EDAS has produced the following resources for the Family Focus Project:

Family Focus Self Care Booklet

The Family Focus Self-Care Booklet was developed to assist families to recognise when their own health and wellbeing might be suffering in the care of their substance-using family member. This booklet provides helpful tips to look after you when alcohol and other drugs have taken over your family. Click here.

Fact Sheets    

• Family First Aid
• Encouraging Change
• Who is Responsible
• Family Friendly Websites
• Family FAQs
• Family Testimonials 

   
Audit of Family Inclusive Practice in the Alcohol & Other Drugs Sector
 
Springboard Social Planning was contracted by the Eastern Drug and Alcohol Service (EDAS) in 2009 to conduct four audits in relation to family-inclusive service provision in Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) services in the Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR) of Melbourne.
 
EDAS required Springboard to research through interviews rather than a literature scan:

• the service provider understanding of family inclusive practice;
• the way families are considered in treatment;
• the supports available for families affected by substance use; 
•  the supports available for users to integrate back into the family; 
•  the barriers in the service sector to family inclusive practice; and
• the way in which dual diagnosis and family work can integrate.  

The research brief also included audits of:

• agencies that work with families affected by Alcohol and Other Drugs;
• the Education Engagement Strategies needed to support family- inclusive AOD services;
• training Resources available in the EMR; and
• the skills development required by Youth and Family Workers

To access the full report click here.

The Family Focus Toolkit
 
The Toolkit for AOD Family Work is a collection of selected resources including screening tools, questionnaires, worksheets, and utility practice tools gathered from the sector, research and professional bodies.
 
Each tool was chosen by the Family Focus Project Team for its relevance to both clinicians and clients of the EDAS Family Service.  The Toolkit is useful for:

ü  AOD Family Workers as an extra resource in the family therapy toolbox

ü  AOD Clinicians to support family inclusive practices.

The Toolkit is divided into five areas:

·         Family work framework and assessment

·         Families where there is problematic parental substance use

·         Coping Assessment

·         Concurrent Disorders

·         Family Violence

To access the Toolkit click here.

Training Modules for Professional Development
 
The Family Focus Project has developed a number of training modules to support the AOD sector in Family Inclusive Practice and support non-AOD Workers in Drug Education.  For enquiries please contact Janice Florent, Family Focus Project Leader on Ph: 1300 552 509.