Job ad for CSA counsellor - must Self ID as a Woman

They understand that the post should go to a women ie biological female, but are so terrified of the work community in Brighton that they have to sort of pretend that being a biological female isn't really biological but an identity.
I don't think they don't sort of pretend because they worry about funding, they believe it. They have had a self-identifing policy re users and staff for a long time. It wouldn't surprise me if it's supported by adult service users. Not on to be fucking around with children's minds.

Oh never mind, I see it’s in the main text not the job description. I think they are arse covering and will dismiss anyone who isn’t an actual woman. But maybe I’m giving them too much credit.

Have they changed it now? I can only see this.

Samtsirch
Are you suggesting the post should be open to both men and women, and not advertised under the Equality Act exemption?

Would a traumatised child / young person need someone empathetic, non judgmental, supportive, able to listen and support, beyond any thing else ?
Am I missing something ?

Brighton. What a massive surprise

They're currently blocking anyone on twitter who is commenting in a negative way.

Presumably a few complaints to the funding bodies and perhaps the local council about breaches of the Equalities Act might help focus their thoughts

The problem is for these places their funding is dependent on them throwing their female service users under the bus. Orgs that won't comply don't receive the money.

It's all part of the regulatory capture at a higher level. Karen Ingala Smith has spoke at length about this.

In a way this is almost worse.

They understand that the post should go to a women ie biological female, but are so terrified of the work community in Brighton that they have to sort of pretend that being a biological female isn't really biological but an identity.

But maybe as someone said above, particularly if they are funded by the local authority that they need to correctly word the ad.

The mind games people are now playing, and often because they just dont want to have the trans community start bullying them in public.

Heaven help those who go to this organisation for support.

They actually use the act they are breaking to justify a female only post. Give me strength.

Presumably a few complaints to the funding bodies and perhaps the local council about breaches of the Equalities Act might help focus their thoughts

WTF? A traumatised child will know if they’re being presented with a man. This is ridiculous, and one circumstance where biology really does matter in the workplace. Horrifying.

This post is open to self-identifying female applicants only, as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 pt 1 of the Equality Act 2010, and is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

How is it that they can understand the importance of this to the degree it goes in the advert yet at the same time hand wave it away as if it's nothing?

I don't know how their heads don't swivel off with the cognitive dissonance.

So not available to NB or genderfree women? Even though they may define as being under the trans umbrella?
So they only want the 'right' sort of trans people. Sounds like a hate crime to me.

well, if you aren't actually interested in the job you could apply and use your application as a consciousness raising tool

WTF. If a sexual abuse survivor requests female staff they should get a woman. Generally they shouldn't have to ask at all since statistically their abuser is most likely to have been male.