Resources specifically for youth workers and students below. See the webpage alcohol & other drugs in the young people section for resources for young people & parents.
YAPA fact sheets
YAPA model policies
Model policies on working with young people, for non-residential youth services in NSW: The following policies in particular have content relevant to drugs:
- Code of conduct for staff
- Rules and consequences
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Duty of care statement
- Individual risk assessment about a young person
- Smoking
- Alcohol and illegal drugs.
YAPA self-paced learning package
Resources on other sites
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Reach Out Pro
Reach Out Pro provides access and advice for health care professionals on a range of technologies and online resources that can be used to enhance the effectiveness of psychosocial support and mental health care provided to young people. Key features:
* Quick access to resources and information for young people
* Learn about new technologies and what they mean to young people
* We answer questions like "what is social networking?" and "why is it so important for me to know?"
* Easy instructions based on clinician experience on how to incorporate technology into clinical practice
* Advice on how to make clinical practice more efficient using technology
www.reachoutpro.com.au -
Of Substance magazine & special youth issue
Of Substance: national, quarterly free magazine on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Special youth issue October 2006 - PDF or subscribe to free, print copy www.ofsubstance.org.au -
Drug offences, by Shopfront Youth Legal Service. Go to Shopfront site - scroll down to "Common offences: drugs"
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Ted Noffs Foundation
Provides information about Noff's residential programs, out-client services and training programs
www.noffs.org.au/programs
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NSW Health NGO Grant Program
Funding to not-for-profit community based organisations that provide complementary health related services
www2.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/funding/2569.html -
The AER Foundation
A grants program designed to encourage responsible consumption of alcohol and to emphasise the dangers of licit substance misuse
www.aerf.com.au/pages/page3.asp -
Hepatitis Council of NSW
produces a wide range of resources, all free, on hepatitis C
02 9332 1599
www.hepatitisc.org.au
See the webpage alcohol & other drugs in the young people section for resources for young people & parents.
