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Support
IMPORTANT COVID-19 MESSAGE:
To keep us all safe, Student Wellbeing Services (Counselling, Disability and Welfare) are offering students the next available online appointment. If you require a face-to-face appointment, please discuss this with Wellbeing staff at the time of booking.
To keep us all safe, Student Wellbeing Services (Counselling, Disability and Welfare) are offering students the next available online appointment. If you require a face-to-face appointment, please discuss this with Wellbeing staff at the time of booking.
Support for survivors of sexual assault and/or sexual harassment
If you have experienced sexual harassment or sexual assault, support is available.
In any emergency, call 000.
Western is committed to creating safer communities. We treat information regarding sexual assault or sexual harassment seriously.
Sexual violence is never OK. It is always the fault of the perpetrator.
After trauma, survivors may feel confused, overwhelmed or nothing at all. This page (opens in a new window) covers some impacts and other questions you may have. Here's (opens in a new window) a blog on understanding trauma from a uni student's perspective.
Support at Western
Free, confidential and professional counselling is available for all Western students and staff
Students
- University Counselling Service (opens in a new window)
- Email counselling@westernsydney.edu.au
- Phone: 1300 668 370 . Drop-in, Zoom appointments, e-counselling, phone counselling and same-day appointments available.
- Students overseas - please contact Customer Care 61 2 8907 5686 (24/7)
- Also see Sexual Assault Support at Western Sydney University (PDF) (opens in a new window)
Staff
- Employee Assistance Program (opens in a new window).
- Call 1800 818 728. 24/7 crisis service and up to six appointments are available.
- All staff including casuals are eligible.
- Staff overseas, please contact Customer Care: 61 2 8907 5686 (24/7)
- Also see Sexual Assault Services at Western Sydney University (PDF) (opens in a new window)
Support in the community
All support services offer free interpreting and accessibility support. Contact the National Relay Service (opens in a new window) (accessibility) 1800 555 677 and the Translating and Interpreting Service (opens in a new window) 13 14 50
- Sexual Assault Counselling Australia (opens in a new window) 1800 211 028 (8am-11pm)
- NSW Rape Crisis (opens in a new window) 1800 424 017 (24/7)
- 1800 RESPECT (opens in a new window) 1800 737 732 (24/7)
- QLife (opens in a new window) (LGBTIQQA+) 1800 184 527 webchat and phone counselling available)
- Lifeline (opens in a new window) Crisis support 13 11 14 (24/7)
- Mensline (opens in a new window) For men concerned about their behaviour, help is available
Sexual Assault Services (opens in a new window)
- Penrith Springfield Cottage (02) 4734 2512 (bh); (02) 4734 2000 (ah)
- Macarthur / Bowral Sexual Assault Service (02) 4633 4100 (bh); (02) 9828 3000 (ah)
- Liverpool / Fairfield Sexual Assault Service (02) 9828 4844 (bh); (02) 9828 3000 (ah)
- Lithgow Sexual Assault Service (02) 4734 2512 (bh); (02) 4734 2000 (ah)
- The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (children and young people under 18 years of age) (02) 9845 2434 (bh) (02) 9845 0000 (ah)
- Blacktown/Mt Druitt The WASHouse Sexual Assault Service (02) 9881 8700 (bh); (02) 9845 5555 (Adult) (ah); (02) 9845 0000 (Children) (ah)
- Bankstown Sexual Assault Service (02) 9828 4844 (business hours); (02) 9828 3000 (after hours)
- Richmond Women's Cottage (opens in a new window)
International students
- Service NSW (opens in a new window) 13 77 88
- Study Sydney Support Services (opens in a new window)
- Redfern Legal Centre International Students Facebook (opens in a new window)
Information in various languages
- Rape and Domestic Violence Service in Languages other than English (opens in a new window)
- Translation and Interpreting Service (opens in a new window) (TIS) 13 14 50
- 1800 RESPECT multilingual information (opens in a new window)
- Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association (opens in a new window) 02 9891 6400
- Multicultural Health (opens in a new window) (includes bilingual counselling and translation services)
- Contact hospitals and health centres directly or via Contact Us page (opens in a new window)
- Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre (opens in a new window) 02 8778 1200
- Sydney Multicultural Community Services (opens in a new window)
- SydWest Multicultural Services (opens in a new window) 02 9621 6633
Women's Health Centres (opens in a new window)
- Bankstown (opens in a new window) 02 9490 1378
- Blacktown (opens in a new window) 02 9831 2070
- Blue Mountains (opens in a new window) 02 4782 5133
- Campbelltown (opens in a new window) (WILMA) 02 4627 2955
- Cumberland (opens in a new window) (Parramatta) 02 9689 3044
- Hawkesbury / Richmond (opens in a new window) 02 4578 4190
- Leichhardt (opens in a new window) 02 9560 3011
- Liverpool (opens in a new window) 02 9601 3555
- Mt Druitt (opens in a new window) (Wash House) 02 9677 1962
- Penrith (opens in a new window) 02 4721 8749
- Richmond (opens in a new window) (HAWKS) 02 4578 4190
LGBTIQQA+ people
- Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre (opens in a new window) Parramatta & Mt. Druitt 02 9843 3124. Free, confidential, no Medicare card needed support for
- People living with HIV/AIDS
- Gay men and men who have sex with men
- Trans and gender diverse people
- Sex workers
- People who inject drugs (secondary needle exchange)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- People with STI-related symptoms
- People who had sexual contact with someone with HIV or STI
- QLife (opens in a new window) 1800 184 527 (3pm-12am) counselling inc. web chat ask@qlife.org.au
- Twenty10 (opens in a new window) 02 8594 9555 Counselling for 12-25 year old people
- Out West (opens in a new window) Parramatta youth and support groups
- Another Closet (opens in a new window) Information and resources
- ACON (opens in a new window): 92060 2000 Information, resources and counselling
- Say It Out Loud (opens in a new window): Information and resources
Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
- Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre (opens in a new window) Parramatta & Mt. Druitt 02 9843 3124
- Victims Service Aboriginal contact line (opens in a new window) 1800 019 123
- Indigenous Women's Legal Program (opens in a new window)
- Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women's Legal Centre (opens in a new window) 1800 686 587
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services Parramatta (opens in a new window) 02 8836 3400
- Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program (opens in a new window) 1300 888 529 (Youth Hotline 1800 10 18 10)
Dis/ability
- Information on accessing resources for people with a disability (opens in a new window)
- Disability Advocacy (opens in a new window): 1300 365 085
- Women with Disabilities Australia (opens in a new window) 03 6244 8288
- Intellectual Disability Rights Service (opens in a new window) 02 9318 0144
- AUSLAN services by 1800 RESPECT (opens in a new window)
Men
- Mensline (opens in a new window) (24/7) 1300 78 99 78: Counselling and resources
- Men’s Referral Service (opens in a new window) (24/7) 1300 766 491: Counselling and resources
- Living Well (opens in a new window): Information and support for survivors
- Survivors and Mates Support Network (opens in a new window)
Mental Health
- Lifeline (opens in a new window) 13 11 14
- headspace (opens in a new window) (headspace Parramatta 1300 737 616
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