The every child every chance reforms provide excellent career opportunities for professionals seeking a career in Child Protection.

Child Protection practitioners are responsible for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. They work with a range of community and family service organisations as well as the courts, police and other government agencies.

If you are a professional who:

• is excited about the new Victorian reforms and legislation being implemented to ensure every child has every chance
• wants to make a difference working with vulnerable children, young people and their families
• is committed to the rights and safety of children and young people
• wishes to work in partnership with families and multi-disciplinary professionals to achieve safety and wellbeing for children and young people
• is committed to continually enhancing your professional skills and knowledge.

The Child Protection program would like to hear from you

For more information about a career in Child Protection take a look at this fact sheet [PDF 105 kb] and visit this website A career in Child Protection. Here you will find detailed information about what Child Protection practitioners do and also information about the application process and new employment criteria.

All new Child Protection practitioners participate in a seven-week orientation program Beginning Practice in Child Protection from their first day of employment.

Media clip

Seven weeks - the road to child protection practice - a short film about Beginning Practice in Child Protection. The film follows a group of new practitioners during their first seven weeks of practice in Child Protection and provides you with a first hand glimpse of what it's really like starting out as a new child protection practitioner.

The media clip is a Windows Video file and will download with Windows Media Player or another suitable application. The clip plays for 4:24 minutes. Please contact us is you have difficulty downloading the file.

Multimedia file: Seven weeks - the road to child protection practice [wmv 7,124 kb]

'a career that counts' - recruitment of experienced child protection workers from the United Kingdom

A recent campaign in March 2008 to recruit exprienced child protection workers from the UK has resulted in high level of interest. Visit the website www.acareerthatcounts.com.au