Supporting our Artist Employees

DADAA’s primary role is to provide access to the arts and cultural life of WA for people with disabilities or mental illness. Critical to this access is DADAA’s staff of permanent, contract and part-time arts workers, who underpin the entire DADAA program.

As one of the largest employers of professional and emerging community cultural development (CCD) and arts practitioners in WA, DADAA works to add value to the WA arts community through:

• Delivery of customised arts and disability training programs;

• Access to professional development, formal and informal mentoring programs;
• Commitment to sustained localised employment opportunities in both regional and metropolitan Perth;
• Provision of local program coordination and management structures;
• Provision of artistic licence and creative control;
• Access to theoretical, production and technical resources;
• Competitive wage and salary conditions, including salary packaging; and
  
• Insurances and superannuation
  

DADAA recognises the core values that professional and emerging CCD and mainstream practicing artists bring to the communities with whom they work. The roles of the artist as catalyst, facilitator, investigator, consultant, driver and guide are critical in meeting the cultural development needs of the complex individuals with whom DADAA works.

In the period 2007 – 2012, DADAA seeks to expand the support structures and opportunities currently available to the artists within our employ through:

• Annual program of critical debate;
• Increased web capacity and development of interactive web components;
• Increased emphasis on the production of Arts and Disability resource publications;
• Annual residential training program;
• Development of resource and production equipment library;
• Development of legal, copyright and moral rights library;
• Strategies through which to better position broad artistic input from the state and national CCD and arts sectors;
• Development of strategies through which to develop self-supporting teams of artists with a strong emphasis on peer support and professional exchange;
• Development of working links between disparate artistic staff across the state to access diversity of practice that lies beyond DADAA;
• Implementation of stronger collaborative process between managers and artistic staff on pre-project development and design;
• More active engagement with artistic staff in evaluation, review and policy development;
• Establishing common CCD and Disability language across staff to facilitate greater understandings among employees;
• Promoting WA Arts and Disability practitioners and artsworkers within DADAA’s publications; and
  
• Maintaining a commitment to the employment of emerging WA artists through:
• Program placement;
• Training and mentoring;
• Continued employment opportunities; and
  
• Inclusion within critical debate.

Services Coordinator: Midland Office (Applications now open)

DADAA is currently seeking an enthusiastic Services Coordinator to support the organisation's East Metropolitan operations. If you feel you can lead by example and meet the job requirements, email a covering letter, a copy of your CV and your responses to the selection criteria to denise@dadaawa.asn.au or post your application to:

Denise Bowyer
The Manager
DADAA Inc
6 The Avenue
MIDLAND WA 6056

Applications close 3 June 2011.

Services Coordinator JDF

Services Coordinator Selection Criteria

Casual Support Workers: Midland Office (Applications now open)

DADAA is currently seeking casual support workers for the East Metropolitan region. Support workers should have experience in working with adults with disabilities and be keen to work with people on innovative creative arts projects to enhance and provide support and opportunities for people to learn new skills and develop their involvement in the arts.

DADAA seeks candidates who demonstrate a positive attitude towards people with disabilities. Candidates must be prepared to travel and have a current police clearance, current driver's license and the ability to work flexible hours. Support workers with a strong background in community practice are encouraged to apply.

If you feel you meet the job requirements, email a covering letter, a copy of your CV and your responses to the selection criteria to denise@dadaawa.asn.au or post your application to:

Denise Bowyer
The Manager
DADAA Inc
6 The Avenue
MIDLAND WA 6056

Applications close 3 June 2011

Support Worker JDF

Support Worker Selection Criteria

Arts Workers: For Arts Programs in Community and Workshop Environments

DADAA regularly seeks arts workers with the following qualities:

- Must be comfortable in a workshop environment
- Must be proficient in visual art skills
- Must preferably have exhibiting experience

As an arts worker with DADAA, you will join a well-established team of dedicated artists. You will facilitate visual art workshops to enhance and provide opportunities for people to learn new skills and develop interest and involvement in the arts.

Candidates who have experience in working with adults with disabilities, who have a current police clearance, and who are artists with a strong history of community practice are encouraged to apply. View the selection criteria below and mail applications to:

Denise Bowyer
The Manager
DADAA Inc
6 The Avenue
MIDLAND WA 6056

Email: denise@dadaawa.asn.au
Tel: 9250 7633

Arts Worker Selection Criteria

Volunteers

Many of DADAA's programs require skilled volunteers for their success. Contact DADAA if you are interested in volunteering in an arts-based environment.