What the organisation receives
Facilitator-led delivery at your site or online, scheduled around your existing program calendar.
A personalised, visually based workbook for every attendee, theirs to keep.
Attendance, completion and statistical reporting generated from the SIRITIS case management system.
A close-out summary per cohort that your case managers can actually use.
What participants do
Attendees leave with a working understanding of dependence, tolerance and relapse, and with language they can use in front of clients without doing harm.
Why this program exists
1 in 5
clients
Around one in five people receiving treatment for their own alcohol or drug use in Australia is a First Nations person. The publicly funded AOD workforce has grown 66 per cent in a decade to 1,316 agencies — a lot of frontline staff who need shared, plain language.
AIHW, Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia annual report 2024–25
End-of-program checklist
- Participant can name the concern in their own words.
- Participant holds a plan with a first step and a date.
- Case manager has the close-out summary and reporting extract.
- Referral pathway agreed for anyone who needs more support.
What it is not
- Not case management
- Not counselling
- Not therapy
- Not clinical treatment
- Not a replacement for employment conditions
