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Governance
“an equal partnership between government and non-government agencies”
Alcohol and Drug Service, Metro North Health Services District (Lead Agency)
The Youth Community Team (YCT), also known as Hot House
State-wide Services Program
Open Doors Youth Service Inc.
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC)
Queensland Injectors Health Network (QuIHN)
Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Service (ATODS) Gladstone & Cairns
Child and Youth Mental Health Services, Royal Children’s Hospital
Queensland Health State-wide Homeless Initiative
School Based Youth Health Nurses Program (SBYHNP)
HIV and HCV Education Projects, School of Medicine, University of Queensland
Department of Communities
Youth Substance Abuse Service (YSAS) Victoria
Child and Youth Mental Health Services Mater Health Services, Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Service (ADAWS)
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Alcohol and Drug Service, Metro North Health Service District (Lead Agency) Alcohol and Drug Service (ADS) provides comprehensive treatment, prevention and educational services, founded on best practice approaches, to minimise alcohol and other drug related harm and enhance the health and well being of the community.
The Service is comprised of three Program Areas; Acute Care Services, State-wide Services and Community Teams. The catchment area for the Service is the greater Brisbane area, Pine Rivers Shire and Redcliffe and Caboolture Shires, however as the largest Alcohol and Drug Service in the State, the Service operates as a centre for excellence in the field and has a responsibility to provide consultations, information, education and training and resources across the State.
The Youth Community Team (YCT), also known as Hot House, is a specialist team within the Community Teams Program. YCT is the only Queensland Health community based youth alcohol and drug specialist service in the State. The Team provides best practice alcohol and drug interventions for young people and families, achieved via:
Through these and other initiatives, the YCT has developed a reputation for professionalism and excellence, and is frequently contacted by services across Queensland as an authoritative source of specialist information and professional development.
State-wide Services Program, provides professional development and support to workers, clients and agencies across Queensland. The Service engages in best practice training (in a variety of modes – e-learning, needs based training and courses), service needs identification and development, research and quality activities, provision of telephone counselling (Alcohol and Drugs Information Service – ADIS) and information access for clients and staff.State-wide Services Program is made up of:
Open Doors Youth Service Inc. is the only service in Queensland working directly with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) young people as a specialist service. We are based in the Fortitude Valley in Brisbane and provide face to face, phone and email counselling to young people and/or their families and provide a youth drop in space for young LGBT people to meet each other, seek support and gain information.
We also run therapeutic groups, social activities such as under age dance parties and sporting activities etc.In addition to direct work with young people and their families Open Doors Youth Service Inc. operates a service providers network to provide information, resources and support to mainstream service providers supporting LGBT young people across the state. We also provide training and facilitate workshops to any group or organisation who wish to learn about or gain skills to work with LGBT young people.
As a small NGO Open Doors Youth Service Inc. is limited by funding in the services it can provide directly to young people, however, alcohol and drug treatment is a major issue for the majority of young people we work with. We work with young people and their families to build individual case plans and have extensive experience in service planning, management and service provision generally speaking. The expertise we bring to the group is an acute knowledge of the issues facing young LGBT people and the way in which these issues impact on their drug and alcohol use and in their recovery from such.
As the only LGBT youth specific service Open Doors work with young people, their families and professionals on very limited funding across Queensland by phone and email..
Facilitate a Service Providers Network for mainstream services to gain information to support LGBT young people in their organisation.
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC)
Queensland Injectors Health Network (QuIHN)
Queensland Injectors Health Network Ltd (QuIHN) is a consumer controlled health service vehicle ( a company limited by guarantee) which implements a comprehensive range of programs related to substance misuse/abuse and its consequences.QuIHN’s treatment services have for over a decade developed strong dual diagnosis capacities. QuIHN also offers a range of powerful blood borne virus (BBV) infection control programs /interventions (NSP and MIXUP) which regularly bring our team into contact with multi-risk young people. Our work is enhanced by very strong peer community articulation and a universal harm reduction philosophy.
QuIHN acknowledges the value of multifaceted approaches in the Alcohol and Drug sector but takes pride in delivering highly flexible programs focussed to the needs of individuals. QuIHN Ltd has two members, QuIVAA Inc and SCIVAA INc, which have rights to appoint an agreed number of Directors to the Board of Directors. QuIHN’s Constitution allows for more corporate members to join the organisation and at the discretion of existing members new members may receive representative rights. Alternatively, the Board may be expanded to allow the appointment of Directors with special expertise.
