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Salary- Safety Advisor role within Swinburne University
- Full time, ongoing position at our Hawthorn campus
- HEW 7 salary + 17% super
The Health, Safety and Wellbeing team at Swinburne University of Technology are looking for a Safer Community Advisor to join their team.
The Safer Community Advisor is responsible for the intake, triage, assessment, investigation, and risk management of problem behaviour resulting from referrals to the Safer Community service. The Advisor will also work closely with other Safer Community Advisors and the Manager, Safer Community to play a key role in developing and managing primary prevention and promotion initiatives to raise awareness of and reduce instances of inappropriate, concerning, or threatening behaviours.
Further details about the role can be found in the attached position description.
About You
To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities:
- Strong interpersonal skills, including managing persons in crisis and those who are highly emotional, aggressive or suicidal
- Demonstrated skills experience in working with a multidisciplinary team, including managing and preventing behavioural risk concerns in a frontline service
- Highly-developed report-writing and presentation skills and proven ability to communicate effectively to a broad range of individuals and groups from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds
- Demonstrated ability to being sensitive, analytical and flexible in case formulation and liaison between persons of concern, targets of risk, and the organisation
- Tertiary qualifications and relevant experience in areas of social work, psychology, legal, public health, or related disciplines
Swinburne Horizon 2025 draws upon our understanding of future challenges. With this new strategic plan, we choose to build Swinburne as the prototype of a new and different university – one that is truly of Technology, of Innovation and of Entrepreneurship, and proud of it. We are committed to a differentiated university proposition in education and research, so that:
- Every Swinburne learner gets a work experience
- Every Swinburne graduate gets a job
- Every Swinburne partner gets a tech solution
- Swinburne is the prototype of global best practice
To Apply
Please submit your CV and cover letter addressing your suitability for this position.
To review the Position Description and to apply, please scroll down to the bottom of the page.
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Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check.
If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Swinburne Talent Acquisition Team on staffrecruitment@swin.edu.au.
Applications Close: Sunday 4th February 2024, 11pm
Swinburne offers flexible working options, leave and parenting/carer policies to support work life balance.
Equity and Diversity
Swinburne is a large and culturally diverse organisation and we are proud of our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. For further information on all our initiatives visit our website.
We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates. If you have specific accessibility or support requirements please contact
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
For any support please contact or for more information on our Indigenous strategies please follow the link to our RAP
Victoria’s Commitment to Action: Improving international student employment outcomes
As a signatory to , Swinburne seeks to remove barriers to international graduate employment. We welcome and encourage applications from international graduates.
We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant
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