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Vixen CALD Project Worker - Bilingual - Mandarin and English

Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association
  • Part-time (15 hrs/week)
  • 6 month contract

ORGANISATION DESCRIPTION

Vixen is Victoria’s peer-only sex worker organisation, and member of Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association. Vixen promotes the cultural, legal, human, occupational and civil rights of all sex workers, and has been leading the Victorian campaign for the full decriminalisation of sex work for many years.

Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, the peak national body representing sex workers and sex worker organisations in Australia, will auspice Vixen and support Vixen’s transition to operate as an autonomous sex worker organisation.

ORGANISATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

This position is responsible to the Vixen Coordinator, the Vixen Manager and the Scarlet Alliance Chief Executive Officer.

This position may be responsible for the supervision, training, and mentoring of staff and/or volunteers at Vixen.

RESPONSIBILITIES

All duties are to be guided by Scarlet Alliance’s Purposes and Principal Activity.

The Vixen CALD Project Worker will be working directly with CALD and migrant sex workers by providing bilingual and culturally appropriate peer-education, support, advocacy, and referral services. Services are provided both on-site and on outreach whilst maintaining the organisation’s core values.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Providing holistic support, information and peer education about safer sex practices within a health-promotion framework, including information on best-practice occupational health and safety practices for sex workers and our workplaces.
  • Providing peer education, support, information, training, advocacy, and referral services to CALD/migrant sex workers on issues that affect them, including but not limited to: health, migration, legal, taxation, finance, employment, sexuality and identity, rights, and safer injecting.
  • Developing community engagement and development strategies to empower CALD/migrant sex workers to represent their issues, ensure CALD/migrant sex workers are involved at all levels of policy development, program planning, and implementation, and to promote CALD/migrant sex worker input into Vixen.
  • Ensuring the availability of a range of culturally appropriate, translated, written, visual, and electronic resources for use with sex workers by contributing to the development of new resources, and, where appropriate, updating and modifying existing resources.
  • Participating in the direct sale and distribution of a variety of safer sex products to sex workers, other sex industry participants, and other members of the community.
  • Developing and implementing an outreach program reflecting the specific needs of CALD/migrant sex workers in Victoria, including maintaining regular contact through outreach.
  • Developing, monitoring, and reporting on work plans and personal development plans.
  • Providing strong leadership, advocacy and representation for CALD/migrant sex workers in Victoria. This may include representing Vixen on committees or other forums and to other relevant organisations in the HIV sector and in the wider community, as well as contributing to the development, policy, planning, and evaluation of the broader Vixen program.
  • Consulting and liaising with other organisations, groups, and services that have contact with CALD/migrant sex workers with a view to coordinating HIV, sexual health, and support services for CALD/migrant sex workers.
  • Developing and maintaining effective data collection and record-keeping practices.
  • Contributing to national sex worker affairs via participation in Scarlet Alliance networking activities.
  • Ensuring work practices comply with the requirements of the relevant legislation and WH&S policies and procedures including Scarlet Alliance’s Child Protection Policy.
  • Conducting other duties as directed.

POSITION LOCATION

The position is based at the Vixen office in North Melbourne, with regular outreach to CALD/migrant sex workers.

SALARY & CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT

Sex work experience is an essential criterion; to submit an application all selection criteria must be addressed.

This is a 6 month part-time position offered subject to ongoing funding or organisational change.

This is a part-time position 0.4 EFT (15 hours/week) paid at the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 Level 4.1, ($37.54 per hour, 0.4 pro rata of $74,179.04 per annum) and subject to the National Employment Standards. Salary packaging is available.

The position at times requires significant out-of-hours work consistent with responsibilities. Some inter/intrastate travel may be required.

Note: if you are interested in the position but unsure whether you meet the selection criteria, please call Jules on 0411 985 135 to discuss.

A position description is attached.

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