QuIHN’s service to young people (18-24) whose drug use is well established is extensive. In Brisbane we work closely with Brisbane Youth Service and Deception Bay Youth Service and have developed a high level of acceptance by homeless itinerants, street kids, the Valley indigenous population, and across the State, the GLBT community. We also provide, from five service points, a well regarded outreach program (Mixup) which focuses on harm reduction, particularly in relation to blood borne viruses. Mixup strongly targets drug dependent people in the upper end of Request for Tender age focus. QuIHN interacts with injecting drug users on a daily basis through our Needle and Syringe Programs (NSP) from our offices in Fortitude Valley, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. ( QuIHN’s north and south coast NSPs may well have a higher level of interaction with younger injectors – our Fortitude Valley NSP is particularly focussed on multi-disadvantaged clients) QuIHN collaborates with other organisations (FPQ & HOC) to deliver BBV related programs to prisoners.
QuIHN is committed to working in collaboration and partnership with a range of peak bodies and key stakeholders in responding to the needs of QuIHN’s target group(s) and in addressing issues associated with BBV’s, STI’s and other injecting related harms: The Australian Intravenous League (AIVL); the Queensland Network of Alcohol and Drug Associations (QNADA), the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC), the Hepatitis Council of Queensland (HCQ), and the Partnership of Non-Government Health Organisations (PONGHO), are all examples of bodies which QuIHN maintain membership and work in partnership arrangements. Such formal relationships and affiliations allow and assist QuIHN to plan, collaborate and deliver better service outcomes, and utilise and share resources, and information: while enhancing referral processes for QuIHN’s clients. These affiliations also assist QuIHN to research various best practice service delivery models being utilised in Queensland and across Australia.
Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Service (ATODS) Gladstone & Cairns
ATODS clinical and prevention staff provide and manage diverse alcohol and drug programs for young people in locations across Queensland. Representation for the consortium comprises of ATODS Coordinators from the Gladstone and Cairns areas, to ensure rural and remote representation.: ATODS provide evidence based services utilising harm minimisation strategies to improve the health & well being of young people including:-
In line with ATOD Prevention Statement & Queensland Strategy for Chronic Disease plans, significant percentage of ATODS is prevention work, involving community based interventions and health promotion interventions.
Through these initiatives, ATODS have developed close relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders including GPs, Mental Health, Women’s Health, many NGO’s, Youth Interagency Network, Local Shire/City Councils, Queensland Police Service and schools.
ATODS staff utilise best practice principles & training, utilises service needs identification and development, research and quality activities including community partnership prevention activities, provision of telephone counselling and information access for clients & internal staff and works very closely with the co-located Mental Health services to ensure best possible client out comes.
The ATODS teams are very proactive in working with Mental Health staff, GP’s, Division of GP’s and various government & non government agencies and provide in-services for various industries & employment agency staff.
Queensland Health State-wide Homeless Initiative
The QH Homeless Health Outreach Teams are funded to provide health outreach services to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The services are run from key locations across Qld, Inner city Brisbane, Townsville, Cairns, Gold Coast and Mt Isa. The services have a broad health focus with a particular emphasis on mental health and drug and alcohol. Services operate from an outreach basis and provide clinic services at non-government homeless services locations and “in place” at locations such as parks and crisis hostels.The target group for HHOT is broad and encompasses all ages including child and youth. All teams have expertise available in the area of provision of alcohol and drug and mental health services for young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The services provide have a collaborative approach and clinics are run at local non government agencies including youth only agencies.
The Queensland Health Homeless Program is a state-wide response involving numerous District Health services with a primary focus in mental health and alcohol and other drugs.
The initiative has funded the development of specialist mental health teams (Homeless Health Outreach Teams) who provide comprehensive case management, assessment and intervention for homeless persons who are experiencing mental illness. Also the initiative has funded alcohol and drug specialist positions to provide assessment, treatment and prevention programs for homeless persons with substance use concerns. Where the homeless person experiences a dual diagnosis (ie. Mental illness and Alcohol and/or drug abuse) then the mental health and alcohol and drug teams work collaboratively to provide appropriate service.
School Based Youth Health Nurses Program (SBYHNP)
The SBYHNP is a State Government initiative which aims to promote the health and wellbeing of young people in partnership with the education sector. The program commenced in 1999 and now comprises 114 Full Time Equivalent SBYHN positions that provide a service to 272 state schools with secondary students across Queensland.The Program was introduced to enable students, parents and other members of the school community to access a health professional within the school setting for matters relating to youth health, and to support schools to promote health.
The School Based Youth Health Nurse role encompasses: individual consultations with young people that includes the provision of information, assessment, brief intervention and referral to appropriate services; whole of school health promotion; and advocacy.
