WWILD:
- Provides free counselling, social work case management support and therapeutic groups to people with intellectual disabilities, age 12 and over, who are at-risk or have experienced sexual violence, been a victim of crime or exploitation.
- Provides free counselling and social work case management to people with intellectual and learning disabilities, aged 12 and over, who have been affected by youth related property crime, or the Forensic DNA Testing Inquiry.
- Provides community education and training for professionals, families, carers and people with intellectual disabilities, to support prevention of violence, recovery, and access justice.
- Creates resources which are available on this website at WWILD Resources.
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Programs and Funding
WWILD is funded by:
- The Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General provides funding for our Sexual Violence Prevention Service – Counselling, Community Education and Training.
- The Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General provides funding for our Disability Training Program – Victims of Crime – Case management, Counselling, Community Education and Training.
- The Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General provides funding to support people for youth-related property crime with violence, and people affected by the Forensic DNA Testing Inquiry.
Target Group includes:
- People with intellectual and/or learning disabilities aged 12 years and over who are at-risk or have experienced of sexual violence, been a victim of crime or exploitation, and are interested in talking to a counsellor, accessing social work support or attending WWILD’s group program.
- Counsellors, case workers, parents and carers, disability support workers and community services who are interested in training and evidence-based support of people with intellectual and/or learning disabilities who are at-risk or have experienced sexual assault, violence or been victims of other crime or exploitation.
Services
- Individual trauma recovery counselling.
- Victim of Crime social work case management support for survivors of violence and exploitation, families, services to understand rights and options, and help access the justice system and other support services.
- Therapeutic and education groups that assist with understanding healthy relationships; protective behaviours; sexual violence; domestic and family violence; self-esteem; sex education and sexuality; social skills; and human rights and social inclusion.
- Information, support, resources, training and professional development opportunities for community members and services on the subject of disability, sexual violence prevention and trauma recovery, relationships and sex education, victim of crime support, counselling people with intellectual disabilities, and supporting people around domestic and family violence.
- Opportunities for individual service users to participate in service development, community education and training, and government and non-government initiatives/consultation which improve academic research, government policy and build the capacity of people with intellectual or learning disabilities. These opportunities are focused on supporting service users to develop a role or skills in self-advocacy, building confidence and self-esteem.
- Promote disability and lived experience of violence issues through the presentation of papers at conferences, seminars and workshops.
