Manager – Child Sexual Abuse Offending Prevention Helpline
17/09/2025
10/10/2025
Contract
Richmond
Community Services and Development
About the organisation
Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential. We reflect on the critical factors shaping our contemporary world; the social, political and economic contexts, and we adapt our practice to work with those most in need.
Since 1977, Jesuit Social Services has provided services to some of the most disadvantaged in our community.
We place a high priority on advocacy and are a leader in policy development and research.
About the program
Offending Prevention Service/Stop It Now!
Stop It Now! is a child sexual abuse prevention program which works with individuals concerned about their own or someone else’s sexual thoughts or behaviours towards children. It was first established by a victim-survivor of child sexual abuse in the U.S 30 years ago, and we have been delivering the service here in Australia for over two years. We have also received federal funding to develop a larger scale Offending Prevention Service based on the Stop It Now! Pilot program.
The program’s key feature is an anonymous phone helpline for people who are worried about their own sexual thoughts and behaviours in relation to children, as well as professionals and family members who are concerned about the behaviour of others. The service also includes a website with advice, self-help materials and guidance to raise awareness around child abuse. Stop it Now!/ the National Child Sexual Abuse Offending Prevention Service is dedicated to reducing or eliminating the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and seeks to achieve this by engaging with adults who may go on to harm children, and other protective adults. While the service can be accessed anonymously, all mandatory reporting guidelines are complied with.
The National Child Sexual Abuse Offending Prevention Service/Stop It Now! sits within the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention team, and is part of The Men’s Project.
The Men’s Project builds on Jesuit Social Services’ over 45 year engagement with boys and men in trouble. The Men’s Project provides leadership on the reduction of violence and other harmful behaviours prevalent among boys and men, and builds approaches to improve their wellbeing and keep families and communities safe.
Our vision is for good men, respectful relationships and safe communities.
We will achieve this by undertaking research to understand the behaviours and underlying attitudes of men and boys, promoting positive change around gender norms and being a man, develop innovative ways to stop cycles of violence and harmful behaviour, including delivery of content to the construction industry, sporting clubs and schools. The Men’s Project is also focused on strengthening early intervention responses for adults and young people to prevent child sexual abuse.
Job Description
About the role
The Manager – National Child Sexual Abuse Offending Prevention Service/Stop It Now (OPS) will lead the development of Australia’s first and only national anonymous Offending prevention helpline to prevent child sexual abuse, expanding on learning from the successful Stop It Now! pilot program.
This role will manage a team responsible for ensuring effective service delivery on the helpline overseeing senior practitioners, media and communications, development and management of stakeholders, and engagement with a range of priority groups.
The Manager OPS is responsible for supporting effective functioning of the service, appropriate management and development of staff, management of digital infrastructure, maintaining and monitoring of referral pathways into and out of the service, stakeholder relationships including engagement with/reporting to our funding body, and working alongside other leaders to build the understanding of child sexual abuse prevention more broadly.
Competitive remuneration, plus salary packaging benefit, is offered together with ongoing professional and career development as well as opportunities for personal growth.
What Jesuit Social Services can offer you:
An organisation that lives its values, through its day to day work
A welcoming and supportive relational environment
A comprehensive Induction and Orientation program
Ongoing training and development related to your role
Employee assistance program
A competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
Generous leave
Desired Skills and Experience
About you
This role will suit a candidate with the following skills and experience:
1. Tertiary qualification/s and/or relevant experience in field of social work, psychology or the social sciences OR experience related to management and coordination of helpline services or similar.
2. Commitment to and/or demonstrated experience in working with people who have sexually abused (or at risk of sexually abusing) children, and/or non-offending family members, and/or victim-survivors of any form of abuse.
3. Over five years of leadership and management experience and highly skilled at providing leadership, project management and supervision to a team including practice and non-practice staff.
4. Superior knowledge of frameworks and approaches for working with child sexual abuse offenders, helplines, and managing risk.
5. Demonstrated ability to engage with and develop respectful collaborative relationships with other stakeholders and represent the organisation at external conferences independently.
How to apply
Upload your resume and cover letter incorporating your responses to the Key Selection Criteria from the Position Description.
For further information please contact Fleur Blüm, Program Establishment Manager on 0457 661 822.
Applications close at 5.00pm on 10 October 2025
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and the closing date may be subject to change without notice.
Jesuit Social Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, cultural background, age, gender, sexuality, disability or religious affiliation.
We strongly encourage applications from all community members including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, people with a disability, people of culturally diverse backgrounds and working parents.
Jesuit Social Services is a Child Safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. We require all applicants to undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment.
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