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  • Building Bridges: Opportunities for AOD sector collaboration to enhance outcomes for people with co-occurring mental health and AOD needs
    • October 16, 2025
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    As Victoria enters the next phase of mental health reform, VAADA is proud to launch our latest report. This paper builds on previous work and aims to ensure that integrated, person-centred care becomes the standard across Victoria’s mental health and wellbeing system.

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  • VAADABase AOD Sector Insights Report
    • September 17, 2025
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    This AOD Sector Insights report presents aggregated insights from the VAADABase pilot project, which has compiled data from 15 Victorian Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) agencies over the period of 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

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  • Mental Health Presentations in the AOD Sector | Highlighting the challenge and working towards solutions
    • March 27, 2025
    • Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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    This report, drawing on data provided by the Victorian alcohol and other drug (AOD) sector and correlated against data from the Victorian Agency for Health Information, confirms long held anecdotal evidence, that people presenting for alcohol and drug treatment in Victoria do so with very high levels of mental illness and psychological distress.

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  • VAADA Annual Report 2024
    • December 3, 2024
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    Over the past year, the VAADA team has remained committed to addressing a disjointed and at times, fragmented service system. We have chosen to drive our efforts to advocate for meaningful reform and enhanced service delivery around access to treatment, data gaps, workforce sustainability, funding and the integration of intersecting systems of care.

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  • Treatment Delayed is Treatment Denied
    • September 23, 2024
    • Posted by: Trudi Jordan
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    VAADA’s seventh sector demand survey reveals that more Victorians are waiting for AOD treatment than at any time since the pandemic. Following a survey of 38 service providers across Victoria between June and July 2024, at least 4615 people were waiting for some form of AOD treatment on any given day within that period. This figure is 93% higher than the September 2020 result of 2385 people on the daily waitlist.

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  • Women in the Sector Workforce Snapshot
    • February 29, 2024
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    Today, we are proud to introduce the fifth and final instalment in our Snapshot Series: ‘Women in the Sector.’ This report provides an extensive insight into the unique capacities and capabilities of Victoria’s AOD workforce.

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  • Lived and Living Experience Workforce Snapshot
    • February 5, 2024
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    In early 2023, VAADA launched its very first AOD Workforce Development Survey. The survey received an impressive nearly 25% response rate from the workforce. Today, we introduce the fourth instalment in the Snapshot Series, where we take a look at the Lived and Living Experience Workforce.

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  • Rural and Regional Workforce Snapshot
    • December 11, 2023
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    In early 2023, VAADA inaugurated its first AOD Workforce Development Survey, with an impressive nearly 25% response rate from the workforce. The report offers a comprehensive glimpse into the distinctive capacities and capabilities of Victoria’s AOD workforce. For an in-depth understanding, access the complete survey report by clicking here. Today, we’re thrilled to present the fourth instalment of our Snapshot Series, shining a spotlight on Rural and Regional workforces. Click below to explore the valuable insights.

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  • VAADA Annual Report 2023
    • November 20, 2023
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    To say that 2022-2023 has been a big year for VAADA is no understatement. As we slowly adjust to life after the pandemic, the Victorian alcohol and other drug (AOD) sector continues to face a mix of challenges and opportunities.

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  • Years in the Sector Workforce Snapshot
    • November 20, 2023
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    In 2023 VAADA received nearly 400 responses in its biennial Victorian Alcohol and other Drugs Workforce Development survey. A detailed report was produced exploring the high-level findings and offering a handful of recommendations on workforce capacity, capability and wellbeing. This is document forms part of a series of snapshots which focus exclusively on a segment of that data.

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