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As the peak body for youth issues in Queensland, YANQ has been
advocating for a systemic approach to the development and maintenance of
the State’s Youth Sector. YANQ believes that a wide ranging, well planned
collaborative approach is required to ensure Queensland has a quality
skilled youth sector into the future. Workforce development provides a
framework for organisations, sectors and the government to approach
sector wide development.
The health and community services sector is the third largest employer
in the state and meeting current and future workforce needs is at times
complex and difficult due to the varying drivers for skilling such as
funding, policy and regulation. Current federal initiatives under the
COAG reform agenda, Skilling for the Future and the Award Modernisation
process outline priorities in workforce management, planning and
skilling and, in particular, meeting needs of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people towards closing the gap.
This section of YANQ's website hosts relevant information and tools to
assist with the development of the youth sector workforce across
Queensland. We welcome any feedback which can enhance the work we are
undertaking and look forward to working with the sector to progress the
recommendations of the research report.
YANQ is committed to making sure the Youth Sector plan remains alive and
is utilised by youth workers, employers, government and
education/training providers in planning processes at all levels.
Further validation of the report’s findings will need to take place
across Queensland to ensure regional variables are identified and to
engage local level partners in shaping local action plans.
There is an urgent need for further discussion and debate within the
youth sector and with government decision makers so that various issues
identified in this research can be appropriately responded to. YANQ
is committed to facilitating these discussions so youth work can get the
recognition and support it deserves amongst the community service sector
and in the broader community.
The Youth Sector in Queensland
This report, The Youth Sector in Queensland (PDF), outlines the conduct and findings of two significant research
projects undertaken with youth services in Queensland. It presents a
summary of themes and possibilities for future actions and research
that have emerged from an evidence base that has not previously been
documented on the profile and demographics of the youth sector in
Queensland.
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Monday, 28 June 2010 12:10 |
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By Melissa Lucashenko (Yugambeh)
During 2009 YANQ conducted research
into youth work in Queensland. The Murri part of the research asked
youth workers, managers and volunteers (both Murri and Migaloo) what
they thought were the key values for doing this kind of work well.
The researchers were told that some of the important values
underlying Murri youth work were:
- Relevant cultural identity and
life-experience of the youth worker
- Respect, open mindedness, and listening
- Patience, tolerance and compassion
- Working from the grassroots and walking
alongside young people
- Providing leadership and role models
- Passion
- Honesty
This Discussion Paper is about what
youth work actually means in Murri culture, why values are important,
and what difference it makes to youth work to have these Murri values
in mind. Download the Paper here.
We look forward to receiving your
feedback on this discussion paper. Please send your response to
director at yanq dot org dot au.
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Monday, 08 March 2010 13:13 |
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This report, The Youth Sector in Queensland (PDF), outlines the conduct and findings of two significant research projects undertaken with youth services in Queensland. It presents a summary of themes and possibilities for future actions and research that have emerged from an evidence base that has not previously been documented on the profile and demographics of the youth sector in Queensland.
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009 00:50 |
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This document outlines the methodology for the research component of the Youth Sector Workforce Skills & Training project.
Download the Research Methodology here 190.54 Kb (http://is.gd/2kBfo).
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009 00:44 |
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This paper provides an
overview of current Australian and international youth workforce
skill development and vocational education/training literature. The
aim of the paper is to inform:
- the methodology for
the Workforce Skills & Training project; and
- the discussion on
the development of the Queensland youth services workforce.
Download the Literature Review here. 693.91 K (http://is.gd/2kAN2).
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Thursday, 01 July 2010 10:28 |
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ACOSS is pleased to launch a resource
kit to support the campaign for funding of decent wages for community
sector workers.
ACOSS has been working with the
Employer Reference Group to develop a campaign for funding of higher
wages. The purpose of the campaign is to support the community sector
seeking commitments to fund decent wages from both government and
private sources of funding. The campaign for funding needs to build
support for decent wages in the community sector, in anticipation of
higher wages resulting from the equal remuneration application for
social and community sector and disability workers across Australia,
currently before Fair Work Australia.
