Workforce Development

NCETA are specialists in workforce development (WFD) research and dissemination.

Click here for further information about workforce development research.

If you require information about a specific project, click on the links below.

• Making Sense of Australia's New Alcohol Guidelines

• Workforce Development Checklist for the AOD field

• Indigenous AOD workers

• Comorbidity Professional Development Scholarships

• Comorbidity, Mental Health, and AOD Course Database

**NEW WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERIES**

Alcohol & Other Drugs, Mental Health & Comorbidity: A Training Review

This report is the first in a new series from NCETA on workforce development (WFD). 

Various aspects of WFD are explored in the individual reports in this series.

Click here for a list of NCETA's WFD resources.

Click here for a list of NCETA's WFD publications.

Alcohol & Drugs in Society

NCETA undertakes quantitative and qualitative research about the initiation and impact of alcohol and drug use in society.

Click here for more information regarding NCETA's research in the areas of prevention, intervention and rehabilitation.

If you require information about a specific project, click on the links below.

• Young People and Alcohol

• The Role of Schools in Alcohol Education

** New Survey **

NCETA, in conjunction with the Australian Centre for Child Protection is conducting a survey to examine the role of child and parent sensitive work practice in the AOD field.

The survey is primarily aimed at the AOD workforce and it has been designed to explore:

• The extent to which AOD agencies and workers currently consider the parenting needs of clients and the needs of clients' children;
• The potential facilitators and inhibitors to using child and parent sensitive work practice in the AOD field.

It will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

Please click on the button below to access survey.

Click the button to access survey

**NEW WFD RESOURCES**

Making Sense of Australia's New Alcohol Guidelines

This brief explanatory document is designed for health and human services workers to assist their understanding of:

• the new NHMRC guidelines
• the ways in which the new guidelines differ from the previous guidelines
• how health and human services workers may use the new guidelines in their day-to-day roles.

Click here to download this resource.

Click here to order a hard copy.

Workforce Development Checklist for the AOD field

In response to increasing interest in workforce development (WFD) in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) field, NCETA has developed a checklist which provides a quick overview of some of the

key issues that fall under the umbrella of WFD. This checklist has been developed to ensure that:

• workforce development is tackled effectively by the AOD sector
• the AOD sector continues to provide optimal service delivery at the level of prevention, policy, and clinical care.

Click here to order this vital resource.

**New Project**

NCETA has commenced a new project to investigate the role of schools in alcohol education.

Click the button for information

To share your views about schools and alcohol education you can:

• make a submission (word document)
• download submission package (pdf document)
• complete an online survey
• complete an online survey (wrong link - do not use)

If you are aware of anyone who may have trouble accessing the submission package, please contact us and we will arrange to have the package sent out.

**NEW RELEASES**

NCETA's Effective Dissemination pack has been released.

The package contains:

• 3 publications (see below)
• a CD containing 70 powerpoint slides and an Introduction to Effective Dissemination.

Contact us if you would like to order an Effective Dissemination pack.

Effective dissemination: An examination of theories and models of change for research dissemination in the AOD field

(PDF 6,327KB)

Effective dissemination: An examination of the costs of implementation strategies for the AOD field (PDF 4,015KB)

Effective dissemination: A systematic review of implementation strategies for the AOD field (PDF 11,067KB)

For further enquiries contact Dr Petra Bywood.