Resources on the Internet with workplace development information

NSW Government

Australia

NSW Government Resources

NSW Health

1. Training Needs Review Report
   August 2001

NSW Board of Vocational Education & Training

1. Beyond Flexibility: Skills and Work in the Future
   2001

NSW Drug and Alcohol Workforce Development Council

1. Drug and Alcohol Issues: An Agenda for Workforce Development in NSW
    2005

TAFE NSW

1. Alcohol and Drug Unit Resources
   This website provides links to workforce development resources for frontline workers, including volunteers and youth workers.

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Other Australian Resources

Alcohol and Other Drugs: a website for General Practitioners and Health Professionals
A website that has a suite of resources produced by a Consortium headed up by the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA). Includes drug information, practical treatment tips, treatment & management suggestions, a trainer' resource kit, etc.

Alcohol & other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA)

1. Workforce Development Policy Document
   This policy document discusses both the specialist AOD workforce and the generalist AOD workforce such as community, legal and health practitioners, and the requirements for each. September 2003

Henry, John (With contributions from Kate Andrews and the Professional Development Network research team members)

1. Working and Learning in Vocational Education and Training in the Knowledge Era (Summary)
   February 2004
2. Working and Learning in Vocational Education and Training in the Knowledge Era: Final Report of the Professional Development for the Future Project
   February 2004

National Alcohol Strategy

1. Workforce Issues and the Treatment of Alcohol Problems: A Survey of Managers of Alcohol and Drug Treatment Agencies
   2003

NCETA (National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction)

1. From Training to Work Practice Change: An Examination of Factors Influencing Training Transfer in the Alcohol and Other Drugs Field
   The monograph examines a wide range of factors that influence work practices in relation to alcohol and other drugs.It provides a review of evidence related to the influence of the factors assessed in the Work Practice Questionnaire on training transfer and work practice.Strategies to address each of the factors in order to facilitate training transfer and work practice change are also discussed. 2004 (6.88Mb PDF
2. Guidelines for Evaluating Alcohol and Other Drug Education and Training Programs
   The guidelines provide user-friendly information for evaluating alcohol and other drug education and training programs.The guidelines have been designed to support both novice and experienced trainers to develop,implement and analyse their training evaluation.The document includes a discussion of the aims and context of various types of evaluation,useful tools,tips and readings. 2004 (8.66 Mb PDF
3. Handbook for the Work Practice Questionnaire (WPQ):A Training Evaluation Measurement Tool for the Alcohol and Other Drugs Field
   The handbook provides a detailed description of the WPQ and its psychometric properties.The WPQ is a purpose-built measurement tool designed to assess a wide range of factors that influence work practices in relation to alcohol and other drugs. 2004 (7.49 Mb Pdf)
4. Workforce Development: Overview
   NCETA provide a number of resources on workforce development, including:
5. Workforce Development Issues: Towards a Framework for Action July 2004
   (A one page document prepared for the Inter-Governmental Committee on Drugs)
6. Alcohol and other drugs specialist treatment services and their managers: Findings from a national survey. 2004
7. Workforce Development and the Alcohol and Other Drugs Field: A Literature Review of Key Issues for the NGO Sector. Dec. 2003
8. Tertiary Training on Alcohol and other Drugs in Australia: A Review. 2003
9. Workforce issues and the treatment of alcohol and drug treatment agencies. 2003
10. Mentoring: An Age Old Strategy for a Rapidly Expanding Field. A What, Why and How Primer for the Alcohol and Other Drugs Field. 2002
11. Organisational Barriers to Training Transfer: The Role of Workplace Social Controls and Normative Behaviour in Workforce Development. 2002
12. Workforce Development Issues in the AOD Field. 2002
13. Workforce Development: Our National Dilemma. 2002
14. Training Transfer: The What, How and Wherefore Art Thou? 2002
15. The Role of Goal Setting in Workforce Development. 2002
16. Health Professionals’ Attitudes to Licit and Illicit Drug Users – A Training Resource
17. Satisfaction, Stress & Retention Among Alcohol & Other Drug Workers in Australia. 2007 (2.9MB)

NADA (Network of Alcohol & Other Drugs Agencies)

The NADA website has extensive resources in the workforce development area. These include:

1. Workforce Development: Introduction
2. Workforce development resource kit: A guide to workforce development for alcohol and other drugs agencies
   This Resource Kit was produced jointly by NSW Health and NADA. It was developed in response to sector wide issues of high staff turnover, barriers to attracting the right staff, difficulties ensuring the knowledge of staff is up to date and that they have access to professional development opportunities. By working through this Kit managers can develop a range of sustainable workforce development strategies in their agency. Tools in the Kit are based on a collection of current best practice cases from a variety of government and non government agencies, both internationally and nationally. 2003
3. Alcohol and other Drug Workforce Development in Australia: The assessment of needs and the identification of strategies to achieve sustainable change. Jurisdictional Reports: NSW, Queensland ACT

Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association (VAADA)

1. Alcohol and other Drug Workforce Development in Australia: The assessment of needs and the identification of strategies to achieve sustainable change
   Jurisdictional Reports: Victoria
   Jurisdictional Reports: Tasmania

Youth Action and Policy Association NSW

1. Working with young people with alcohol or other drug issues: A self paced learning package
   Resource for youth workers helping young people with alcohol or other drug issues.