NT PHN Workforce Development Online Consultation - Alcohol & Other Drugs Workers

Background and context
NT PHN has commissioned The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) to undertake an industry assessment and consultation to determine the best pathway forward for workforce development in the AOD sector for the Northern Territory.
 
The following online consultation is being conducted in addition to face to face consultations and workshops with employees of the AOD sector in the Northern Territory. Your responses to the questions below will help to determine the needs and gaps in AOD workforce development across the NT.

What does workforce development involve?
Workforce development goes beyond the provision of individual education and training to include broader issues such as recruitment and retention, workforce planning, professional and career development and worker wellbeing. 

In order to create effective and sustainable AOD workforce development initiatives, a comprehensive systems focus needs to be considered. This includes targeting not only the education and training of individual AOD workers, but also the organisational, structural and systematic factors that impact the ability of the workforce to effectively prevent and respond to AOD issues.
 
As you make your way through the questions below, we encourage you to not only consider your own individual workforce development needs but also the broader needs of the sector which currently impact its capacity to deliver integrated and coordinated AOD service provision in the NT.

Get in touch
Are you interested in providing further input into this consultation process? NT PHN are accepting written submissions and can also arrange telephone interviews with NCETA. Everybody has an opportunity to have their voice heard.
 
For information contact Peter Burnheim:
e peter.burnheim@ntphn.org.au  t 08 8982 1083

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* 1. What is your age?

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* 2. What gender do you identify as?

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* 3. Which region of the NT do you currently work in? (mark all that apply)

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* 4. What is your current role within the AOD health workforce?

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* 5. Which sector of service provision are you currently employed in?

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* 6. Do you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?

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* 7. How long have you been working within the AOD sector?

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* 8. How long have you been working in your current position?

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* 9. What attracted you to work in the AOD sector?

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* 10. What are the major issues and challenges impacting AOD workforce development in the NT?

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* 11. What are the major workforce development issues facing Aboriginal AOD workers in the NT?

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* 12. In your professional opinion, please number from 1 to 5 the drugs of most concern in the Northern Territory. (1 being of most concern)

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* 13. Has the pattern of drug use changed over time in NT?

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* 14. What AOD issues do you see on the horizon for the NT?

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* 15. How could the AOD workforce better adapt to meet the unique challenges that are faced in the NT? (e.g., remote service provision, significant health inequalities and high Indigenous population.) 

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* 16. Do the service providers working directly within the AOD sector currently work together in a collaborative and integrated way?

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* 17. What could be done to enhance collaboration and integration among service providers working within the AOD sector?

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* 18. Please select the services that you most commonly engage / work with in your current role?

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* 19. What recruitment and retention strategies have you seen implemented to attract and retain workers to the AOD sector in the NT?

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* 20. What recruitment and retention strategies work well and what don't?

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* 21. Does the service that you are currently employed with require a minimum qualification to work with AOD clients?

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* 22. Please indicate the extent to which you agree that existing AOD-related education and training in the NT meets the needs of the AOD workforce.

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* 23. How could the current AOD training available be improved?

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* 24. What workforce development support do NT AOD leaders need?

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* 25. How could AOD leadership development be improved in the NT?

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* 26. Are you currently provided with mentoring and clinical supervision in your role?

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* 27.  How could mentoring and clinical supervision be improved within the AOD sector?

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* 28. How is the AOD worker wellbeing monitored within your workplace?

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* 29. How could the wellbeing of the AOD sector be improved?

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* 30. Are there any other points that you would like to raise as part of this online consultation process?

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