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This section is dedicated to practical guidelines and toolkits. These links will bring you to the originally published guidelines/toolkits.


 

24/7 Clinician Information Resource and Hotline

Drug and Alcohol Clinical Advisory Service – DACAS 1800 111 092 toll free across the Northern Territory

Alcohol and Drug Counselling online community forum (9am and 9pm AEST)

Screening and assessment tools from DACAS: AUDIT, AUDIT-10, AUDIT C, FRAMES, KESSLER-10

Case Management

What is case management?  Case Management Society of Australia and New Zealand (CMSA)

What is a case manager? Case Management Society of Australia and New Zealand (CMSA)

Case Management in Non-Government Alcohol and Other Drug Services: A Practical Toolkit

Capacity Building

Capacity Building and Change Management: A guide for community services – Victorian Alcohol And Drug Association (VAADA)

Comorbidity Capacity Building Toolkit – Western Australia Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (WANADA)

Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS NMDS) Resources - Queensland Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies (QNADA)

Consumer Participation

Guideline to Consumer Participation in NSW Drug and Alcohol Services –  Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (NADA)

A practical guide to consumer participation in the Victorian alcohol and other drug sector – Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC)

COVID-19

Northern Territory advice on COVID-19 - NTG Website

COVID-19 Information for the Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Sector: Residential Treatment - QNADA 2022

COVID-19 impact on alcohol and other drug treatment services - AIHW 2021

Alcohol and other Drug Telephone Counselling Toolkit - Insight QLD 2022

Domestic Family Violence

Practice Guide: for Responding to Domestic & Family Violence in Alcohol & Other Drug Settings - ATODA

Domestic and Family Violence Capability Assessment Tool: for Alcohol and Other Drug Settings - ATODA

Practical Tools to Implement the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations - Child Safe Organisations

Helpful websites with free resources for AOD workers and clinicians

Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) – https://adf.org.au/

Youth Support and Advocacy Service (YSAS) – http://ysas.org.au/publications

Emerging Minds online Training Portal: https://emergingminds.com.au/training/

Turning Point – https://www.turningpoint.org.au/treatment/clinicians

Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) – http://fare.org.au/resources/

Insight Queensland - https://insight.qld.edu.au/training or https://insight.qld.edu.au/shop

Remote Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Short Films

Short Films on Brief Interventions:

Alcohol (First Sessions)
Alcohol (Female Client)
Alcohol (Male Client)
Alcohol & Pregnancy
Methamphetamine (Ice)
Gunja & Relapse
Mental Health Screening
Smoking

Treatment Guidelines

Managing Cognitive Impairment in AOD Treatment Guidelines - Turning Point 2022

Guidelines on the management of Co-occurring alcohol and other drug and mental health conditions in alcohol and other drug treatment settings - 2016

Withdrawal Guidelines

Alcohol and Other Drug Withdrawal Guidelines - Turning Point 2018

Quick Reference Guides and Withdrawal Guidelines 2018 - Insight Queensland

Youth

Family‐based prevention programmes for alcohol use in young people - Cochrane Library

Youth AOD Portal - AADANT

Alcohol Protected Areas

Understanding the interim alcohol protected area opt-out model: A guide for Communities - Northern Territory Government