Helpline Practitioner 's ok- Australia

Helpline Practitioner What's ok? Australia

Posted: 05/06/2026

Closing Date: 21/06/2026

Job Type: Contract

Job Category:
Community Services and Development

Since 1977, Jesuit Social Services has provided services to some of the most disadvantaged in our community.

We place a high priority on advocacy and are a leader in policy development and research.

About the program

What’s ok?
Australia

What’s ok? Australiawill be launched in 2026 to provideanationalanonymoushelpline andonline early intervention service for young people who are concerned about their own orsomeone else’ssexual thoughts and behaviours,and, at a later date, parents, carers, and professionals who are concerned about a young person’s problematic and harmful sexual behaviour.

What’s ok? Australia is an evolution of the Worried About Sex and Pornography Project (WASAPP). Established in 2019, WASAPP was an action research initiative led by Jesuit Social Services in partnership with the University of Melbourne, developed as part of advocacy efforts associated with Stop It Now! Australia.

The program’s key feature is an anonymous phone and chat helpline. The service also includes a website offering evidence-informed educational content with advice, self-help materials and guidance to raise awareness aroundharmful sexual behaviour. The website will provide links to relevant specialist support and response services.

While the servicewillbe accessed anonymously, all mandatory reporting guidelines are complied with.

The What’s ok? Australia service sits within the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention team alongside programs such as Stop It Now! Australia, and is part of The Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services.

The Men’s Project

The Men’s Project is an initiative of Jesuit Social Services launched in 2017. It provides leadership on the reduction of violence and other harmful behaviours prevalent among boys and men, and builds approaches to improve their wellbeing and keep families and communities safe.

Our vision is for good men, respectful relationships and safe communities.

We will achieve this by:

• research to understand the behaviours and underlying attitudes of men and boys including related to violence, child sexual abuse and the well-being of men and boys themselves.
• promoting positive change around gender norms related to what it means to be a man in the 21st century as well as building skills to intervene to prevent violence; and
• developing innovative ways to stop cycles of violence and harmful behaviour among boys and men.

Current priorities for The Men’s Project include:

• drawing on our Man Box research and child sexual abuse prevalence study, building a greater understanding of perpetration including opportunities for prevention and early intervention;
• supporting people who work with men and boys every day (e.g. teachers, sports coaches, social workers) to prevent violence and improve the well-being of men and boys;
• developing new early intervention approaches with adolescents at-risk of using violence;
• strengthening early intervention responses for adults and young people to prevent child sexual abuse; and
• drawing on our grounded practice experience, advocating for systemic changes that seek to prevent violence and child sexual abuse.

The Men’s Project builds on Jesuit Social Services’ over 45 year engagement with boys and men in trouble, but it also involves us leading new work to reduce violence, to improve the wellbeing of boys and men, and to keep families and communities safe.

About the role

As a Helpline Practitioner you will use your specialist knowledge to provide evidence-informed psychoeducation, support and advice to individuals contacting What’s ok? Australia, a new harmful sexual behaviour prevention service.

This service will be launched in 2026 to provide a national anonymous helpline and onlineearly…