How was your shift?
Get it off your chest.
Private, brothel, massage, strip, cam and online workers. Put down what you're carrying before you go home.
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Take a moment.
Get somewhere safe and quiet if you can. You're allowed to stop.
Breathe with this
What you might be feeling
- Shaky, sick, or a racing heart
- Numb, or oddly calm
- Tearful, angry, or both
- Going over what you could have done differently
These are normal reactions. They usually settle over hours or days.
If a client hurt or threatened you
It isn't your fault. Get somewhere safe and call 000 if you're in danger. 1800RESPECT is there 24/7, and SWOP NSW offers peer support. Reporting to police is your choice.
Ground yourself
Look around. Name them, out loud or in your head.
Call someone now
Add your safety buddy, a worker you trust or SWOP NSW in so they're here when you need them.
Not sure who to tell?
If you don't feel safe telling your workplace or management, there are other people you can go to. Or write down what happened, just for you, while it's fresh.
What helps after
Handover to yourself
A few minutes after work. Notice what you're carrying, then leave what you can at the door.
Please talk to someone now
You said you've had thoughts of harming yourself or not wanting to be here. Please call one of these now. If you're in immediate danger, call 000.
Light load
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About what happened
It isn't your fault. Get medical care if you need it. Reporting to police is your choice, and you can warn other workers through SWOP NSW's Ugly Mugs alerts either way.
Your safety
You said you didn't feel fully safe. That matters. Make a safety plan with someone you trust, talk to SWOP NSW peer workers, and trust your gut about clients.
Getting home safely
You said you've got very little energy left. Get home safely, text your safety buddy, and rest.
What might help
People you can call
This isn't a medical assessment. It's a way to notice how you're going over time.
How it's been going
Last 14 days
Handovers
This phone isn't letting the page save, so handovers won't be kept.
Privacy & your data
Add a PIN, download what you've entered, or delete everything from this phone.
Your work, your wellbeing
What to watch for, and what helps. Tap a heading to open it.
Violence and sexual assault
Violence is never part of the job, and sexual assault is a crime whatever work you do.
Right now
- Get somewhere safe. Call 000 if you're in danger.
- Get medical care if you need it. Sexual assault services can collect evidence if you want, even if you decide later about police.
- 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) is there 24/7.
After
- Reporting to police is your choice.
- You can warn other workers through SWOP NSW's Ugly Mugs alerts, whether or not you go to police.
- SWOP NSW offers peer support and legal referrals.
When a client crosses a boundary
- You can end a booking if a client crosses a boundary. You don't owe anyone more than you agreed to.
- Let your safety buddy know what happened.
- Keep the client's details for safety, and consider an Ugly Mugs alert.
- Feeling shaken afterwards is normal. Talk to a worker you trust.
Safety planning
- Let someone you trust know where you are and when you will check in.
- Screen clients in the way that works for you.
- Keep your phone charged and on you.
- Trust your gut. If something feels wrong, leave.
Stigma, outing and doxxing
Keeping your work private from family, landlords or other jobs can be exhausting, and being outed is frightening.
- You get to decide who knows about your work.
- If you are outed or doxxed, save evidence and get support.
- The eSafety Commissioner takes reports of image-based abuse, including intimate images shared without consent.
- SWOP NSW can refer you to its sex worker legal service.
Trouble with police, landlords or banks
- Sex work is decriminalised in NSW, and you have the same rights to safety at work as anyone else.
- SWOP NSW can refer you to its sex worker legal service.
- Write down what happened, with dates, while it's fresh.
After a hard booking
- Emotional labour is real work, and it takes something out of you.
- Small rituals help mark the end of work: a shower, changing clothes, music.
- Talk to a worker you trust. They get it.
Drugs and alcohol at work
- No judgement. Notice if you need something to get through bookings or to come down after.
- ADIS (1800 250 015) is free and confidential, 24/7.
- SWOP NSW has naloxone, health supplies and peer-led SMART Recovery groups.
Money ups and downs
- Income that changes week to week is stressful.
- The National Debt Helpline (1800 007 007) gives free financial counselling.
- Plan for quiet weeks when you can.
Conflict at work
You don't have to put up with it, and you don't have to sort it out alone.
- Write down what happened, with dates, while it's fresh.
- If your manager is involved, talk to someone outside your reporting line.
- The Fair Work Commission can make orders to stop bullying at work.
- For sexual harassment, 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) is there 24/7.