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Thursday, 05 March 2009 16:00 |
For more information on how to get involved in this project contact:
YANQ Office
1800 177 899 or 3844 7713
John Flanagan or Tracey Acton
(Project Managers)
0438 575 662
It's
with great excitement that YANQ can now announce that after two years
of lobbying we have secured funding from the Department of Communities' Office for Youth and the Department of Education and Training to
develop a Youth Sector Workforce Development Strategy. As the peak
body for youth issues in Queensland, YANQ has been advocating for a
systemic approach to the development and maintenance of the State's
Youth Sector.
YANQ believes that a wide ranging, well planned collaborative approach
is required to ensure Queensland has a quality skilled youth sector
well into the future.
This project will
examine the current state of affairs in the youth sector - who is the
sector, what skills currently exist, what skills will be critical to
meet future needs? It will inform how the sector can prepare for the
future through attracting, retaining, developing and training a
skilled workforce. This landmark project creates the platform to
ensure a vibrant and sustainable youth sector workforce that protects
and promotes young people's rights.
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 08:39 |
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On 3 July 2010, the Being Me: Knowing
You human rights curriculum resource was launched at the Victorian
State Community Language Schools Conference. Click here to read the
media release.
Being Me: Knowing You is designed for
11-15 year olds enrolled in community language schools.The aim of the curriculum package is to
increase student awareness of everyday human rights and
discrimination and its impact on people and communities, while
learning to speak their community language.
The resource contains take-home
activities for students to work on with their families. Students are
encouraged to respectfully engage with their family about the human
rights messages learned in class. This is an innovative way of
accessing hard-to-reach communities within the home, described as the
‘kitchen table concept’. The master English version of the
resource is available to download here.
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Monday, 26 July 2010 13:25 |
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The June issue of the Bank of
I.D.E.A.S. newsletter is devoted to youth development resources from
around the world. It includes mention of several Australian items
too. Of particular interest is a list of four resource kits that deal
with youth engagement and participation. See the heading ‘Australian
Youth Engagement/Participation Resources’ in the newsletter to
download these resources, or follow this link.
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 14:00 |
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The HQCC now has a series of publications available in multiple languages, to assist people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to raise their concerns about healthcare, or access to healthcare. The information is available in languages including Amharic (Ethiopian), Arabic, Burmese, Cantonese, Dari, Farsi, Hindi,
Japanese, Korean, Mandarin simplified, Thai, Torres Strait Creole,
Somali, Sudanese (Dinka), Vietnamese. The publications can be downloaded here. |
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Friday, 07 May 2010 16:45 |
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This is just a start, please send us your suggestions and we'll add them to the list below:
Brisbane Rape and Incest Survivors Support Centre - online resources and others relating to sexual assault
Brisbane Youth Service - health and other resources for sale, particularly for working with young people experiencing homelessne
Community Living Association Inc. - publications for purchase on a range of topics including disability, community development, etc
Family Planning Qld - education, training and resources around sexual health
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Friday, 07 May 2010 16:38 |
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Please send us your suggestions and we'll add them to the list below:
British Youth Council
European Youth Forum
"Guide to needs assessment for youth", University of Victoria, School of Child and Youth Care, Canada
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Friday, 07 May 2010 16:28 |
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Please send any additional suggestions and we'll add them to this list:
KNOWLEDGE OF LEGAL AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
(Critical knowledge and skill area 10 for General Youth Workers - YANQ Report - Youth Sector in Qld 2010)
1. Youth Advocacy Centre - legal publications, fact sheets and training for youth workers, including "Laying Down the Criminal Law for Youth Workers"
2. Logan Youth Legal Service - legal information for youth workers and young people
3. Lawstuff - National Children's and Youth Law Centre
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 12:50 |
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Send your suggestions and we'll add them to this list. Stay connected to research and practice of youth work. Suggestions include:
Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies - from this site you can:
- subscribe to Youth Field Express (email bulletin),
- subscribe to the Australian Youth Information Network
- subscribe to the journal - Youth Studies Australia - in hard copy or can be accessed through databases on line
- purchase Youth Work text books, access academic articles, get updates on youth field issues and latest research reports, you can search by topic
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 09:25 |
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This Fact Sheet (available as HTML or PDF) dicusses the prevalance of covert and cyber bullying. It also briefly recommends some strategies that schools and parents could utilise to prevent covert and cyber bullying.
