On-Call Sexual Assault Support Worker Register – Cairns
Applications: Open
Location: Cairns & Far North QLD
Hours: Casual
Blue card & Hep B immunity required for this role.
This position is being actively recruited, and applications will be reviewed upon submission.
About the role
Our dedicated team of On-Call Support Workers provide support and information to people who have been sexually assaulted or experienced intimate partner violence. Our On-Call team works together to provide a vitally important 24-hour, 365 days a year On-Call service, in partnership with Queensland Police and Queensland Health. We walk alongside sexual violence survivors at a time of deep distress and immediately link them to available supports, including our free counselling services as needed.
The On-Call Support Worker will respond to young people and adults who have experienced sexual assault, presenting immediately to an emergency setting, mainly Hospital or Police stations, to provide support. The On-Call Support Worker will provide a trauma-informed crisis response, ensuring safety planning and assistance around reporting options for survivors. They will work cohesively with medical staff, Police, and relevant stakeholders for coordinated care, as needed, and as agreed to by survivors.
This includes supportive advocacy for survivors, ensuring that their voice is heard and they have a choice and consent in every decision made about them, the coordination of their medical care, and forensic examination for evidence collection (if agreed to). We provide an immediate opportunity to start rebuilding survivors’ sense of power and control by giving them back their voice and choices in decision-making and ensuring that their rights are upheld.
Selection criteria:
• Demonstrated understanding of the issues facing survivors of sexual violence and current issues in the area of sexual assault, including relevant legislation.
• Experience or willingness to provide crisis support in a compassionate and trauma-informed way.
• Ability to comply with interagency protocols when responding to sexual assault.
• Demonstrated ability to provide appropriate and timely written case notes.
• High-level resilience to fulfill the demands of the role.
How to apply
Please submit a cover letter addressing each of the below selection criteria and your CV, include the names and contact numbers of two referees through the Employment Hero (Swag) apply now portal.
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Enquiries
For further information about the position, please contact People and Culture at people@true.org.au
True is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and values social and cultural diversity, and people of all backgrounds and abilities. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.
