2023
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Victorian Alcohol and other Drugs Workforce Development Survey Report 2023
- October 12, 2023
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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No CommentsThe Victorian Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Workforce Develpment Survey 2023 was conducted to inform an understanding of current experiences and challenges across the AOD sector. It also sought to identify opportunities to build workforce capacity and capability to ensure the sector is able to effectively meet the needs of service users now and into the future. This report presents a hight-level summary of the survey findings based on overall experiences and perspective of people working in the Victorian AOD sector.
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Funding indexation announcement gives security for future planning.
- September 1, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the announcement from the Victorian Government of a new indexation rate and a formula to calculate future funding increases. The announcement will
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International Overdose Awareness Day: Providing Support for Victoria’s most stigmatized population
- August 31, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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PRESS RELEASE 31/8/2023 [starts] Providing Support for Victoria’s most stigmatized population The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) stands with families, people who use drugs and the agencies providing AOD
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Strategy towards the Elimination of Seclusion and Restraint – Views of the AOD Sector
- July 24, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Background In response to the request via Engage Victoria for feedback, VAADA coordinated an online consultation session on the 13th July 2023 with workers from the AOD sector to gather
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VAADA supports a First Nations Voice
- June 30, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) acknowledges the historic and current injustices suffered by First Nations people in Australia. VAADA believes that as a starting point to remedying these
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Summary of AOD sector feedback on Independent Review of Compulsory Assessment and Treatment Criteria and Alignment of Decision Making Laws
- June 13, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) conducted a 2 hour consultation workshop with members of AOD sector regarding questions raised in the consultation paper titled “The Independent review of compulsory
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Integration of Care in Practice – Resource
- June 6, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The VDDI provides guidance and oversight for a broad range of integrated mental health and alcohol and other drug activities. In support of the notion that integrated treatment is possible
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Infographic – CBD drug trends 2023 snapshot
- May 26, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Drug overdoses, ambulance callouts and drug deaths in Melbourne’s CBD are on the rise following COVID. This CBD drug trends snapshot reveals the drug crisis in our city, and the
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State Budget 2023-24: State Budget delivers carefully balanced budget to an AOD system on a tightrope
- May 24, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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The 2023/24 Victorian state budget is a steady no frills budget that extends funding for some residential services in the short term, provides an uplift in opioid pharmacotherapy support, workforce
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Government embeds lifesaving support
- May 5, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Daly
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Government embeds lifesaving support The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the passage of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Medically Supervised Injecting Centre) Bill 2023 which was