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Service / Practice Improvement Toolkit


The purpose of the SPIT is to provide a process and tools for individual, services and the sector to engage with to reflect and improve practice and service delivery to young people in Queensland.

Tools to assist services and the sector
The tools aim to assist workers, services and the sector to:

  • Encourage engagement and collaborative inquiry;
  • Provide tools for systematic inquiry into the particular contexts services work in;
  • Document and share examples of practice;
  • Further build a community of youth drug and alcohol practice.

    • Tools may take a number of formats such as;

  • Checklists
  • ‘Where to get further information’ sheets
  • ‘How to’ guidelines
  • Summary charts and posters for display in a workspace
  • Templates
  • Podcasts
  • Links to key resources available on-line.

    • It is envisaged the SPIT will incorporate a mix of existing tools tailored to the Queensland context and tools developed as part of the SPIT development process.

    The process

    Dr Phil Crane and Ms Jenny Kaighin from the Social Work and Human Services program at the Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Health, have been engaged as consultants. The SPIT development process will take place over a six month process and will be collaborative at a number of levels. The Dovetail Project team, the Consortium, and service providers (especially the Icebreaker services) are key informants of the development process. The role of the QUT consultants is to provide a supportive process whereby appropriate tools are identified, developed and initially trialled.

    Step 1: Draft SPIT Discussion Paper
    This has been completed and is available on the Dovetail web site.

    Step 2: Identification of tools to be developed
    This involves a series of consultations with Icebreaker services, the Consortium and the field more broadly

    Step 3: Development of 6 tools using PAR
    In collaboration with QUT 6 Icebreaker services (or pairs) lead the development of one of the identified tools using the PAR process.

    Step 4: Finalisation of tools
    Tools will be trialled by services and refined as needed.

    For more information contact the Dovetail Project Team


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