WWILD is Recruiting – Southside Counsellor Position
WWILD Sexual Violence Prevention Association is currently recruiting for: Trauma Counsellor SCHADS Level 5 We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Trauma Counsellor to join our team. In this role, you will: • Provide high-quality and client-focused therapeutic counselling to individuals with intellectual disabilities at risk of or who have experienced acute or historical […]
Listen up! Project Resources – Videos, Podcasts, Resources Available Here
Listen up! Project Resources – Videos, Podcasts, Resources Available to View or Download Here WWILD Sexual Violence Prevention Association Inc. created the And You Think You’re the Expert? podcast and other resources as part of the Listen Up! Project. For this project, we talked with women and non-binary people with an intellectual disability about what makes safe, accessible […]
Upcoming ASID Symposium: Working with People with Intellectual Disability who have Experienced Trauma: September 15th – 9am – 2pm
Australia Society for Intellectual Disability (Queensland division) presents: Working with People with Intellectual Disability who have experienced Trauma: For Individual Practitioners within Community and Service Systems People with Intellectual Disability experience violence and trauma through stigma, social exclusion, social and economic disadvantages, structural and systems inequality structural and poor individual workers’ practice. In this […]
Domestic and Family Violence and Disability Resource Training – WorkUP QLD
Domestic and Family Violence and Disability Resource Training – WorkUP QLD Resources Hub The Working Well with Women with Disability online webinars series project, completed in 2022, was a collaboration between WorkUP QLD, WWILD-SVP Association Inc. and Queenslanders with a Disability Network (QDN). This workshop series were co-designed, developed and delivered with women with disability. […]
Experiences of Reproductive Abuse for Women with Intellectual Disability Webinar
SPARK Webinar: Pregnancy decision making support for women with intellectual or learning disability who are experiencing reproductive coercion and abuse Date Recorded: 27th October 2021 Presented by: WWILD SVP Association, Children by Choice and Workup QLD. This SPARK Webinar presented the consumer’s lived experience of the challenges and the skills required to work with pregnancy […]
Intellectual Disability and Domestic and Family Violence Webinar – 21.5.2020
Intellectual Disability and Domestic and Family Violence Webinar Date recorded: 21st May 2020 Presented by Jane Barrett and Siobhan Gibbs This webinar focuses on the intersection of intellectual disability and domestic and family violence. In particular on some key aspects of working with people who have an intellectual disability including: Identifying intellectual disability, cognitive and […]
Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy Review
Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy Review WWILD has completed a review of its Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy and developed two new supporting resources: the Guidelines for Supervision of Children and Young People at WWILD and the Guide to Identifying and Managing Online Risks. Key updates to the policy include: Introduction of a National Police Checks policy and procedure for staff. Improving […]
WWILD’s Loud and Proud Project
WWILD’s Loud and Proud Project – 2024-2026 WWILD worked alongside women and non-binary people with intellectual disability on an exciting 2-year violence prevention project called the Loud and Proud Project. The project participants had experienced either domestic and family violence, or sexual violence, or both. Women and non-binary people with intellectual disability were included at all levels of the project. The aim of the project was to […]
NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence – Easy read resources available!
NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence – Easy read resources available! People with disability co-designed and co-produced these resources with NSW Health and includes: 13 Easy Read Guides for people who have been sexually assaulted; 5 Plain English sexual assault booklets for people who have been recently sexually assaulted; Informational videos in Easy Read These resources […]
Speak Up and Be Safe from Abuse – Communication Toolkit and Resources
Speak Up and Be Safe from Abuse – Communication Toolkit and Resources Abuse is not ok. Everyone has the right to speak up. Scope was supported by the Victorian Government to produce a communication toolkit and resources for people with communication difficulties, to assist individuals to identify and report abuse. Click on Speak Up and […]