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Social Services Regulator
Applications close Sunday 11 May 2025 at 11.59PM
Overview
Work type: Full timeSalary: $225,000 - $290,600Grade: SES1Occupation: Regulatory Governance and ComplianceLocation: CBDReference: VG/SSR/1857278
The Social Services Regulator (SSR) is committed to strengthening protections and rights of vulnerable Victorians accessing social services.
The SSR is a statutory authority that was established under the Social Services Regulations Act 2021 (the Act). The Act gives effect to a comprehensive new regulatory scheme that aims to keep Victoria’s social service users safe from harms such as abuse and neglect.
The Purpose Of The Scheme Is To
The Director, Child Safeguarding Regulation and Cultural Safety, Social Service Regulator (SSR) is a senior executive role tasked with overseeing the regulation of social services in Victoria. This position involves managing specific regulatory frameworks and ensuring compliance across the social services system, which encompasses around 700 registered providers and receives approximately $2 billion in government funding annually.
The role is responsible for modernising and strengthening the SSR to be a contemporary, integrated, risk-based and intelligence led regulator.
The role forms part of the SSR's Executive Leadership Team and is expected to lead across the organisation and support the SSR's strategy and direction. The role directly reports to the Regulator and oversees the SSR's Child Safety Regulation and Cultural Safety teams.
Accountabilities Include
Please open the position description to read more.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
Applicants are required to submit a CV and Cover Letter (max 2 pages) outlining their suitability to the role in line with the Key Selection Criteria.
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.
Preferred candidates will be required to complete pre-employment screening, including a national police check and misconduct screening.
For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please contact Humanresources@ssr.vic.gov.au
Please apply to submit your interest in this position.
Applications close Sunday 11 May 2025 at 11.59PM
Posted 27 April 2025
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SES1 Director CSR and Cultural Safety (732275).docx
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Jonathan Kaplan
Jonathan.Kaplan@ssr.vic.gov.au
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Social Services Regulator
Applications close Sunday 11 May 2025 at 11.59PM
Overview
Work type: Full timeSalary: $225,000 - $290,600Grade: SES1Occupation: Regulatory Governance and ComplianceLocation: CBDReference: VG/SSR/1857278
The Social Services Regulator (SSR) is committed to strengthening protections and rights of vulnerable Victorians accessing social services.
The SSR is a statutory authority that was established under the Social Services Regulations Act 2021 (the Act). The Act gives effect to a comprehensive new regulatory scheme that aims to keep Victoria’s social service users safe from harms such as abuse and neglect.
The Purpose Of The Scheme Is To
- support the safe delivery of social services
- embed a new set of Social Service standards for all service providers
- ensure service providers understand their role in protecting the rights of social service users
- define roles and responsibilities of service providers
- give the Regulator monitoring and enforcement powers to respond to risks of harm
- improve information sharing between regulators so they can identify and respond to risks of harm
- replace the framework previously overseen by the Human Services Regulator.
- Child protection services
- Community based child and family services
- Disability services
- Family violence services
- Homelessness services
- Out of home care services
- Secure welfare services
- Sexual assault services
- Supported residential services.
The Director, Child Safeguarding Regulation and Cultural Safety, Social Service Regulator (SSR) is a senior executive role tasked with overseeing the regulation of social services in Victoria. This position involves managing specific regulatory frameworks and ensuring compliance across the social services system, which encompasses around 700 registered providers and receives approximately $2 billion in government funding annually.
The role is responsible for modernising and strengthening the SSR to be a contemporary, integrated, risk-based and intelligence led regulator.
The role forms part of the SSR's Executive Leadership Team and is expected to lead across the organisation and support the SSR's strategy and direction. The role directly reports to the Regulator and oversees the SSR's Child Safety Regulation and Cultural Safety teams.
Accountabilities Include
- Lead the Child Safeguarding Regulation and Cultural Safety Branch that is responsible for compliance, enforcement, audit and investigations of the SSR's specific social services regulatory schemes from a system wide perspective.
- Lead the application of delegated powers from Regulator under multiple legal frameworks, ensuring powers are applied consistent with legislative mandates including ensuring delegated officers are appropriately authorised.
- Oversee the development and implementation of intelligence programs, managing risk and assessing threat.
- Lead the establishment and implementation of a compliance and enforcement policy and guidelines that are transparent to regulated entities and enables timely, appropriate and proportionate decision making to address avoidable harm.
- Oversee and manage complex registration, compliance, investigation and enforcement activities, applying significant work knowledge and established legislation and policy to sensitive situations.
- Support the ongoing establishment of the SSR including leading the modernising and strengthening program required to support the SSR to be an integrated, intelligence led, risk- based regulator
- Lead the development and review of operating policies and procedures to support operational consistency and decision making
- Lead the development of formal and informal working relationships with peer regulators and other key stakeholder bodies relevant to the work of the SSR and to the protection of the rights of people using social services.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including the office of relevant Ministers, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and coregulators.
Please open the position description to read more.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
Applicants are required to submit a CV and Cover Letter (max 2 pages) outlining their suitability to the role in line with the Key Selection Criteria.
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.
Preferred candidates will be required to complete pre-employment screening, including a national police check and misconduct screening.
For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please contact Humanresources@ssr.vic.gov.au
Please apply to submit your interest in this position.
Applications close Sunday 11 May 2025 at 11.59PM
Posted 27 April 2025
Action
Key documents
SES1 Director CSR and Cultural Safety (732275).docx
FILE | 85.06 KB
Contact
Jonathan Kaplan
Jonathan.Kaplan@ssr.vic.gov.au
Other opportunities
4 jobs at Social Services Regulator
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