Child Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse (PSHEA)
We are committed to protecting those we serve and maintaining a safe, respectful workplace. We do not tolerate sexual misconduct of any kind and make safeguarding a core part of everything we do.
We ensure our staff are suitable to work with others through careful recruitment practices, including police and background checks. We also use interviews and references to confirm candidates understand and share our values and commitment to keep people safe.
CARE participates in the global Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS), which helps prevent known sexual abusers from moving between organisations undetected. As part of this, we may contact previous employers to ask about any sexual misconduct or child abuse concerns or investigations. By applying, you agree to this process.
To find out more, please see the CARE Australia Child Safeguarding Policy and the CARE International Safeguarding Policy.
Diversity and inclusion
CARE Australia respects and values diversity, and does not discriminate on the basis of characteristics such as race, ethnicity, age, disability, religion, politics or whether an individual is a man, women, boy or girl. We are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion throughout our organisational practices and in the programs we deliver so that we can reduce and eliminate the disparities faced by women and girls. This commitment is reflected in all of our processes and policies, including recruitment and selection.
Our selection decisions embody transparency and fairness from the outset of a recruitment process through to the selection decision. This is demonstrated through advertising roles as broadly as possible and basing the selection of the successful applicant on merit. We endeavour to mitigate any potential bias in our selection committee shortlisting processes by ensuring all selection committees include men and women, and are fully independent.
To ensure all candidates can compete on an equal basis in the application and interview process, CARE will provide reasonable accommodations for assistance where requested. If you have any requirements that need to be considered as part of your application process, e.g. interpreter, disability, longer time allocation for interview, etc, please do not hesitate to let us know.
Privacy
CARE collects and uses personal information about you in relation to your application for employment of volunteer/intern engagements with CARE.
Your information is collected from you at the time you complete your application for employment or volunteer/intern engagement through our recruitment system. From time to time we may obtain personal information from third parties such as referee reports. When we do so, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that we make you aware of the collection of your information in accordance with Australian privacy law.
‘Personal information’ simply put is any information or opinion that can identify or be used to identify you.
During our recruitment process, CARE may use personal information you provide to conduct some or all of the following pre-employment screening checks:
- Confirmation of qualification/education levels;
- Confirmation of previous employment;
- Criminal history/background checks;
- Working with vulnerable children;
- Health check;
- Reference checks.
- Visa entitlement confirmation (to confirm your right to work in Australia) through the Department of Home Affairs, if applicable; and/or;
- undertake anti-terrorist checks using the Bridger Anti-Terrorist checking system; and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Anti-Terrorist List.
CARE Australia abides by privacy laws and will not otherwise divulge personal information or details without your consent.
To find out more please see our Privacy Policy
