WestCASA is a community based not-for-profit sexual assault, family violence and trauma-focused counselling service that has been operating in the western metropolitan region of Melbourne for the past 30 years. WestCASA provides counselling, a crisis response, advocacy, education and training and is located in the Multi-Disciplinary Centre (MDC) in Werribee, with outreach to Aintree, Footscray, Wyndham Vale and the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC, a women’s prison) at Deer Park.

We partner with the Gatehouse Centre, Victoria Police (Sexual Offences & Child Abuse Investigation Teams – SOCIT & the Westgate Family Violence Unit), IPC Health, GenWest, and Child Protection in the Multidisciplinary Centre (MDC) in the City of Wyndham.

The role

WestCASA’s catchment zone covers 5 of the fastest growing and most multicultural local government areas in Australia. We are seeking a dynamic people leader as we work towards growing a workforce that is a representative snapshot of our community, and the victim/survivors we are dedicated to supporting. Your demonstrated ability to manage a team equals your clinical knowledge and experience in a trauma recovery environment. This could include, but is not limited to, family violence, refugee/asylum seeker, sexual/intimate partner violence related trauma.

This role will support, develop, and lead an exceptional team of dedicated and experienced Counsellor Advocates based at the Wyndham Multi-Disciplinary Centre.

WestCASA is a not-for-profit organisation with a community-based Board of Governance and a member of the state-wide peak organisation of sexual assault services, SAS Victoria. Services are funded by the Victorian Government.

In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. WestCASA strongly values inclusion and provides a welcoming and supportive environment. People of all genders and sexual orientation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from diverse cultural backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application Instructions

Incredible as it may seem, we do not wish you to address key selection criteria. Who has time for that??

Instead, we would like you to submit your CV and a short video describing why you are interested in the role, and what personal values you have that inform your leadership style, and the work that WestCASA does. (5 minutes maximum). to: [email protected]

For further information regarding this position please contact Karen Woolford, Head of Operations (03) 9216 0411.

Please note due to the face-to-face nature of our service this role will predominantly be based in the office.