Drug and Alcohol
Innovation Forum 2016
Your Ideas Making a Difference.
Thursday, 11 August 2016
Drug and Alcohol Innovation Forum 2016
Your Ideas Making a Difference.
Overview
The Drug and Alcohol Innovation Forum is the
first forum of its kind in NSW, showcasing
innovative and creative solutions to address
the diverse and complex needs of people
accessing drug and alcohol services.
Registration:
Register online:
http://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/drug
-and-alcohol/events/drug-and-alcoholinnovation-forum-2016
Through a competitive process – 5 initiatives
have been chosen for presentation.
Venue:
Kirribilli Club
11 Harbourview Cres, Lavender Bay
Attendees will have the opportunity to vote on
their favourite project to be taken forward by
the ACI and the Drug and Alcohol Network.
The ACI
The Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI)
works with clinicians, consumers and
managers to design and promote better
healthcare for NSW.
The Forum can also be followed on Twitter:
#DAIF16
We provide expertise in service redesign and
evaluation, specialist advice on healthcare
innovation, initiatives including clinical
guidelines and models of care, implementation
support, knowledge sharing and continuous
capability building.
Please note:
Photographs taken at this event may be
published by the ACI for internal and /or
external promotion, education or research
purposes. If you do not wish your photograph to
be taken please notify our staff.
Our Clinical Networks, Taskforces and
Institutes provide a unique forum for people to
collaborate across the NSW Health system.
By bringing together leaders from primary,
community and acute care settings we aim to
promote an integrated health system.
Contact:
For more information please contact:
Cost:
Free
.
Live Stream and Twitter:
If you are unable to join the Forum in person
please join us online at:
http://aci.mediahouseplus.com/drug-andalcohol-forum/view/live-webcast
Antoinette Sedwell
ACI Drug and Alcohol Network Manager
(02) 9464 4634
[email protected]
@antsed
Thursday August 11, 2016
8.30 am
Registration / Tea and Coffee served
9.00 am
Welcome
Antoinette Sedwell and Tony Gill
ACI Drug and Alcohol Network Manager and Co-Chair
9.10 am
Welcome to Country
Uncle Chikka Madden, Gadigal Elder
9.20 am
Outline of the Day
Rob Wilkins, Facilitator
9.30 am
Key Note Address
Look Back. Move Forward.
Growing the AOD Consumer and Peer Workforce
Vanessa Caldwell and Suzy Morrison
Matua Raki, New Zealand National Addiction Workforce Development Centre
10.00 am
Drug and Alcohol Shared Care – A Evaluated Partnership Between Public
and Primary Health Care Services in SESLHD
Hester Wilson and Lisale Hakerian – South Eastern Sydney LHD
10.45 am
POSTER VIEWING (30 mins)
11.15 am
Morning Tea (15 mins)
11.30 am
12.15 am
The Speak Out Dual Diagnosis Program – Responding to Co-existing Issues
of AOD Use and Mental Health Experiences Using Trauma Informed,
Strengths Based and Person Centred Care
Kylie Fitzmaurice and Mardi Diles – Weave Youth and Community Services
Cognitive Remediation – Improving Clients’ Capacity to Successfully Engage
in AOD Treatment
Jo Lunn - We Help Ourselves
Jamie Berry – Wollongong University
1.00 pm
Lunch (45 mins)
1.45 pm
Musicians Making A Difference (MMAD) Performance
Izzy N the Profit
2.15 pm
Parenting With Feeling – A Targeted Parenting Program for Parents who use
Substances and their Infants
Natasha Perry and Adrian Dunlop – Hunter New England LHD
3.00 pm
Afternoon Tea (15 mins)
3.15 pm
S-Check – An Innovative Service Model to Attract Stimulant Users
Nadine Ezard – St Vincent’s Hospital Network
4.00 pm
Expert Panel Impressions and Wrap Up
4.30 pm
Close
Expert Panel
John Marshall | Information Management & Analysis, Health Economics and Evaluation Team, ACI
Betty Bryan | Implementation Manager, ACI
Chris Shipway | Director Primary Care and Chronic Services, ACI
Tony Gill | Senior Staff Specialist SVHN and Clinical Director Drug and Alcohol Central Coast LHD
Suzie Hudson | Clinical Director, Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Planting Seeds of Change in the Drug Affected Family - An Innovative Approach to Working
with Young People and SUD
Manly Drug Education and Counselling Centre
The Connections Program - Achieving Meaningful Outcomes and Improving the Patient
Experience
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
Using Creative Arts and Hands-on Experience Learning Programs in Innovative Community
Mental Health and AOD Recovery
Port Macquarie Community College
DeLIVERing Integrated Care
Mid North Coast LHD