Read the Fact Sheet online or download it from http://is.gd/aXsJP.
The Fact Sheet was published by Australian Institute of Criminology in February 2010. |
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 08:30 |
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The
Foundation for Young Australians rcently launched What Works, an online
resource that celebrates the work of youth-led organisations across the country
and highlights best practice in running them successfully.
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 15:25 |
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STEPS For The
Future is a computer game created by James Cook University
students working in partnership with Region 22 National Disability
Coordination Officer (NDCO). The game was created to provide an
engaging format to convey positive messages to young people
experiencing disability or other barriers to achieving their study
and employment goals.
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Monday, 15 February 2010 12:05 |
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Presentation by Eva Cox, Centre for Policy Development, at the Youth Action and Policy Association (YAPA), NSW Youth Work Conference 2009
Content:
- Instant guide for policy making
- Where do you find "the policy"?
- Where do the ideas for government policies come from?
- How is policy established and changed?
- Role of stakeholders
- Handy hints
- Putting up policy proposals
- Useful websites
Editors note: Queensland version of useful websites -
Queensland Legislation
Contact details for all Queensland Government Departments
Contact details for Queensland Government Other Agencies |
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Monday, 15 February 2010 11:51 |
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Presentation by Jess Nichols, UTS, at the Youth Action and Policy Association (YAPA), NSW Youth Work Conference 2009
Agenda:
- What are social networks?
- the benefits of using social networks
- setting up social networks
- commonly used social networks
- managing social networks |
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Monday, 15 February 2010 11:20 |
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Processes and programmes: fun AND useful- Getting the balance right
Presentation by Peter Slattery from the Youth Action and Policy Association (YAPA), NSW Youth Work Conference 2009
ABSTRACT
‘This
is fun and I like you’ is
a delightful thing for those of us who work with young people, to
hear. But there needs to be a lot more happening for a programme or a
process to be of genuine value to a young person.
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 00:00 |
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Youth Advocacy Centre (YAC), a Queensland community legal centre, has recently published
the 3rd edition of "Laying Down the Criminal Law: a
Handbook for Youth Workers".
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:07 |
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In this
article, Michelle Blanchard argues that "blocking
access to social networking sites may reduce the risk of any of these
complex issues arising, but it also eliminates the opportunity for
professionals who work with 14-24 year olds to develop their
understanding of the online spaces that young people occupy and to
develop innovative ways of engaging their clients." She goes
onto provide some tips for those who might be new to using social
networking sites or looking to explore their use in engaging young
people.
Read the full article
online at http://is.gd/7c8Ws. |
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Thursday, 10 December 2009 08:15 |
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The Australian Youth Mentoring Network has produced a fact sheet which
provides practitioners with 8 simple prinicples to follow to adequately
support mentors in order to retain a high quality pool of volunteers.
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 08:24 |
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The Australian Government has developed an online game as part of the Don’t Turn a night out into a nightmare national binge drinking campaign that encourages teenagers and young adults to
think about the choices they make about drinking.
The game is designed to encourage young people to
understand the repercussions of binge drinking. You can find it at http://is.gd/59mzh.
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 00:00 |
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In many regions in Queensland, youth workers and youth organisations hold regular meetings - often called interagencies or networks. These interagencies provide opportunities for networking, sharing information, peer support and coordinating responses to local issues.
Below are the details and contacts for those Networks that YANQ has contact with.
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Thursday, 19 November 2009 10:38 |
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority has launched Let’s fight it together, a new teaching resource to combat cyberbullying, which will be made available free of charge to all schools in Australia. Let’s fight it together is designed to equip young people with strategies to avoid, get out of,
or help others deal with, cyberbullying behaviour and to show adults
how they can help.
For details visit http://is.gd/4Yobd.
