Centre Against Sexual Assault Central Victoria

What Centre Against Sexual Assault Central Victoria does

Centre Against Sexual Assault Central Victoria (CASACV) is a non-profit, government-funded organisation established in 1984 (with its parent CASA framework dating to 1979) that delivers trauma-informed counselling, advocacy, and support services to adults, children, and families affected by sexual assault across Victoria's Loddon Campaspe region. Operating from a single Bendigo headquarters co-located within the Multi-disciplinary Centre alongside Victoria Police SOCIT, Child Protection, Community Health Services, and the Victims of Crime Program, the organisation combines direct crisis response (24-hour crisis line 1800 806 292), one-on-one and groupwork counselling using evidence-based modalities (EMDR, somatic interventions, play/art therapy, attachment-theory approaches), and specialised programs such as REFOCUS (for children aged 4-18 displaying harmful sexual behaviours) and the Safe, Thriving and Connected family violence recovery program delivered via consortium. CASACV also operates the Young People as Agents of Change (YPAC) consent education project in the Macedon Ranges and a National Redress Scheme Support Service. All direct client services are free and confidential.

The business model is primarily a government grant-funded non-profit, with secondary income from public donations and professional development training fees for schools, workplaces, and agencies. CASACV is one of 15 Centres Against Sexual Assault throughout Victoria, governed by an independent Board of Directors led by CEO Kate Wright with a clinical staff of approximately 17 employees including a Director of Therapeutic Services, Therapeutic Programs and Service Manager, and clinicians credentialed across psychology, social work, family therapy, child psychotherapy, and creative arts therapies. Distribution occurs through the Bendigo MDC, the 24-hour crisis line, business-hours phone intake, online referral forms, Zoom-delivered training, and in-person professional development. The organisation holds no patents, AI/ML assets, or proprietary software products, and its intellectual property is concentrated in clinical methodology and 40+ years of accumulated sector expertise.

Name

Centre Against Sexual Assault Central Victoria

Legal name

Centre Against Sexual Assault Central Victoria

Website

https://casacv.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Centre Against Sexual Assault Central Victoria is a Victorian Government-funded non-profit providing free, trauma-informed counselling, 24-hour crisis response, advocacy, and specialised programs (REFOCUS, STC, YPAC) to sexual assault survivors across the Loddon Campaspe region from its Bendigo Multi-disciplinary Centre.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bendigo

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: CASA Central Victoria is a not-for-profit, government funded organization. The organization receives funding from Victorian Government to operate MDCs and deliver services.
2. Donations: The organization accepts donations from the public to support services for children and young people impacted by sexual violence, including therapy, groupwork, advocacy and community education programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CASACV provides free, confidential, trauma-informed counselling, advocacy, and support services to adults and children impacted by sexual assault across the Central Victoria/Loddon Campaspe region. Core offerings include individual and groupwork counselling using evidence-based approaches (EMDR, somatic, play, and art therapies), a 24-hour crisis line, the REFOCUS program for children with harmful sexual behaviours, the STC family violence recovery program, primary prevention education, and professional training for schools and organisations.

Product overview

Centre Against Sexual Assault Central Victoria operates as a not-for-profit government-funded service organization providing trauma-informed support across multiple interconnected service streams. The core offerings include individual counselling and groupwork counselling for survivors of sexual assault, with specialized programs such as the REFOCUS program for children with problematic sexual behaviours and the Safe, Thriving and Connected (STC) Program for family violence recovery. The organization also delivers 24-hour crisis care for recent sexual assault, advocacy and education services including the YPAC consent education project, and professional development training programs (CASACV 101, Introduction to REFOCUS, Aware & Respond). All services are delivered through a feminist, trauma-informed lens from the MDC Bendigo co-location facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• REFOCUS Program: An intensive intervention program for children (aged 4-18 years) displaying harmful sexual behaviours, to help them stop problematic behaviours and re-establish age and stage appropriate sexual development.
• Safe, Thriving and Connected (STC) Program
• Young People as Agents of Change (YPAC)

Products and services

• Individual Counselling and Support

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Victoria Police Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOCIT is co-located with CASA Central Victoria at the Bendigo Multi-disciplinary Centre (MDC). Specialist detectives investigate sexual assault and child abuse cases. SOCIT and CASA work alongside each other to provide an integrated, trauma-informed response to sexual crimes.
• Child Protection - Sexual and Physical Abuse Investigation TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChild Protection services are co-located at the MDC, providing child-centred, family-focused services to protect children from significant harm caused by abuse or neglect.
• Bendigo Community Health Services - Community Health NursecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Health Nurses at the MDC provide health and wellbeing support, sexual and reproductive health information, referrals and generalist support.
• Victim Assistance Program (VAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVAP helps people who have experienced violence by providing referrals, legal system information, advocacy, and court support. Located at the MDC.
• Centre for Non-ViolencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Safe, Thriving & Connected (STC) Program, a therapeutic family violence recovery program for victim/survivors of family violence in the Loddon Campaspe area. Part of the Loddon Gender Equality and Violence Prevention Consortium.
• Annie North Women's RefugecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Safe, Thriving & Connected (STC) Program as part of the Loddon Gender Equality and Violence Prevention Consortium.
• Cobaw Community Health CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Safe, Thriving & Connected (STC) Program as part of the Loddon Gender Equality and Violence Prevention Consortium.
• Women's Health Loddon MalleecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Safe, Thriving & Connected (STC) Program as part of the Loddon Gender Equality and Violence Prevention Consortium. Also a partner in the YPAC consent education project.
• Sunbury Cobaw Community HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Young People as Agents of Change (YPAC) consent education project, collaborating on workshops and the Pride Camp consent trivia event.
• Macedon Ranges Shire CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Young People as Agents of Change (YPAC) consent education project across the Macedon Ranges.
• Youth Affairs Council of VictoriamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Young People as Agents of Change (YPAC) project, providing media advocacy training and peer education expertise.
• Zoe Belle Gender CollectivemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Young People as Agents of Change (YPAC) consent education project.
• Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Young People as Agents of Change (YPAC) consent education project.
• Loddon Campaspe Multicultural ServicemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides the National Redress Scheme Support Service, offering free assistance to people in Central Victoria to apply for the National Redress Scheme for institutional child sexual abuse.
• Bendigo Community Health ServicesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Karen affirmative consent project, contributing to the Project Advisory Committee alongside Foundation House and Kangaroo Flat Community House.
• Foundation HousemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the Project Advisory Committee for the Karen affirmative consent video project on affirmative consent laws and support services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CASACV
• Xx.com/CASACV

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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Investments

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