Celeste Brand, WoSSCA Partner Contact Service

I am currently the Outreach Manager at the Women’s Safety Services of Central Australia.

WoSSCA provides proactive support and assistance to women and their children who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, domestic and family violence in Central Australia. WoSSCA operates a crisis accommodation service (CAS) for up to 30 women and their children. In addition, WoSSCA offers Outreach Programs in Alice Springs and in the communities of Ntaria, Ti Tree, Papunya and Yuendumu. We also deliver the DFSV Housing Pathways Program in partnership with Community Housing of Central Australia, Victim Support & Advocacy Work (Court Support), and the Women’s Safety Worker (WSW) Program. The WSW Case Workers work alongside Tangentyere Council’s Men’s Behaviour Change Program, focusing on providing assistance to women whose partners are engaged in the program. This program is delivered in Alice Springs although we coordinate with the Remote Team to contact and engage with women living in the remote communities.

I am a Social Worker, I have worked with several non-government and government organisations in Central Australia including Territory Families (formerly Department of Children & Families), Alice Springs Hospital and Central Australian Aboriginal Congress. I have mostly worked with Aboriginal women and children. I am also involved in the academic space, delivering Anti-Racism supervision to Master of Social Work Students at Curtin University.