Source: Youth Fields XPress, Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studie |
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Thursday, 19 November 2009 09:36 |
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By David Bennett, Susan Towns, Elizabeth
Elliott and Joav Merrick, Nova Publisher
Challenges in adolescent health: An Australian Perspective reports on
contemporary developments in adolescent health. From relatively humble
beginnings in a handful of hospital-based services, an energetic and
increasingly well connected group of health professionals has emerged. New initiatives are emerging in the areas of
service delivery, research and training as well as in the development of
professional organisations and networks.
The health and wellbeing of our young
people is critical to the health and wellbeing of our society and of our future,
but in an era of exciting scientific discovery and major advances in medical
care, the health of our young people is far worse than most people appreciate.
There is an epidemic of chronic health issues such as obesity and diabetes,
physical activity is declining and as a result cardiovascular disease and stroke
are no longer diseases of the old and infirm. Risk behaviours such as drug and
alcohol abuse are increasingly common in teenagers and young people are
taking more risks on the road, with an increase in deaths due to road accidents
and more risks in their sexual behaviour, as evidenced by an increase in
sexually transmitted disease. Psychosocial distress and youth suicide levels
remain unacceptably high, particularly in isolated rural communities. This book
developed and edited by four leading physicians in child health and human
development will touch on some of these topics.
For details on how to get a copy, visit the publisher's website at http://is.gd/4YmeI. |
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 09:30 |
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Concepts and methods of youth work is the first of three volumes in the Doing youth work in Australia series edited by Rob White and published for the youth work field by
the Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies. It contains a select
range of contributions from the ACYS journal Youth Studies Australia chosen by Professor White for their relevance and practical significance to youth work in Australia today. Concepts and methods of youth work looks at the key issues of youth work as a career and as a profession.
It not only delves into the practical skills and knowledge needed by
individuals, but also highlights the ideological or philosophical
universe within which workers operate.
For further information, visit: http://www.acys.info/publications/books/doing_youthwork_series_1.
Source: Youth Field Xpress, Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies |
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 12:04 |
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DonorTec
members can now use NewsMaker’s “social PR” wire service to
self-publish press releases in a news format and distribute the release
to NewsMaker’s subscribers and social networks, free of charge.
Read the full report at http://is.gd/4NtPT. |
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Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:44 |
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Literacy and numeracy skills are vital to ensuring children have
the best chance to succeed in their schooling and life. A new suite
of parent resources, Achieving with Literacy and Numeracy, has been
developed by Education Queensland to assist parents with their children's literacy and
numeracy skills.
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Tuesday, 06 October 2009 13:35 |
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The "Is your high getting you low?" campaign (www.highsnlows.com.au) has launched the fourth and final animated film in the campaign series entitled 'Is cannabis messing with your head?'.
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 08:02 |
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This plain-language Community Guide is designed to assist Aboriginal people
and communities wishing to partner with researchers who wish to learn about
their cultural background, traditions and other information held by the
community.
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Friday, 04 September 2009 01:18 |
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The "Is your high getting you low?" campaign has launched the third animated film in the campaign series, as well as an online interactive short quiz titled "How is cannabis affecting you?".
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Monday, 25 May 2009 23:42 |
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Irish medical researchers have found one in five children who deliberately harm themselves do so again despite medical intervention, and 10 per cent of them do so repeatedly. The study stresses parents who express concern about children self-harming are often right and need to be listened to.
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Monday, 18 May 2009 21:10 |
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In March 2009 the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released the Australian Alcohol Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol. In response, the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) has updated the alcohol guidelines information in our resources. These updated resources are now available in the new Winter 2009 ADF resource catalogue at http://is.gd/zjLK.
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Friday, 08 May 2009 22:39 |
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) has provided a toolkit for young people to evaluate national youth policy.
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Friday, 08 May 2009 22:36 |
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This special edition of the Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families' newsletter Insight intends to frame and illustrate strong currents in both youth
development practices and community initiatives that move beyond the
gloom cast by current culture on today’s youth.