B.in.tune - An Integrative Music Therapy Group for the Dual Diagnosis Population in Far
Northern NSW
The Buttery
Benelong's Haven Ltd - Unique Models for Long Term Drug and Alcohol recovery
Benelong’s Haven
Reclaiming Your Power in Recovery - Drug Free Pain Management and Addiction Recovery
Workshops
Benelong’s Haven
Development and Introduction of a Triage Category Rating Guide for Alcohol Withdrawal to
Improve Identification of Withdrawal and Timely, Appropriate Treatment Outcomes for
Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments
Mid North Coast LHD
Improving Risk Assessment for Cognitive Impairment in Drug and Alcohol Clients
South Eastern Sydney LHD
HosQuit - Successful Interventions to Increase Smoking Cessation Support to Inpatients
St Vincent’s Hospital Network
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Vanessa Caldwell | National Manager Matua Raki
@MatuaRaki
Vanessa is of Ngai Tahu descent (Kati Mamoe, Waitaha). She is a
Registered Psychologist and has been practicing in the field of
addictions for over 20 years. She has managed intensive and
outpatient addiction treatment facilities in the Wellington area.
She has been an executive director of Instep Limited, a healthcare
company that assists organizations to respond to Alcohol and Drug
issues in their workplaces. She has an MBA and has recently
completed her doctorate.
Vanessa is currently the National Manager of Matua Raki,
addictions workforce development within Te Pou, and Co-Chair of
National Committee of Addiction Treatment (NCAT). She lives on
the Kapiti Coast with her husband and two teenagers and is an
avid supporter of the Paraparaumu under 65kg rugby team and the
Victory cheer squad.
Suzy Morrison | Consumer Project Lead Matua Raki
@suzettavon
@MatuaRaki
Suzy is the Project Lead with responsibility for consumer projects
with Matua Raki, the Aotearoa, New Zealand National Addiction
Workforce Development Centre within Te Pou o te whakaaro nui,
in Wellington, New Zealand.
Suzy has lived experience of addiction and long term recovery, and
was part of the Community AIDS Resource Team (CART)
supporting people living with and affected by HIV. During her time
with CART, Suzy trained as a counsellor and went on to work as a
practitioner in the addiction sector for 15 years.
Suzy joined the Matua Raki team two years ago in a project lead
role, participating in and supporting the development of the
addiction peer and consumer workforce in New Zealand.
Hester Wilson | General Practitioner, Staff Specialist
@drhesterwilson
Dr Hester Wilson is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of
General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Royal Australasian
College of Physicians (RACP) Chapter of Addiction Medicine and
has worked in primary healthcare for 25 years.
She works at the Langton Centre as a Staff Specialist in Addiction;
is chair of the RACGP GP Special Interest Group in Addiction,
NSW Branch; and has facilitated drug and alcohol training for
health professionals working in primary care settings since 2001.
Lisale Hakerian | Clinical Nurse Specialist GP and Community
Liaison
Lisale is a Registered Nurse and Midwife who has worked in opioid
and alcohol treatment at The Langton Centre, SESLHD Drug and
Alcohol Service for the last 12 years.
For the last 3 years Lisale has been the lead nurse in the D&A
Shared Care Project which has established the Shared Care
treatment stream within SESLHD Drug and Alcohol Service to link
with local participating GPs to offer D&A Specialist services, case
management and support to clients who may not otherwise access
D&A services, and provide support to GPs who manage patients
with D&A issues at their general practice clinics.
Kylie Fitzmaurice | Speak Out Team Leader
Kylie has been working at Weave Youth and Community Services
for 8 years as project worker, counsellor, caseworker and now
Team Leader on the Speak Out Dual Diagnosis Program.
Kylie has a background in psychology and counselling and
particular interests in social justice and the health and well-being of
young people. Kylie works with young people experiencing mental
health and AOD challenges from a holistic, trauma informed and
strengths based perspective where mental health and AOD issues
are perceived to be coping strategies that have helped the young
person survive horrific events. A young person's hope, resilience,
confidence and self-esteem will flourish when clients address their
trauma in counselling while engaging in other programs allowing
them to experience themselves in different ways.