Signs you're carrying too much
- Dreading bookings
- Feeling numb, or detached from your body
- Using more alcohol or drugs to get through
- Sleep all over the place
- Pulling back from people
These are common responses to demanding work and to stigma. They're not a weakness.
Keeping work and home separate
Small rituals help: a shower, changing clothes, a work name you leave at work. It is OK to protect your private self.
When to get more help
If your load has been heavy for two weeks or more, or it's affecting sleep or home life, talk to a GP or counsellor you trust. SWOP NSW can refer you to sex-work-friendly services. A GP can set up a Mental Health Treatment Plan for Medicare-subsidised sessions with a psychologist.
People to call
Save the ones that apply to you. They stay on this phone and show up on the Help now screen.
Support lines
Support that gets it
Sometimes the person you'd normally tell is part of the problem, or it just doesn't feel safe. Here are other ways to get support. You choose what to do, and when.
From your organisation
A workplace or peer organisation can add its own support numbers here.
Someone outside your reporting line
- SWOP NSW. Peer-led support, health supplies, Ugly Mugs alerts and legal referrals, on 02 9184 9466 (weekdays 10am to 6pm).
- A worker you trust. Someone who knows the work.
- Your safety buddy. Someone who knows where you are.
- A sex-work-friendly GP or sexual health clinic. SWOP NSW can help you find one.
- A counsellor. Ask SWOP NSW for a sex-work-friendly referral.
Text or chat instead of calling
For when talking out loud isn't possible, or feels like too much.
For particular situations
Sex work is decriminalised in NSW. Reporting to police is always your choice.
Spiritual and religious support
Some people find strength in prayer, ritual or their faith or cultural community after a hard shift. Others find it in nature, music, exercise or quiet. Whatever gives you meaning counts.
If your workplace has a chaplain or wellbeing officer, they support people of any faith or none. Their role is to listen, not to persuade.
Words to start with
The first sentence is often the hardest. You could say:
"I don't want to explain my work. I just need to talk about what happened."
"Can this stay between us? Is there anything you'd have to pass on?"
"A booking went wrong and I'm still shaken."
"I need advice, but I don't want to go to police right now."
What happens if I tell someone?
- Counsellors, peer supporters and helplines keep what you say private. The main exception is if someone is at serious risk of harm. If you're unsure, ask at the start.
- SWOP NSW is peer-led and confidential.
- Reporting to police is your choice. Ugly Mugs alerts can warn other workers without a police report.
- Your private record in this app stays on your phone unless you choose to share it.
Not ready to tell anyone?
That's OK. You can write down what happened, just for yourself, and decide later.
Numbers and services are for New South Wales and Australia-wide. Check with your organisation for its own services.
Write down what happened
It stays on this phone. It isn't a report, and nothing is sent anywhere. If you later decide to raise something, notes written at the time are easier to rely on than memory.
My entries
Entries can't be edited, so each one shows when it was written. To add something, write a new entry.
No entries yet.
If you decide to share it, you can download it or send it to yourself.
Your phone, your data
PIN lock
Ask for a PIN when the app opens, and after it has been in the background for a minute.
PIN is on.
The PIN stops someone else opening the app on your phone. It doesn't encrypt what's stored, so keep your phone locked too. If you forget it, you can delete everything and start again.
Hide the screen
Tap the eye button at the top of any screen to cover the app straight away, for example around clients, housemates or family. Tap to come back, or enter your PIN if you've set one.
Download my data
Download everything you've entered (handovers, private record and contacts) as a text file. You could keep a copy, or show it to your GP or counsellor.
Delete everything
Deletes your handovers, private record, role, contacts and PIN from this phone.
Delete everything from this phone? This can't be undone.
About Unladen Red
Unladen™ Red is a prototype made by Co-Synthesist Pty Ltd, Newcastle NSW. Unladen™ is a trade mark of Co-Synthesist Pty Ltd. It isn't a medical or emergency service, and it isn't connected to any workplace, agency, police or government agency. The questions haven't been clinically validated yet.
What's stored: your role, handovers, private record, saved contacts and settings, only in this phone's browser. Nothing is sent to anyone. There are no accounts, analytics or trackers.
Feedback: the feedback form is the only part of Unladen Red that sends anything, and only when you press Send. It doesn't include anything else from the app.
Keep in mind: if you clear your browser data or remove the app, what you've entered goes too. Download a copy first if you want to keep it.
Version 0.1 prototype · September 2026