Business and funding models study update NADA encourages members to attend two important events that will provide the preliminary findings from the study. Social Sector Transformation Fund Are you a NADA member with a total revenue under $5 million in 2019/20? Read about how you can access support through the Social Sector Transformation Fund. COVID-19 […]
Factsheet: National Disability Insurance Scheme
Know the services available to assist with access and advocacy to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Helping someone access the NDIS can be daunting but there is a range of services available for workers, people with disabilities, families and carers that can help with information and advocacy. Working with the NDIS [PDF]
Factsheet: Practice tips to support and engage consumers during COVID-19
Developed in consultation with consumers of NADA member services, this factsheet provide practice tips for supporting people engaged in treatment during these challenging times. Download factsheet [PDF]
Factsheet: Supporting quality alcohol and other drugs treatment
This factsheet supports NADA members understand the key documents that should be considered as part of the provision of quality AOD treatment. This factsheet can also be used by assessors of quality standards in undertaking assessment for accreditation of NSW non-government AOD treatment and support services. Download factsheet [PDF]
Factsheet: Child protection Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ)
The following two factsheets will you navigate child protection Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ). Be aware of roles and responsibilities of DCJ and its staff [PDF] Understand DCJ practice framework, approaches and systems [PDF]
Worksheet: HALTS
The use of the acronym HALTS is a useful tool in relapse prevention work. HALTS stands for: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired, Sick, Stressed. It has recently expanded to include Sensitive or Sensory for people with increased sensory sensitives such as to noise, taste and touch following detox. This is a relapse prevention tool which can […]
Worksheet: Substance use planning safety tool
When life happens and events challenge our equilibrium, it can be harder to stick to our goals and easier to default to well-known ways of coping or managing situations. One way of coping may be to use substances as the default response. It can be due to a build-up of stressors, feelings and situations that […]
Assessing CALD community inclusion in AOD services
This project aimed to evaluate a joint initiative developed between NADA and the former, Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (DAMEC), within NSW non-government AOD treatment services. This initiative aimed to optimise the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) clients in mainstream AOD treatment services in NSW. An audit tool (a structured organisational tool […]
Supporting the implementation of Key Performance Indicators for NGO AOD services in NSW
Summary reportMeg Grealy and Alison Ritter March 2025 This summary report [PDF] describes findings examining the implementation of NADA Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the NSW NGO AOD sector as at December 2024. No funding was made available to facilitate implementation, and this is an important context for all the below findings.
Best practice approaches for alcohol and other drug treatment in residential rehabilitation
An evidence check and member consult commissioned by the Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA) October 2020 The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use Download the guidelines [PDF] In 2007, the NSW Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA), produced the […]