Ever wondered how to use your skills to help LGBTQ+ people have healthy and happy relationships?

We are on the lookout for someone to work across a number of ACON’s sexual, domestic and family violence (SDFV) programs, including facilitation and intakes for group programs/workshops, and being a family support worker for our behaviour change program as part of our SDFV team in the Health Equity and Harm Reduction Division.

What LGBTQ+ workshops/groups you say?

• LGBTQ+ Survivor Groups is an 8-week intervention for people experiencing SDFV. It offers an important space for LGBTQ+ people to get support after an experience of violence in a safe and affirming group. This role sits in the SDFV team whose main goals are ending gender-based violence and supporting LGBTQ+ people who use or have experienced violence in NSW.
• ACON’s healthy relationship workshops are a 4-week (one night a week), NSW based program for any LGBTQ+ person who wants to learn about healthy relationships. The workshops provide a safe and respectful environment for LGBTQ+ community members of all genders to share their experiences, understand factors that contribute to healthy relationships and learn new skills to create healthier relationships with their loved ones. The weeks content is all linked to four main themes: 1. Respect and Values, 2. Communication and Boundary Setting, 3. Sex and Consent, and 4. Conflict Resolution.
• ACON’s strengthening LGBTQ+ community responses to disclosures of sexual violence workshops are a full day and NSW based. The workshops are for any LGBTQ community and allies to upskill their knowledge and capacity to build healthy consent focused environments and learn how to confidently respond to disclosures of sexual violence. These workshops are designed to provide a safe space for people to learn and understand more about sexual violence in LGBTQ+ communities including how to prevent it and how to respond to it.
• Proud Partners is a 10-week therapeutic behaviour change program for any LGBTQ+ person who may be concerned about their behaviours in a relationship. This role will only be for family support worker duties, we will have someone in charge of this program separate to this advertised role.

Ok, so what’s the role?

The LGBTQ+ Group Worker is essentially to run short-term solution-focused support via facilitating survivor groups for LGBTQ+ people in the area of SDFV. You will:

• Co-facilitate LGBTQ+ groups both in person and online.
• Conduct intakes for ACON groups such as the Survivor Group, and our Healthy Relationship workshops.
• Be the family support worker for Proud Partners, ACON’s all gender behaviour change program.

Who are we looking for?:

• Someone who can lead with compassion and who is passionate about supporting the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people who have experienced SDFV.
• Someone with an understanding of ACON’s communities and the unique complexities of working with LGBTQ+ clients who have experienced SDFV.

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.

To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
• Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

We provide a flexible and supportive working environment. You’ll be a part of the Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence team, in the Health Equity and Harm Reduction Division. A highly focused and caring team who are responsible for health promotion and awareness raising about LGBTQ+ people experiencing sexual, domestic and family violence in NSW.

What's the remuneration and working details?:

Salary: $101,350 (TRP) – commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience.

Location: ACON’s Gadigal/Sydney Office, with <<flexible working options (away from the office).

Hours: Full Time (70 hours per fortnight) on a 1.5-year fixed term contract with the possibility of extension.

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

• Salary Packaging up to $35,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,900 Expenses + $2,650 Meals, tax free).
• Generous pro-rata leave entitlements – including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.

How can I find out more details and apply?:

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to join our team and help us make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve. By joining us, you will be part of a mission to create a healthier and more inclusive community.

We’d love someone who has experience already in this area but people at all levels of experience are absolutely welcome to apply. We highly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from CALD backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people of all genders to apply.

For more information on the role, please contact Jade Parker, Acting Manager – Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence, via email at [email protected], using the subject line: LGBTQ+ Group Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs.

If this sounds like the position and organisation you’ve been looking for, find out how to apply via the Apply Now link.

All applications must include:

• Your completed ACON Employment Application Form – with all the details filled in where requested;
• Your Cover Letter outlining how you meet the Selection Criteria (max. 2 pages); and
• Your Resume (max. 3 pages).

A position description is attached.

We are grounded in the belief that diversity is our strength, our differentiator, and at the core of who we are and what we do. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we encourage applications from people living with HIV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQ people from culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and LGBTQ people of colour.

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