Workforce development

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Alcohol & other drugs workforce development strategy

The key principles underlying this first Victorian Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Development Strategy is ensuring that those who provide treatment and services to people with AOD issues have opportunities to participate in relevant training and development, access to support initiatives and other quality focused support services. With service delivery across some 90 drug treatment agencies, coupled with General Practitioners and generalist DHS workforces working with clients with AOD issues, there is a large workforce requiring a coordinated approach to the systems development, learning and education aspects of Workforce Development.

Developing a workforce development strategy is both an opportunity and a commitment by the Department of Human Services to provide AOD treatment services with the support and assistance to increase not only the skills and knowledge of AOD workers, but also the capacity of the sector as a whole. We must develop, cultivate and maintain a truly specialist and professional workforce, ensuring a basic level of well-qualified personnel who will be regarded as credible experts by those who call upon it.

As part of the AOD Workforce Development Strategy many new projects, opportunities and resources will be available, so check this page regularly for the latest updates.

The Victorian Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Development Strategy 2004-2006 is available below.

Victorian Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Development Strategy 2004-2006 (332kb, pdf)

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Minimum qualification strategy

An underpinning feature of the Workforce Development Strategy is the Victorian Alcohol and Other Drugs Minimum Qualification Strategy.

The AOD Workforce Minimum Qualification Strategy (166kb, pdf)

Major projects 2005

Details on the major training projects in the AOD sector are available below for download.

Professional development program (44kb, pdf)

Forensic workforce training program (36kb, pdf)

Clinical supervision training program (35kb, pdf)

Management training program (36kb, pdf)

AOD workers training resources

Turning Point was commissioned to create six training resources to support the Minimum Qualification Strategy core induction competencies.

These will be available in book format, and are also accessible below for download.

Orientation to the AOD sector (1.32mb, pdf)

Assessing the needs of clients with AOD issues (827kb, pdf)

Working with clients who have Alcohol or Other Drug issues (990kb, pdf)

Working with clients who are intoxicated (617kb, pdf)

Provide AOD withdrawal services

Acknowledgements & Section 1 - Introduction (168kb, pdf)

Section 2 - Check needs of clients (260kb, pdf)

• 2.1 Professional ethics and boundaries
• 2.2 Statutory responsibilities
• 2.3 Raising the issue
• 2.4 Basic communication skills
• 2.5 Conducting an assessment
• 2.6 Complex assessment issues

Section 3 - Support management of withdrawal (505kb, pdf)

• 3.1.The withdrawal environment
• 3.2 Roles and responsibilities
• 3.3 Withdrawal features
• 3.4 Management of withdrawal
• 3.5 Comprehensive individual treatment plans

Section 4 - Evaluate client withdrawal (53kb, pdf)

• 4.1 Discharge procedures

Section 5 - Assist client with ongoing harm minimisation (377kb, pdf)

• 5.1 Harm minimisation
• 5.2 Other AOD services
• 5.3 Allied health & welfare services
• 5.4 Conflict resolution
• 5.5 Prevention & management of aggression

Section 6 - References, glossary & acronyms (196kb, pdf)

Appendix 1. Validation group (38kb, pdf)

Appendix 2. Assessment tools (1,698kb, pdf)

Appendix 3. Individual Treatment Plan Tool (128kb, pdf)

Appendix 4. Discharge summary tool (64kb, pdf)

Appendix 5. Harm minimisation tools (48kb, pdf)

Appendix 6. Competencies within the Certificate IV in AOD Work (76kb, pdf)

Provide advanced interventions to meet the needs of clients with Alcohol and/or Other Drug issues (1.09mb, pdf)

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