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Friday, 08 May 2009 22:33 |
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The Participation of Children and Young People in Emergencies captures examples of children's involvement in the
tsunami disaster response and recovery phases, as collected by UNICEF
and a wide array of partners and UN agencies. While a large portion of
the material in this guide refers to the December 2004 tsunami, the
guide also includes examples of children's participation in emergencies
drawn from elsewhere to show how their actions in the tsunami were not
isolated.
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Friday, 08 May 2009 22:21 |
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The AIDS Education and Training Centers National Resource Center has provided a diagnostic toolkit for working with youth dealing with substance abuse and HIV. Content includes diagnostic algorithms, screening tests, behavior change models, and additional resources
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Friday, 08 May 2009 22:17 |
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Before deciding on evaluation methods, questions, or anything else, it
is important to focus your evaluation by establishing a common goal or
purpose—one that accords with organizational values and goals. This toolkit from the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development provides a system for establishing and evaluating such goals.
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Thursday, 12 March 2009 20:37 |
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This is a workbook and resource developed by Family Drug Support
and published by the Australian Drug Foundation. It is aimed at
families coping with problematic drug use by loved ones to help people
turn crisis into coping.
For further information, ph: 1300 858 584 or go to http://is.gd/mYuv.
Source: Youth Field Express, Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
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Friday, 06 March 2009 21:41 |
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SO: Spaced Out, is a board game that aims to raise
awareness about the link between substance use and mental health
problems. The game was designed predominantly as a tool for workers supporting young people who are dealing with substance abuse. Its goal is to convey knowledge and generate discussion so young people can make informed
choices about substance use.
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:13 |
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched 'Let's Talk
About Rights', a toolkit to assist organisations and individuals
participate in the National Human Rights Consultation.
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:07 |
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The National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) has developed a range of useful resources on cannabis and cannabis use.
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:36 |
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Just over one year ago (13 February 2008), the federal government fulfilled one of the main recommendations of the 'Bringing them home' report by issuing an historic apology to those affected by these
previous policies of forcibly removing Indigenous children from their families.
The Australian Human Rights Commission has produced a range of resources to assist in educating young Australians around the issues.
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:28 |
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The
National Child Protection Clearinghouse have updated Resource Sheet
No.3 "Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse". The resource sheet provides
a discussion of mandatory reporting as well as a description of who is
required to notify, what is to be notified, and a reference to the
relevant child protection legislation for each Australian state or
territory.
To get a copy of the the resource sheet visit www.aifs.gov.au/nch/pubs/sheets/rs3/rs3.html.
Source: PeakCare Queensland
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Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:21 |
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By Nicola Brackertz and Denise Meredyth, Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology
This
report is intended as a practical resource for local councils wishing
to engage their communities in decision making and planning.
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Friday, 28 November 2008 00:42 |
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The 'Not so straight' website has been created by the Mountains Youth
Services Team in New South Wales to provide young people with
information and support about sex and sexuality. It contains links to
both online and 'real world' services, answers frequently asked
questions about sexuality, sex and safer sex, and gives information
about homophobia. See: http://www.notsostraight.com.au.
Source: Youth Field Express, Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
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Friday, 28 November 2008 00:33 |
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To help alter the perceived binge drinking culture among young
people, Equipe Industries, as providers of adolescent life skills
training in Western Australia, have produced an educational DVD
resource for classroom use to reach those in their early adolescent
years.
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:05 |
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The Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) produces information and
resources that can help students and families prepare for schoolies
week. The ADF's DrugInfo Clearinghouse offers many free resources about teenage parties, many of which can be downloaded from the DrugInfo website at http://tinyurl.com/6d5yem.
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Friday, 10 October 2008 21:01 |
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The Australian Drug Foundation has recently released two foldout brochures that provide alcohol information to young people. A young lady's guide to alcohol and A young gentleman's guide to alcohol
include eye-catching illustrations and straight-forward harm reduction
information about binge drinking and the different risks of drinking
for young women and men.
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Friday, 10 October 2008 19:42 |
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The DrugInfo Clearinghouse has published a number of resources on amphetamine that look
at local and national programs, research into primary, secondary and
tertiary interventions, and provides a range of fact sheets that are
aimed at young people, families, employers and workers.
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