Depending upon the size of the school, a full-time SBYHN position may provide a service to between one and four schools. They support their school communities to take a broad, coordinated approach to health issues such as mental health; tobacco, alcohol and other drug use; sexual health; healthy eating; physical activity; and sunsafety.
Child and Youth Mental Health Services Mater Health Services
Child and Youth Mental Health Services, Royal Children’s Hospital
HIV and HCV Education Projects, School of Medicine, University of Queensland
Primarily, the HIV & HCV Education Projects provides education, facilitation, monitoring & evaluation, and resourcing within its three core domains of HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health across a range of health disciplines including medical practitioners, nurses, dentists, allied health and community health workers. The HIV & HCV Education Projects has been operating since the beginning of 1998 and is recognised at a state level, nationally and internationally as a centre of expertise in clinical education, facilitation, monitoring & evaluation and resourcing.Originally the primary responsibility of the project was to design, develop, implement and evaluate courses for medical practitioners who wished to prescribe HIV antiretroviral therapies in Queensland, Australia. This remains a core component of the organisation.
The HIV & HCV Education Projects has a long history of provision of education. This has included specific education for health workers in the Drug and Alcohol sectors, including those working in youth focused areas.
Provision of education to health care workers in HIV, hepatitis and sexual health through the tender from Queensland Health, Project ID 40744. This is a state-wide service that develops, implements and evaluates education activities across Queensland. This has included the staging of a 3 day course on Thursday Island in May 2008 to education in Toowoomba and west in August 2008.
Organisation, staging and evaluating the annual meeting of Sexual Health Clinicians in June 2008 as part of Queensland Health funded Project ID 47121. This activity demonstrates the state-wide management experience and expertise offered by the team at the HIV & HCV Education Projects.
Management of the state-wide Hepatitis C Shared Care grants program as part of Queensland Health funding for Project ID 45066. This activity tasked the team at the HIV & HCV Education Projects with the administration and management of a small grants scheme for health personnel working in liver clinics across Queensland. This project, concluded by the end of September 2008, demonstrated the expertise of the unit in state-wide Service provision and highlights the capacity for future involvement in such state-wide activities.
Youth Substance Abuse Service (YSAS) Victoria.
Youth Substance Abuse Service (YSAS) is a leader in the provision of youth alcohol and drug services in Australia. YSAS, provides a variety of services and research and development activities to enhance the quality of alcohol and other drug treatment for young people across multiple sites in Victoria. The mission of YSAS is:
‘To engage, support and strengthen vulnerable young people affected by drug and alcohol use, mental illness and social disconnection in order to improve their health, wellbeing and participation in the community.’
YSAS has established a variety of direct care, workforce development and public policy advocacy strategies that are delivered across Victoria. Through partnerships with other service providers and the development of services locally, YSAS has established and developed integrated services for young people, including:
Withdrawal Services – provides community and residential withdrawal services across 7 sites in metropolitan and rural Victoria
Consultancy Services
Key features of YSAS service delivery are:
For further information see www.ysas.org.au
Office for Youth, Department of Communities
The Office for Youth plans and delivers youth justice, youth support, and youth development and leadership programs for young people across Queensland.
The Department of Communities prioritises funding to organisations that support vulnerable 10 to 18 year-olds such as those who:
• identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples
• are at risk of homelessness
• are involved in the child safety or youth justice systems
• are disengaged from family, peers, school/training, community and employment.The role of the Office for Youth is to design, monitor and report on evidence-based programs across a range of initiatives that:
• strengthen the self-reliance and resiliency of vulnerable young people
• reduce recidivism.
Program and services include:
Youth Development and Leadership
• Queensland Youth Forum 2010; Youth Engagement Grant regional forums; National Youth Week 2010 events; and the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament
• Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and Bridge Award youth development programs
• Youth Support Coordinator Initiative
• Young Indigenous Leaders Strategy and the Indigenous Youth Parliament
Youth Support
• South West Queensland Indigenous Family and Youth Coaching and Mentoring Service and the Youth Enterprise Partnership initiative
• Youth Support funding programs
• Youth sector development
• Statewide Safer Schoolies Initiative
Youth Justice and Conferencing
• Implementation of the Youth Justice Act 1992
• Youth Housing and Reintegration Service funded under the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness in six Queensland locations
• Evidence-based, offence-focussed programs for Youth Justice Services and Youth Detention Centres
• Youth Justice funding programs
For further information, visit www.youth.qld.gov.au
