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1 The Alcohol and Other Drugs Program delivers a range of vocational education and trainingaccredited qualifications, where a qualification comprises 14 units. Alcohol and Other Drug workers ingovernment and non government settings can participate in one or more of these units that comprise aqualification.2 An episode of alcohol and other drugs treatment is a "period of contact, with defined dates ofcommencement and cessation, between a client and a treatment provider that occurs in one settingand in which there is no change in the main treatment type or principal drug of concern, and there hasnot been a non planned absence of contact for greater than three months" (National Health DataDictionary). A closed episode of treatment is one where there is a valid date of cessation. Treatmentservices submit data one quarter in arrears and so the count reported here is for the 12 months 1April2009 to 31 March 2010.3 The number of episodes provided in the non-government sector through agencies funded by theAlcohol and Other Drugs Program.4 The number of episodes provided in the government sector through agencies directly funded andadministered by the Alcohol and Other Drugs Program.Key AchievementsTreatment and careThe Alcohol and Other Drugs Program delivers and funds a range of community basedtreatment services and programs, including withdrawal services, residential rehabilitation,outpatient counselling, pharmacotherapy services and aftercare.In 2009-10, AODP invested a total of $8.6 million funding into 30 treatment services toprovide 3587 episodes of treatment across the Northern Territory, with alcohol continuing tobe the principal drug of concern at 67% of all episodes.A summary of treatment episodes is shown in Table 26 below.Table 26: Number of closed episodes of treatment in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services byprincipal drug of concern, 1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009 and 1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010. OtherDrug Treatment Services by principal drug of concern, 1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009 and 1 April2009 – 31 March 2010.Principal drug of concern Apr 08 - Mar 09 Apr 09 – Mar 10Alcohol 2 409 2 398Amphetamines 75 96Cannabis 381 294Opioids 312 306Volatile substances 119 238Other 113 255As shown in Table 27, during the period April 2009–March 2010, assessment only wasthe most common main treatment type provided (38% or 1367 episodes), followed bycounselling (20% or 714 episodes) and residential rehabilitation (15% or 548 episodes).162Department Health and Families
Table 27: Number of closed episodes of treatment in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services bymain treatment type, 1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009 and 1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010.Main Treatment Type Apr 08 - Mar 09 Apr 09 – Mar 10Assessment Only 898 1 367Counselling 581 714Information and Education only 344 298Other 179 146Pharmacotherapy 130 114Rehabilitation 345 548Support and case management only 330 55Withdrawal Management (Detoxification) 600 345Not stated 2 0Total episodes 3 409 3 587 services operating in Darwin, Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs.This is an increase of 395 admissions on the previous year. Sobering up shelters protectintoxicated individuals who are vulnerable to harm and reduce antisocial behaviour.The amended Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Act and associated Regulationscame into operation on 22 February 2010. The amendments provide for streamliningand improved timeliness in the treatment order processes, a broader range of treatmentoptions for referral, and an increase in the period of the order.In 2009-10, there were 216 requests for assessment for court ordered treatment underthe Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Act. 147 were children and 69 were adults, witha total of 17 people ordered for treatment issued over the 2009-10 year.The $4 million capital upgrade of the Banyan House residential rehabilitation facility wascompleted in September 2009. The upgraded facilities provide three new residentialaccommodation blocks, containing 18 beds and include two dedicated withdrawalAODP is managing the design and construction of a new purpose built sobering upshelter to replace the existing facility in Katherine. The capital funds for the new shelterwere provided by the Australian Government and is due for completion by August 2010.St Vincent de Paul Society (Vincentcare) was funded in 2009-10 to operate TransitionalAftercare services (both residential and outreach) from the recently renovated andupgraded Bees Creek Road site from September 2010.In October 2009, the Alcohol and Other Drugs Program took over the managementand operation of the Nhulunbuy Special Care Centre. The treatment programs havebeen redeveloped and extended to provide residential rehabilitation services as well asoutpatient and outreach alcohol and other drug services to the region.An independent review into alcohol and other drugs treatment services in Alice Springswas completed in June 2010. The review provided for individual service level review forincorporation into revised service agreements and is the basis for ongoing professionaldevelopment priorities and quality improvement decisions.The Hospital Based Interventions Project commenced in Alice Springs and Royal DarwinHospital. The Project provides for tobacco and alcohol screening and brief interventionsfor patients and intervention and referral advice and support for staff.A pilot project to increase alcohol and other drug intervention and support in the RDHEmergency Department commenced in February 2010. Under the pilot an alcohol andDepartment Health and Families 163
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Chief Executive ForewordChief Execu
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Dr Barbara PatersonCorporate Plan P
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Peter BeirneCorporate Plan Priority
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In comparing data between 1994-98 a
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Aboriginal Health and FamiliesProf.
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Corporate Plan 2009 - 2012Vision, M
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PRIORITY ACTION AREA 2Healthy Child
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to parents at key ages i.e. exclusi
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PRIORITY ACTION AREA 3Targeting Smo
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the health effects of smoking from
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PRIORITY ACTION AREA 4Connecting Ca
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The Chief Minister’s Youth Round
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Created four additional positions i
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PRIORITY ACTION AREA 5Safety, Quali
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essential to make sure that, wherev
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PRIORITY ACTION AREA 6Attract, Deve
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Established an Indigenous Nursing a
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Implement the Professional Practice
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The Integrated Maternity Services C
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Radiation Oncology Services
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Service Map DetailsDepartment Healt
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Through the East Arnhem Regionalisa
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very effective with the Alice Sprin
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Across the TerritoryDigital Regions
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Our PeopleDepartment Health and Fam
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Snapshot of our peopleFigure 1 show
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National Indigenous Cadetship Progr
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Supporting our PeopleHuman Resource
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Graduate ProgramThe Department has
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GovernanceDepartment Health and Fam
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Human Research Ethics CommitteeThe
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Table 16: Budget by Output groups20
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Key Achievementsfurther increases i
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Key AchievementsAdditional funds of
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Youth ServicesThe Northern Territor
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Performance Measure2008-09Actual200
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Acute CareDepartment Health and Fam
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Appendix IIILegislation Responsibil
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Appendix IVCouncils, Committees and
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Northern Territory Family and Child
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Key areas from terms of reference:T
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Members of the Council who left in2
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Meetings:The Committee met in July
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Appendix VEmployment InstructionsDe
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Employment Instruction No.5Medical
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Appendix VIAcronymsAASAustralian Ac
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DHFDepartment of Health andFamilies
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MHSMental Health ServicesMJDMachado
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TBCTBCHTuberculosis CommunityHealth
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