Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services (CAAPS)

2. Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services (CAAPS) The largest family-focused residential alcohol and other drug rehabilitation centre in Northern Australia, incorporating a registered training organisation branch delivering nationally accredited training packages to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia.

3. PHILOSOPHY We believe that the person with the problem is the last to come to know how bad things are and the least likely to want any change. The people most wanting change are often family and community members. Our approach is to take the focus from the person with the problem. • People have the right and should be encouraged to express themselves in their own language. • Everyone, no matter what culture, can experience personal and interpersonal problems through substance misuse. • Everyone has the capacity to change and realise greater potential in their lives. • The choice of change is not possible without an awareness of other opportunities. • The greater the crisis in anyone’s lifestyle, the greater the possibility for change, given the understanding of how to change. • Substance misuse is a major factor in the breakdown of family, and if the substance misuse is not worked on simultaneously with the other problems, then nothing constructive is achieved.

4. STRATEGIC PARTNERS • Curtin University - National Drug Research Institute Professor Dennis Gray Deputy Director and Project Leader Associate Professor Ted Wilkes • Charles Darwin University • Emerging Partner Menzies School of Health Research Professor of Governance Don Fuller

5. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE CAAPS BOARD AND COUNCIL Marketing and Communications Coordinator Financial Controller CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Finance Department Accounts Assistant Human Resources Officer Administration Support Assistant Operations Manager Healthy Families Manager Hostel Manager Training Manager Healthy Families Department Administration Assistant • Male and Female Youth Support Workers • Male and Female AOD Support Workers • NAHA Outreach Worker • Children’s Worker • Clinical Nurse • Client Transport Officer • After Hours Workers Dolly Garinyi Hostel Assistant Hostel Manager • Administration Assistant Domestic Advisors • Training Department • Administration Assistant • Curriculum Development Coordinator • Frontline Trainers • Youth Trainers

6. STAFF BOARD Frank Ah Mat (Vice Chair, Darwin) • Frank has worked all of his life to improve the lives of Indigenous people in the NT and is actively involved with a number of local sporting associations. Glenn Miller (Chair, Darwin) • Glenn is the Corporate Services Manager at NAAJA and has 30 years experience in Finance and Management. Matthew Bonson CEO Lana Miller Operations Manager Carol Stanislaus (Treasurer, Darwin) • Carol is the Government Business Manager for Bagot, Kulaluk, Minmarama and One Mile Dam communities in the NT. Joanne Garngulkpuy (Secretary, Elcho Island) Joanne is a Wangurri elder and Traditional Owner from Galuwin’ku who is an Executive Teacher. John Robinson Financial Controller Keith Mamarika (Groote Eylandt) • Keith is acouncillor on the East Arnhem Shire Council who has worked for many years with the Substance Misuse Service in Anurugu Community on Groote Eylandt. David Mirrawana (Maningrida) David is a Traditional Owner and elder from Maningrida who works with the Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation. Patrick Stephensen Training Manager Hector Minjin (Port Keats) Hector is a Traditional Owner from Palumpa in the Port Keats area. Peter Kantilla (Bathurst Island) • Peter is a Traditional Owner from Nguiu. He works with the Tiwi Islands Youth Diversion Team and the Night Patrol team on the Nguiu Community Government Council. Dennis McDowall Hostel Manager Claudia Kantilla (Bathurst Island) • Claudia was born in Nguiu, she has worked extensively in both CAAPS and in Centrecare in field work and AOD counselling.

