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Presentation overview

  • Introduction of services
  • Snapshot of drug use by local young people
  • Supporting young people experiencing AOD issues
  • Help, support and resources
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Introduction Of Services

PREVENTION ‐ Upskilling ‐ Empowering ‐ Safer choices EARLY INTERVENTION ‐ Information ‐ Brief advice ‐ Referral INTERVENTION ‐ Treatment ‐ Management

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Youth Solutions

  • Youth drug and alcohol prevention and health promotion

charity, established 1988

  • Primary target group: young people aged 12 – 25 years
  • Geographic areas: Macarthur and Wingecarribee regions
  • Service offerings include:
  • prevention and health promotion
  • drug and alcohol education
  • community programs
  • information and referral
  • volunteer opportunities (YAG and student placements)

Youth Solutions

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Uniting – Doorways for Men

Works with single fathers

  • r couples with children

who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in the Macarthur region (Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly)

Uniting – Getting It Together

  • A holistic early intervention case work service that works with

young people who are who are using alcohol or substances between the ages of 12-25years

  • Young people can be engaged with the service for up to a period
  • f 12 months
  • The program covers 4 local government areas Campbelltown,

Camden, Wollondilly and Wingecarribee

  • Referrals are accepted from all pathways such as self-referral,

referral from government and non-government services and internally from other Uniting Programs

  • GITS Boxing Group
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Mission Australia SWYS – MAASS Program

  • Macarthur Adolescent AOD Support Service (MAASS)
  • A holistic AOD treatment and support service for young people

aged 12-24 years living in the Macarthur area who need support with AOD

  • Works with the young person during a series of AOD intervention

sessions to address their AOD use and increase capacity for them to achieve current and future goals

  • Follow-up phone contact will be offered for up to 3 months after

the sessions

  • Able to provide AOD workshops
  • WDO approved provider

Local young people and substance use

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Snapshot of Young People in Macarthur: Alcohol

277 responses from Safer Celebrations Campaign 2018-2019:

  • 20% - 40% of respondents would have pre-drinks (2017/18: 30% - 40%)
  • 19% of respondents would have 5 or more standard drinks while out (2017/18: 13%)
  • 5% of respondents often or always get into a fight or an argument (2017/18: 9%)
  • 11% of respondents would never or not likely call emergency services if something

went wrong

Source: Youth Solutions 2019

Snapshot of Young People in Macarthur: Tobacco

As at 28/5/2019, we received 105 responses from young people aged 15-25 yo as part of the #whyichoose campaign 2019:

  • 89% identified as ‘non-smokers’
  • 42% are ‘sometimes’ exposed to second hand tobacco smoke
  • For those who identified as ‘smokers’,
  • 75% were ‘somewhat’ or ‘highly motivated’ to quit
  • Majority bought cigarettes in packets, some rolled their own cigarettes or
  • btained cigarettes from friends

Source: Youth Solutions 2019

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Snapshot of Young People in Macarthur

Initial findings from focus groups conducted by Youth Solutions with young people aged 12 - 25 years:

  • Drugs most commonly used by the young people interviewed were

cannabis and MDMA (ecstasy). Most use alcohol (do not consider it a ‘drug’)

  • Importance of peer influence
  • Young people need evidence of harm for behaviour change
  • Stigma and accessing help

Discussion

What substances are most commonly used by the young people you work with?

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Supporting young people experiencing AOD issues

Stages of Change

  • Pre contemplation (Stuck)

No desire to change or no recognition of a problem

  • Contemplation (Accepting Help)

Recognition of a problem but inability to recognise a realistic solution

  • Preparation (Believing)

Thinking about steps to change but feeling doubt about change

  • Action (Learning)

Taking steps to change

  • Maintenance (Self-reliance)

Continuing new behaviours. If behaviours are discontinued lapse or relapse is likely.

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Motivational Interviewing / Change Talk

  • Motivational interviewing (MI) is a style or method

that aims to enhance a person’s motivation to change behaviour’s that may be problematic in their lives by exploring and resolving their uncertainty about change

  • This can be referred to as being curious and

asking non-judgmental open ended questions

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Things to keep in mind….

  • Build rapport and express empathy
  • Work collaboratively
  • Consider a harm reduction approach
  • 1. Engage
  • 2. Guide and Evoke
  • 3. Plan
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Real life case study: Tara (Alias)

  • 17 years old female
  • Living with her maternal grandparents in regional

isolated area

  • Grandmother has chronic depression and anxiety and

her grandfather is legally blind.

  • Little to no engagement with support services
  • Tara is at the pre contemplation stage of change and

does not identify any concern with her usage of cannabis

  • GITS become involved in in November 2018 – Tara

was reluctant to engage with GITS- rapport was built

  • ver period of time.

