WWILD is Recruiting – 2 Trauma Counsellor Roles
WWILD is Recruiting – 2 Trauma Counsellor Roles WWILD is currently recruiting for two roles within our supportive and innovative team Role: WWILD Trauma Counsellor Location: Brisbane North Employment Type: Permanent Part-time 30 hours/week Wage: Level 5 SCHADS Award WWILD PD_Trauma Counsellor (Level 5) Brisbane North position description April 2025 Role: WWILD Trauma Counsellor […]
Upcoming Workshop at WWILD: Trauma Counselling for Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities
Upcoming Workshop at WWILD: Trauma Counselling for Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities WWILD provides trauma counselling to people with intellectual disabilities who have experienced sexual, domestic and family violence and other types of abuse and exploitation. WWILD’s counsellors and caseworkers work with people around emotional regulation, trauma processing, safety planning, relationships and long term recovery. […]
Health outcomes for people with intellectual disability remain ‘comparable to third world countries’ – ABC News
Health outcomes for people with intellectual disability remain ‘comparable to third world countries’ – ABC News By national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella and the Specialist Reporting Team’s Evan Young Australians with intellectual disability continue to experience unconscious bias in the medical system and much poorer health outcomes than people without disability. On average, they die 27 […]
New 2025 You and Me Relationships Group Starting Soon – 22nd May – 24th July 2025
WWILD’s You and Me Relationships Group Starting Soon The You and Me Relationships Group is a small group of people with intellectual disabilities who come together in a weekly group with ‘facilitators’ (WWILD workers) to talk about how to be happy and safe in relationships with family, friends and partners. Starting Date: Thursday 22nd May Time: […]
Easy Guide – Tips for Identifying if Someone May Have an Intellectual or Learning Disabilities
Tips for Observing or Noticing if Someone may have an Intellectual or Learning Disabilities It can be difficult to know if someone is presenting at your service may have an intellectual or learning disability. Some people do not feel comfortable sharing that as they may have had bad experiences of discrimination in the past and […]
Understanding Domestic And Family Violence Videos – Queensland
Domestic and Family Violence Videos – Queensland In 2023-24, WWILD’s Listen Up! project worked alongside lived experience expert consultants with intellectual disability to create accessible resources talking about Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland. This project was supported with funding from the Commonwealth Department of Social Services, the Investing in Queensland Women grant program: Office […]
Options After Experiencing Sexual Violence In Queensland – Easy Read Resources
Options After Experiencing Sexual Violence In Queensland – Easy Read Resources In 2023-24, WWILD’s Listen Up! project worked alongside lived experience expert consultants with intellectual disability to create easy read resources talking about options after experiencing sexual violence in Queensland. This project was supported with funding from the Commonwealth Department of Social Services. Contacting […]
South Australian Council of Intellectual Disability (SACID) Resources
South Australian Council of Intellectual Disability (SACID) Resources SACID is the South Australian representative of Inclusion Australia. They speak up about issues that are important to people with intellectual disability and their families in South Australia on a national level. They speak up for a South Australian community where people with intellectual disability can be […]
Neve Website – Women With Disability Australia (WWDA)
Neve Website – Women With Disability Australia (WWDA) Neve is a safe, accessible space. It is by and for women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people with disabilities. You can learn about Wellbeing, Support, Staying Safe, Families and a page For Professionals. Neve is about supporting our community to live safe and fulfilled lives. Neve is here […]
Women with disabilities fear government response to domestic violence threat will leave them behind – ABC News
Women with disabilities fear government response to domestic violence threat will leave them behind – ABC News By political reporter Claudia Long; posted 6.5.24 In summary: Women with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to face sexual and physical abuse. Those fleeing a violent partner are eligible for a $5,000 payment, but that doesn’t apply to […]
