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
The program centres on individual self-awareness and personal development. It prioritises early intervention and tailored approaches, accommodating diverse needs and working from participants’ strengths rather than their deficits.
Why this program exists
6×
treatment rate
In 2024–25 First Nations people were more than six times as likely to receive alcohol and other drug treatment as non-Indigenous Australians — 3,125 per 100,000 against 457, age-standardised. The AIHW notes the true figure is likely higher, as most First Nations-specific services do not report to the national collection.
AIHW, Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia: early insights 2024–25
The defined model
Four stages, followed the same way every cohort, so participants are supported and enabled to make long-lasting change.
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In-depth first contact
From the first meeting we find out everything: previous treatments and why they ended, education, and a comprehensive assessment of any offending and its severity where that is relevant.
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Detailed client profiling
We get to know participants well enough to focus on the specific methods that will help them build better habits, mentoring and guiding them toward help and stability.
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Self-advocacy support
Participants are taught to take ownership and speak for themselves, creating a practice they can carry into every other part of their lives.
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Gradual change in habits
Change is built incrementally, so the positive shifts participants make are the kind that last past week six.
Where it is applied
The five applications FNI has documented for this program, and the page each one now lives on.
- Youth Justice and Corrections
- Timelines
- Long Term Unemployed
- Roadmap Planner
- Corporate and Professional Athletes
- Lifeways to Leadership
- 101 Harm Reduction
- 101 Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Family
- Delivered within this program
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