Supporting young people experiencing AOD issues

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Help, support and resources

Emergency and crisis

Emergency services (Ambulance, Police & Fire) Triple zero (000) Community Mental Health Emergency Team (CoMHET) 02 4629 5400 1300 787 799 (after hours) Lifeline 131 114 www.lifeline.org.au Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467 www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au Counselling Online 1800 888 263 www.counsellingonline.org.au Link2Home homelessness line 1800 152 152

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Youth Help and Support Services

headfyrst (Fyrst Youthlink Salvation Army and headspace Campbelltown, Liverpool & Bankstown) Phone: 02 8785 3200 Provides case management, AOD counselling, relapse prevention, crisis intervention, practical assistance and mobile support for young people aged 12 – 25 years. Website: salvos.org.au/youthlink/fyrst/ Ted Noffs Foundation

  • Residential treatment program for young people aged 13-17 and after care

(Randwick & Canberra)

  • Counselling Services (outreach services available to SW Sydney)
  • Street University (workshops and activities in Liverpool, Mt Druitt and Canberra)

Website: www.noffs.org.au

Youth Help and Support Services

Mission Australia Triple Care Farm Phone: 02 4885 1265 Residential AOD program for young people aged 16 – 24 years old offering detox, case management, safe and supported withdrawal, medical care, counselling, educational and recreational programs, and after-care. Triple Care Farm is located on 110 acres in the NSW Southern Highlands and accepts referrals from young people Australia wide. Website: sd.missionaustralia.com.au/281-triple-care-farm

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Help and Support – family specific

Family Drug Support Phone: 1300 368 186 This 24 hour telephone support line is for families affected by drugs and alcohol and also provides education and referral, and facilitates support groups across

  • Australia. Website: www.fds.org.au

Parent Line NSW Phone: 1300 1300 52 Parent Line is a telephone counselling, information and referral service for parents

  • f children ages 0 to 18 who live in NSW. Parents, grandparents and carers

anywhere in the state can call Parent Line for no more than the cost of a local

  • call. Monday to Friday 9am to 9 pm. Weekends 4pm to 9pm.

Website: www.parentline.org.au

Useful apps & technological resources

Emergency +

  • Shows your current GPS coordinates
  • Lists relevant phone numbers

Text the effects

  • Drug information service via SMS
  • Developed by Alcohol

and Drug Foundation

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Useful apps & technological resources

Working it Out with YoDAA Tool

Helps young people to work out where they are at with their AOD use www.workingitoutwithyodaa.org.au 1 800 458 685 (24/7 free support line)

Source: Orygen Youth Health Research Centre 2009

Useful Resource: headspace evidence summary

The effectiveness of motivational interviewing for young people engaging in problematic substance use (headspace)

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NADA / NUAA Language Matters Connect with us

Deacon To’o Mission Australia SWYS MAASS Email: TooD@missionaustralia.com.au Phone: (02) 4621 7422 / 0490 077 812 Website: www.missionaustralia.com.au

Karen Yuen Youth Solutions Email: karen@youthsolutions.com.au Phone: 02 4628 2319 Website: www.youthsolutions.com.au Facebook: YouthSolutionsNSW

Libby Saliba Uniting Getting It Together Scheme Email: esaliba@uniting.org Phone: 02 4629 5170 / 0408 614 393 Website: www.uniting.org Sophie Murdoch Uniting Doorway for Men with Families Email: smurdoch@uniting.org Mon-Thurs: Wollondilly Fri: Campbelltown

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References

Alcohol and Drug Foundation 2018, ‘Get the effects by txt!’, ADF: Preventing Harm in Australia, accessed on 30/05/2019 via https://adf.org.au/resources/text-the-effects/ NADA 2019, ‘Language matters’, Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies, accessed on 30/05/2019 via: https://www.nada.org.au/resources/language-matters/ NSW Government 2019, ‘Emergency + App’, Health: Ambulance Service of NSW, accessed on 30/05/2019 via: http://www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au/Community-Info/Emergency-App.html Orygen Youth Health Research Centre 2009, ‘Evidence Summary: The Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing for Young People with Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders’, headspace, accessed on 30/05/2019 via: https://headspace.org.au/assets/Uploads/Motivational-Interviewing-Young-People-with-Substance-Use-and-Mental- Health-Disorders.pdf YoDAA 2014, ‘Working it Out with YoDAA Tool’, YoDAA, accessed on 30/05/2019 via: http://www.workingitoutwithyodaa.org.au/ Youth Solutions 2019, ‘What About Tomorrow? Safer Celebrations Campaign 2018 – 2019, Youth Solutions. Youth Solutions 2019, ‘#whyichoose campaign 2019’, Youth Solutions.