Child Protection Coordinator

Full job description
Child Protection Coordinator - Te Puaruruhau, Starship Child Health

New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital
Permanent, Full time role with flexibility
Crucial role for the smooth functioning of a busy department
Location: Grafton
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the role

We have an exciting permanent, fulltime Child Protection Coordinator role available within Te Puaruruhau, Starship Child Health who will work with staff across Te Toka Tumai as well as various external agencies. As an experienced practitioner, this role also has a responsibility for improving the quality of child protection practice and safe guarding high standards of care in Te Toka Tumai by supporting an environment in which excellence in clinical care can flourish.

Our preference for this position is a registered Social Worker.

If you have skills and experience in Child Protection from nursing or other Allied Health categories, and this role sounds interesting, we would love to talk with you.

The successful candidate will initially focus on scoping current systems and processes to find any current gaps and enable planning for future systems development. This role also provides education and training with a practice and policy focus to improve practice standards and health interventions for service users, including those groups who may be particularly vulnerable or overrepresented. Contribution to development of patient and whānau education resources, pathways and service quality is also a component of the role.

To know more about the role or to have a confidential initial discussion before applying please contact Emma Gilbert, Team Leader, Te Puaruruhau via email EGilbert@adhb.govt.nz

For all aspects of this role and experience/knowledge required please see the position description.

About the Team/Service/ Location

Te Puaruruhau is a Starship Child Health, Te Toka Tumai health service for children and young people 0-18 years. The team offers a 24 hour urgent medical service for children and young people who may have experienced acute ****** harm or life threatening injuries as a result of possible maltreatment. When Starship staff are concerned a child in hospital may have been hurt or harmed they must refer to us. We also provide consultation support for health professionals across the country.

This role is based in Grafton.

About you

As the ideal candidate for this role, you will:

Have a recognised and relevant tertiary qualification in social work (at least a Bachelor of Social Work), or nursing
Have New Zealand professional registration and current annual practicing certificate
Have Membership of ANZASW (if a social worker)
Have evidence of on-going personal and professional development
Have significant experience in practice and policy development
Have experience leading clinical audit, evaluation and quality improvement
Demonstrate experience in project management Computer literacy in Microsoft Office and clinical applications
Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. Starship is a part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.

How to apply

We’ll be reviewing applications and conducting interviews as they come in, so the position may close before the listed deadline. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

To apply please click on the ‘Apply’ tab below, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role and attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.

If you have any accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Anél Foord, Recruitment Consultant at Anel.Foord@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz quoting ADHB23164 to discuss how we can best support your application.

Job details
Job Reference:
ADHB23164

Location:
North Island - Auckland - Central Auckland


Job type:
Permanent Full time

Expertise:
Clinical - Nursing - Senior Nursing


Closes:
19-Aug-2025