Conferences & Forums

Due to COVID-19 the Spring 2020 Service Providers Conference was delivered as a four-part webinar series over October and November. VAADA is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to facilitate the Service Providers’ Conference   Webinar 1: Telehelp! Tools and Techniques for telephone and video consultations for AOD Treatment Watch the...

ForumResourcesForum VAADA has been commissioned to run an AOD Workforce Development and Stakeholder Engagement Project for the North Western Melbourne PHN region, coordinating forums, training, communities of practice and managers networks. With a focus on Homelessness this forum will explore drivers and trends in homelessness, provide a system overview of the homelessness sector and also...

Keynote 1: David Nutt – Policy reform, personalised medicine and brain science: why we need a multifaceted approach to reducing the harms of alcohol and other drugs #WorthaSecondChance – Youth Justice Presentation  – Elle Jackson, Campaign Manager, Youth Justice Enhancing Mastery across mental, physical and substance use domains – Amanda Baker PhD, Newcastle University Can-we-future-proof-AOD? – Gabby

Plenary 1 VAADA update - Sam Biondo, Executive Officer, VAADA DHHS update - Ross Broad, Assistant Director, Drug Policy & Reform Unit A Critical examination of Welfare State constructions of income support recipients and addiction - Dr Philip Mendes, Director of Social Inclusion and Social Policy Unit in the Department of Social Work, Monash University Soundbites...

Intersectionality explains how an individual may experience multiple types of overlapping discrimination, depending on their age, gender, ethnicity, physical or cognitive ability, class or other characteristics that may place them in a minority group. The link between experiences of discrimination and poor mental and physical health outcomes has been well established yet in the course...

Morning Plenary Sound bites from the sector: new tools, programs and services Medically supervised injecting room update - Ross Broad - DHHS Ross Broad presentation New withdrawal guidelines; Addiction Medicine Unit; Practical advisory service - Victoria Manning, Jonathan Tyler & Dan Lubman - Turning Point New-withdrawal-guidelines-Addiction-Medicine-Unit-Practical-advisory-service New withdrawal guidelines booklet   VicRoads Drink and Drug Driving Laws...

Presentations Historical context and current considerations for practice - Rei Alphonso, Drummond Street Trans and gender diverse safe practice - Starlady Agency Overview: Awomba Codd - VAC   Resources Policy and Practice Recommendations for AOD Service Providers supporting the Trans and Gender Diverse (TGD) Community Trans 101 downloadable booklet Trans Pathways First Australian National Trans...

The NWM Region Domestic Family Violence Forum is one of a suite of three key events of the North West Melbourne PHN Workforce Development project. The Domestic Family Violence Forum  focussed on providing agencies and senior workers with practical and highly relevant skills and knowledge to develop appropriate responses to domestic family violence at both...

CALD AOD Practitioner Tip Sheets to download: These tip sheets outline some key issues for consideration when working with clients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in the areas of AOD counselling, residential withdrawal settings and intake and assessment settings.  Download the tip sheets by clicking on the links below: Cultural Cues - working...