Mardi Diles | Partnerships and Marketing Manager
@MardiDiles
@weave_youth
Mardi joined Weave in 2006. She has been privileged to work in
three diverse roles, starting as a frontline casework/counsellor,
followed by Team Leader of the Mental Health & Substance Use
program and now in her current role as Partnerships & Marketing
Manager.
Mardi is passionate about social justice issues and finding creative
and innovative ways to respond to community needs. She has a
Bachelor of Social Science Degree and a Masters in Social Health.
Jo Lunn | Improving Organisational Capacity Project Officer
Jo is a registered psychologist who has been working in the AOD
treatment field since 1996. Jo’s current position is with We Help
Ourselves (WHOs) as the Improving Organisational Capacity
Project Officer. This project works across WHOs sites and aims to
build the capacity of WHOs to work more effectively with clients
with complex needs.
She currently holds Co Chair positions with both the Agency for
Clinical Innovation Drug and Alcohol Network and the Practice
Leadership Group (NADA), with both groups working to foster and
develop innovative treatment for clients with AOD issues.
Jamie Berry | Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist, Director
Dr Jamie Berry is a Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist and the
Director of Advanced Neuropsychological Treatment Services.
Jamie is endorsed as a clinical neuropsychologist by the
Psychology Board of Australia and is a member of the College of
Clinical Neuropsychologists of the Australian Psychological
Society. He is a lecturer on the postgraduate programs at
Macquarie University and the University of Technology, Sydney.
Jamie’s current primary research interest is in the development,
implementation and evaluation of neuropsychological interventions
to promote better executive and other cognitive functions across a
range of clinical populations.
Natasha Perry | Allied Health District Clinical Leader, Conjoint
Lecturer
Dr Natasha Perry is a clinical and health psychologist working as an
allied health clinical leader in Drug and Alcohol Clinical Services in
Hunter New England Local Health District and is a conjoint lecturer
for the School of Psychology, University of Newcastle.
Natasha has both clinical and research experience with parents with
substance use and related problems. She has a strong interest in
providing intervention to improve the safety, development and
wellbeing for children and infants.
Adrian Dunlop | Chief Addiction Medicine Specialist, Clinical
Director, Conjoint Associate Professor
Dr Adrian Dunlop is Area Director and Senior Staff Specialist, Drug
and Alcohol Clinical Services for the Hunter New England Local
Health District, Chief Addiction Medicine Specialist in the Drug and
Alcohol Branch, NSW Ministry of Health, Conjoint Associate
Professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of
Health, University of Newcastle.
He is a Foundation Fellow of the Australasian Chapter of Addiction
Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Past-President
of the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs
(APSAD). In 2005 he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to
investigate the treatment of opiate dependence in pregnancy.
Nadine Ezard | Clinical Director, Conjoint Associate Professor
Dr Nadine Ezard is Clinical Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service
at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney and Conjoint Associate Professor,
Faculty of Medicine, UNSW. A founding fellow of the Australasian
Chapter of Addiction Medicine, Nadine has worked with people who
use drugs for over 20 years both in Australia and overseas.
Her work on substance use among populations displaced by conflict
earned her a PhD in Public Health in 2011. She has a personal
commitment to human rights and social justice and has worked
internationally with the UN and WHO in conflict and emergency
settings. Her body of peer-reviewed research focuses on building
the evidence base for improved health interventions for marginalised
populations.
How to get to the Kirribilli Club
Address
Kirribilli Club
11 Harbourview Crescent, Lavender Bay
Transport
By Train
CityRail operates frequent train services from the city to North Sydney and Milsons Point Stations. The
Kirribilli Club is a short walk from either station. For information about travelling by rail, including
timetable information, call the Transport Infoline on 131 500 or visit www.sydneytrains.info
By Car
Kirribilli Club has 65 car spaces available, located on Basement Levels 1 and 2. The car spaces are
available on a “first come, first served” basis and cannot be reserved.
Turn left just past the entrance to the Club (11 Harbourview Crescent) and you will see the car park
sign. The car park is ticket in and ticket out, so press the button on your way in and a ticket will be
printed and the boom gate will open. Keep your ticket with you and please be sure to pay and have it
validated at Reception before leaving the Club. Parking fees are $12 per day.