7. HEALTHY FAMILIES • The Healthy Families Department provides a range of services to individuals and families who are affected by substance misuse, including volatile substances. • After clients undergo assessment, the program consists of group sessions (therapeutic and educational) in conjunction with frequent one on one support sessions, practical life skills sessions, cultural and art workshops and specific sessions with other agencies for further support if complex needs are identified. • HEALTHY FAMILIES PROGRAM • A 12 week program on substance misuse and an 8 week program on volatile substance misuse containing the following topics are delivered to all clients: • Making Changes Our History Substance Misuse • Livelihood Goal Setting & Planning Relationships • Family Health Family Violence Parenting • This includes two days per week in training, with the opportunity to attain: • Certificate I in Community Services (Work Preparation) • Certificate II in Community Services

8. CAAPS TRAINING PHILOSOHPY ORGANISATIONAL COMPETENCE

9. CAAPS TRAINING PHILOSOHPY ORGANISATIONAL CULTURAL COMPETENCE Unconscious Cultural Competence Self-Esteem

10. CAAPS TRAINING PHILOSOHPY PARTNERSHIP APPROACH STUDENT EMPLOYER/ SUPERVISOR TRAINER/RTO

11. CAAPS TRAINING PHILOSOHPY “WALKING TOGETHER!”

12. TRAINING CAAPS is a Registered Training Organisation providing nationally accredited training in community services, delivered using culturally appropriate learning styles. CAAPS provides the following courses (either in whole or as specific sessions): • Certificate I in Community Services: Preparing for work, orientation to a new workplace • Certificate II in Community Services: Exploring career options, school-leavers, basic support work • Certificate III in Community Services Work Up skilling in a specific area such as youth work, aged/disability care, • Doing Business Across Cultures: Working effectively with culturally diverse clients and colleagues • Introduction to Prevention and Treatment of Substance Misuse • Brief intervention short course, delivered to young people or youth workers in response to identified need

13. YOUTH WELLBEING PROJECT Reduction, awareness, development, collaboration • The Youth Wellbeing Project aims to increase the capacity of the Indigenous communities affected by petrol sniffing to respond to and minimise the harm associated with petrol sniffing and improve the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous communities. The Youth Wellbeing Project has four primary objectives: Objective A: To reduce the incidence of volatile substance misuse amongst young people in remote communities in the Top End region of the Northern Territory. Objective B: To increase the social and emotional well being of communities through increasing awareness of and access to health services. Objective C : To develop the knowledge base and skills level of community members, Community Night Patrol workers and other service providers to enable them to tackle the issue of substance misuse by the provision of accredited training.  Objective D: To increase the capacity of Top End communities to address volatile substance misuse through applying a community developmentapproach and working collaboratively with Indigenous communities and otherservice providers. Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

14. Supporting local organisations Mission Australia Save the Children Larrakia Nation Darwin urban region Lead Inhalant Action Group (IAG) Supporting local schools Kormilda College NT Christian Schools Assoc. Supporting local community events NAIDOC Responding to needs identified by Top End organisations Laynhapuy Homelands Assoc Ngukurr (Roper Gulf Shire) IAG through Youth Voices Maningrida (West Arnhem Shire) IAG through Malabam Health Galiwin’ku (East Arnhem Shire) IAG to be implemented • Certificate III • 12 RGSC youth work trainees graduated • Certificate I • 10 Ngukurr CDEP workers began this week • Certificate II • 13 Ngukurr CDEP workers began traineeships this week • Certificate III • 4 RGSC workers began traineeships this week • Brief intervention/harm minimisation sessions • Malabam Health Board • Maningrida CEC • West Arnhem Shire • Families as First Teachers Playgroup • Marthakal Homelands Resource Association • Miwatj Health • Families as First Teachers Playgroup

16. Warren Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, Minister for Indigenous Health touring our grounds accompanied by • ChairpersonGlenn Miller, CEO Matthew Bonson and • Dr Sue Stanton PhD

17. Everyone, no matter what culture, can experience personal and interpersonal problems through substance misuse.

18. The experimental estimated resident Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of the NT at 30 June 2006 was 64,000 people, or 30% of the total NT population, the highest proportion of all the states and territories.

19. A community-based substance misuse service, supporting Aboriginal and Islander families who are experiencing alcohol and other drug issues. Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services 60 Boulter Road, Berrimah NT 0828 PMB 22, Berrimah NT 0828 Phone: (08) 8922 4800 Fax: (08) 8922 4832 A/H: (08) 8922 4833 Email: caaps@caaps.org.au www.caaps.org.au