Annual Report 2005-2006 - Drug Arm

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DRUG ARM Australasia · Annual Report 2005 - 2006 16 5. Centre for Addiction Research and Education (CARE) The Centre for Addiction Research and Education (CARE) is a national division of DRUG ARM and provides support to all programs and staff across Australia. CARE maintains a lean team comprising a Librarian, a Library Technician, an Education and Training Coordinator and the Director. At the beginning of this fi nancial year CARE bade sad farewells to Librarian Alethea Hubley, who left to manage the library of All Hallows Theological College, Library Technician Margaret Mowberry (to the State Library) and to Kate Humphrys, Community Development Offi cer, who moved to the Department of Communities. However, CARE welcomed new Librarian Jillian Griffi n, previously of the Wesley Hospital, and new Library Technician Corrinne Hills, previously from South Australia, to the team. CARE’s work was augmented by contributions from University students from Griffi th University, QUT and University of Queensland across a number of faculties, who contributed over 2,250 hours to a number of projects. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS National Evaluation project CARE undertook a nationwide evaluation of DRUG ARM programs. SOS programs in Wollongong (NSW), Brisbane, Ipswich and Bundaberg (Qld), MOSHPIT in Qld, HART programs in NSW and Qld and CART in SA, Get Set youth program in SA were all covered. This complex project involved the CARE students and staff in all states. During late 2006, evaluations of SOS programs in NSW and SA and the FADS program in Toowoomba, Qld, will be completed. Schoolies Week research During November 2005 CARE continued its 10- year study of the drug- and risk-taking behaviour of young people celebrating at Schoolies Week on the Gold Coast. Data now exceeds 12,000 responses over 7 years, and was augmented in 2005 by initial data on young people’s intentions for Schoolies Week. One paper on this research was published in Of Substance journal in January 2005, and new results were presented at the 5th International Drugs and Young People conference in Sydney in May 2006. Publications Salom CL, Watts MP, Kinner S and Young DC, Schoolies Week In Perspective (2005), Of Substance, January 2005. Salom CL and Hubley AM (Eds), Matters of Substance 2005 – magazine for schools education. Salom CL, Watts MP, Kinner S and Young DC, Schoolies Week: Intent vs Reality (2006), presented at 5th International Drugs and Young People conference, Sydney, May 2006. Safer Partying Project Funded by the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation (AERF), CARE has developed community information workshops on preventing the harms at adolescent parties, and is training members of communities across New South Wales and Queensland to deliver these sessions. Research collaborations QADREC (UQ): Amphetamines Treatment Outcomes Study (in association with NDARC) QADREC (UQ): Data contributions to national PDI and IDRS studies Criminology (Griffi th University): Youth crime prevention projects meta-analysis Education and Training Development of volunteer training courses continued during 2005-2006, with current modules updated and expanded to meet program needs. Three new stand-alone workshops on
DRUG ARM Australasia · Annual Report 2005 - 2006 5. Centre for Addiction Research and Education (CARE) continued 17 Case Management, Supervision and Debriefi ng and Presenting Parent-Student Workshops were developed and delivered for DRUG ARM staff and volunteers. Specialised workshops on drugs and working with young people were developed, customised and delivered for organisations including: • Tackling Life – a life skills program in collaboration with Mitchelton Rugby League Club for students from primary and secondary schools in Brisbane • Queensland Academy of Sport – drugs in sport workshops for elite stream athletes • Youth Enterprise Trust – workshops for staff working with at-risk and disadvantaged youth • Rockhampton Grammar School – workshops for teachers • Cherbourg Indigenous Community – inhalants – focussed workshops for community members and parents Resource Centre The Resource Centre continued to expand its reach across Australia, further developing its membership and links with other libraries and communities in need. Concerted work on document delivery and ease of access methods by the staff show results in the increased use of journal articles and professional development materials by staff and volunteers. Borrower profi les also refl ect increased external access to the collection by allied professionals. Supply of fact sheets and program information to the public continues to grow. Increased use of the on-line catalogue (OPAC) through the website refl ects a preference for use of electronic based information; the collection is developing to accommodate this. New organisational members/supporters include: • SA State Parliamentary Library • Regional libraries in Cherbourg, Maryborough, Innisfail, Townsville areas • Queensland Department of Corrections • Goodna Youth Services • Queensland Department of Communities • Surfers Paradise Management As well as preparation for external events, displays were developed for the following special events: International Women’s Day, Children’s Book Week, Mental Health Week, National Science Week, Drug Action Week and Volunteers Day. Media responses and information: CARE responded to over 55 media queries during the fi nancial year. Popular enquiry topics included: • Drug use statistics for local and national profi les • Schoolies Week • Inhalant use (or Volatile Substance Misuse – VSM) • School drug education • Drug testing in the workplace • Ice/amphetamine and ecstasy use Specialist programs: Tackling Life – collaboration with Mitchelton Rugby League Club – life skills for primary and secondary students – multiple schools in Brisbane Queensland Academy of Sport – presentation for elite stream athletics students Career Keys and other colleges – for students disengaged from mainstream schooling Youth Enterprise Trust Rockhampton Grammar School Cherbourg Indigenous Community
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