarding Practices best practice is delivered

• Ongoing improvement of policy, procedure and education models for clinicians working with People who Use violence (PUV)

• Providing leadership to Family Violence and Safeguarding strategic planning and delivery

• Providing specialist Family Violence and Safeguarding consultation to clinicians managing complex cases

• Play an active role in improving information‑sharing practices, including coordinating workflow, supporting compliance requirements, and fulfilling requests as they arise.

• Supervision and development of the Program Officer - Family Violence and Safeguarding 

What you’ll bring

You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Social work or Nursing or relevant qualification as per the Health and Allied Services Managers and Administrative Workers agreement

• Eligible for membership to the Australian Association of Social Workers (social work only)

• Relevant Post graduate qualification or working toward

• Experience in applying evidence-based practices in relation to family violence and child safety to create organisational awareness and demonstrated compliance

• Experience in driving cultural change or leading organisation-wide development programs

• Extensive experience working within the Family Violence and/or Child Safeguarding space

• Minimum of ten years’ relevant role related experience and five years’ experience in a hospital or healthcare setting

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• Candidates are required to meet the position and qualification requirements.

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.