Victorian AOD Service Providers Conference Program

 

Registration 8:45 – 9:30

Celtic Hall
Welcome, Welcome to Country
MC: Peter Wearne

9:30 – 9:45

Quit Online Smoking Cessation Program Launch and Panel
Launched by Sarah White, Director Quit Victoria

Panel: Stefan Gruenert – CEO Odyssey House, Sarah White – Director, Quit Victoria, Rose McCrohan – Manager, Alcohol and Drug Nurse Practitioner, ReGen, Consumer Representative

9:45 – 10:20
Change Agent Network Video Launch:  Perspectives on Leadership from the alcohol and drug (AOD) sector

Melinda Lucas – Knowledge Manager, Change Agent Network

10:20 – 10:40
Morning Tea 10:40 – 11:10
Celtic Hall
No longer a case of ‘parallel universes’: Alcohol, drugs and human rights
Assoc. Prof. Kate Seear  Academic Director of the Springvale Monash Legal Service
11:10 – 11:40
Drugs, crime and community cohesion
Assoc. Professor Rebecca Wickes – Director for the Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre at Monash University.
11:40 – 12:10
S-T-R-E-T-C-H   B-R-E-A-K 12:10 – 12:20
Breakout Session 1

How do I know if it’s going to work? Some simple ideas for evaluating your program or activity, that don’t require a lot of time or money.

Family Violence and Substance Use Coercion AOD Service Model Design in Victoria’s 10 new Community Hospitals: How should AOD services be provided? Quick Chat #1
Naomi Crafti –  Strategic Lead, Workforce Development
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
MC: Amanda Exley
Marije Roos Project Lead, Family Violence Capability Framework and Information Sharing, VAADASusan George – Odyssey House VictoriaStephen Herd – Turning PointMC: Tony Johannsen Adam Chapman, System Design & Planning and Decision Support Policy and Planning, Health and Wellbeing DivisionMC: Jane Moreton Sign up for a session at the registration table!  Our Quick Chat team are:
Elisa Buggy – Flatout
Venetia Brissenden – Manager Therapeutic  Services  and Capacity Building, Thorne Harbour Health
Rita Brien – Research and Education Officer, Turning Point
Leanne Duggan – Senior Intake and Assessment, Clinician Uniting Ballarat
Richie Goonan – Operations Manager Community Health , Youth Projects
Peter Higgs – Associate Professor in Public health at La Trobe University
Theresa Lynch – Manager, Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service
Chris McDonnell – Project Officer, VAADA
Gene Rhodes – Consumer Coordinator, Uniting ReGenMC: Naomi Carter
12:20 – 1:00
Dining Room 1 Dining Room 2 Dining Room 3 Simmonds Hall
Lunch 1:00 – 2:00
Breakout Session 2
Equine Assisted Therapy Improved Access & Retention – A Radically Different Withdrawal Approaching Stigma in your organistation – the power of words Speed Networking #2
Faye McCormack –  EAGALA Certified Mental Health Psychotherapist and Equine Specialist

 

MC: Helen Shaw

Rebecca Smyth –  Nurse Unit Manager, DePaul House

MC: Jane Moreton

Sione Crawford, CEO  Harm Reduction VictoriaSejla Stammers -Information Officer; Alcohol & Drug FoundationHunter Morgan – Health Promotion Officer; Harm Reduction VictoriaSam Jones – Communications Officer; Harm Reduction Victoria

 

MC: Sam Biondo

Sign up for a session at the registration table!  Our Quick Chat team are:
Elisa Buggy – Flatout
Venetia Brissenden – Manager Therapeutic  Services  and Capaicty Building, Thorne Harbour Health
Rita Brien – Research and Education Officer, Turning Point
Leanne Duggan – Senior Intake and Assessment, Clinician Uniting Ballarat
Richie Goonan – Operations Manager Community Health , Youth Projects
Peter Higgs – Associate Professor in Public health at La Trobe University
Theresa Lynch – Manager, Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service
Chris McDonnell – Project Officer, VAADA
Gene Rhodes – Consumer Coordinator, Uniting ReGen
TBAMC: Naomi Carter
2:00 – 2:40
Dining Room 1 Dining Room 2 Dining Room 3 Simmonds Hall
S-T-R-E-T-C-H  B-R-E-A-K 2:40 – 2:45

 Celtic Hall
Internet Gaming Addiction
Dr Olatz Lopez Fernandez -Senior Lecturer, Course Coordinator Postgraduate Program of Addictive Behaviours, Turning Point

2:45 – 3:30
Closing Remarks 3:30 – 3:35