Victorian CASA Forum

Employment

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Job vacancies, descriptions, and application information for the Victorian Centres Against Sexual Assault.

CASA Forum Statewide Sexual Assault Workforce Development

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These workshops are provided for those working in DHS funded sexual assault support services. Please contact the workforce development training coordinator if you are interested in attending and are not currently employed in the sexual assault field.

Semester 1 2013

Workforce Development Calendar - Semester 1, 2013
Workforce Development Registration - Semester 1, 2013
January 24th - Working with adolescents with an ID and or autism spectrum disorders
February 19th and 20th - Working with Children
March 19th and 20th - Trauma Processing: keeping the brain and body in mind part 1
April 16th - Trauma and Complex Presentations
April 17th - The Shark Cage
April 18th - Working with children under 10 with problem sexual behaviour
May 14th and 15th - Legal Training
June 18th and 19th - Working with children with PSB, intellectual disabilities and or Autism spectrum disorders
July 16th and 17th - Facilitation and Presentation skills

Semester 2 2013

Reports, papers & submissions

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Reports and Research papers

Submissions

Towards a More Effective and Sustainable Community Services System Submission - April 2013

In the media

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These links, events and products are being provided for information only. They do not constitute an endorsement or approval by the Victorian Centres Against Sexual Assault (CASA) Forum of any of the products, services or opinions of the corporation, organisation or individual concerned.

Upcoming conferences

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Eroticising inequality: Pornography, young people and sexuality?

AIFS seminar: 10am (AEST) Thursday 11 April 2013

Over the past decade or so, pornography has become both more mainstream and more hard-core. For young people growing up in this era of ever-new and accessible technology, it is almost impossible to avoid exposure to pornography. Consumption (particularly for young men) has become normalised, and the ways young people understand and experience gender and sex are being influenced by what they (or their partners or peers) observe in porn.

Standards and protocols

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Victoria CASA Standards of Practice Manual

The aim of the Standards of Practice Manual is to consolidate the professional practice of sexual assault services in responding effectively and appropriately to the needs of victim/survivors of sexual assault.

Victorian CASA Standards of Practice Manual

Protocol between CASA Forum and Office of the Public Advocate

This protocol aims to define the roles of CASA and OPA in supporting victim/survivors of sexual assault who have a cognitive disability or mental illness and to assist CASA and OPA in developing collaborative work practices that ensure the effective provision of services to victim/survivors of sexual assault who have a cognitive disability or mental illness.

Protocol between CASA Forum and Office of the Public Advocate

Responding to allegations of sexual assault in SRS

From time to time, residents living in supported residential services (SRS) may be victims of alleged sexual assault. In such instances, it is important that key individuals and organisations that may be involved in responding (including SRS proprietors, officers of the Department of Health and Centres Against Sexual Assault) have a clear understanding of their respective roles.

Responding to allegations of sexual assault in SRS: : Clarifying roles for SRS proprietors, the Department of Health and Centres Against Sexual Assault

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

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On Friday 11 January 2013, Her Excellency Quentin Bryce, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, issued Letters Patent to appoint a six-member Royal Commission to investigate Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The Letters Patent also define the scope and Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission.

The Victorian Centres Against Sexual Assault (CASAs) fully support the Royal Commission and offer counselling support to victims of sexual abuse by the church or government institutions. Although requests for submissions to the inquiry have not yet commenced, the CASAs will also assist victims trying to write submissions or victims involved in appearing before the Commission.

Annual reports

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A Prospective Study of Posttrauma Adjustment After Sexual Assault

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Have you experienced a sexual assault within the last 6 weeks? If so, would you be willing to participate in a research study?

This research project will investigate psychological adjustment (posttraumatic stress, depression, anxiety, substance misuse, and quality of life) after a sexual assault.

At the completion of the entire study, data will be analysed to examine levels of good/poor adjustment, how this changes over time, and whether any measures at the initial assessment predict who does not adjust well at the follow-up.

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