About ATODA

Staff

Carrie Fowlie, Chief Executive Officer
carrie@atoda.org.au

Amanda Bode, Project Manager
amanda@atoda.org.au

Dave Corby, Office Manager
info@atoda.org.au

Julie Robert Communications and Project Officer
julie@atoda.org.au

Anke van der Sterren, Project Manager
anke@atoda.org.au

Jeanette Bruce, Organisational Development Officer
jeanette@atoda.org.au

Consultants

ATODA engages consultants and evaluators to provide expert advice and support to the organisation including:

• David McDonald, Social Research and Evaluation
• Ann Roche, National Centre for Education and Training in Addiction
• Annie Bleeker, Training and Consultancy
• Bernard Hanson, ReGen Uniting Care
• David Baxter, Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy
• Donna Bull, AOD Consultant
• Jen Harland, WHO Collaborating Centre, DASSA
• Kathleen Orr, Odyssey House Victoria
• Katie Fraser, Legal consultant
• Linda Jenner, 360 Edge
• Mieke Snijder, AIATSIS
• Nicole Lee, 360 Edge
• Tracey Greenburg, Australian Community Workers Association
• Melanie Walker

Board

ATODA’s 2016 -17 Board includes:

ATODA’s Full, Associate and Individual Members and their ATOD Programs* includes:

1. ACT Shelter
2. AIDS Action Council
3. Alcohol and Drug Programs, ACT Corrective Services
4. Alcohol and Drug Service, ACT Health
5. Bleeker, A
6. Byrne, S
7. Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA)
8. Canberra Recovery Services, The Salvation Army
9. Directions Health Services
10. Families ACT
11. Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform
12. Family Drug Support
13. Health Care Consumers’ Association ACT
14. Hepatitis ACT
15. Karralika Programs Inc
16. McDonald, D.
17. Mental Health Community Coalition ACT
18. Mental Health Foundation (ACT)
19. Olsen, A.
20. Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University
21. Sobering Up Shelter, CatholicCare Canberra and Goulburn
22. Street Law, Welfare Rights and Legal Centre
23. Ted Noffs Foundation ACT
24. Volunteering ACT
25. WIREDD, Lesley’s Place and Marzenna, Toora Women Inc
26. Wellways Australia
27. Youth Coalition of the ACT

*Correct as per the ATODA Annual Report 2016-17

Stakeholders who are ACT based ATOD services and / or support the objects of the ATODA are invited to become a member of ATODA or renew their membership.

Download the 2018-19 organisational membership renewal form

Download the 2018-19 new organisational membership application form

Download the 2018-19 individual membership renewal form

Download the 2018-19 new individual membership application form

Or contact ATODA

Constitution

ATODA Constitution 2014
ATODA Constitution 2010

Annual Reports

ATODA Annual Report 2016-17
ATODA Annual Report 2015-16
ATODA Annual Report 2014-15
ATODA Annual Report 2013-14
ATODA Annual Report 2012-13
ATODA Annual Report 2011-12
ATODA Annual Report 2010-11

Reconciliation Action Plan

ATODA Reconciliation Action Plan 2014-17

Strategic Plan

ATODA’s Strategic Plan 2014-2019

ATODA’s Strategic Plan 2012-2013

Financial Reports

Please contact ATODA for hardcopies or further information.

ATODA engages in and supports a range of consultative and advisory structures, to inform its work, such as:

• ATODA Board
• ACT ATOD Workers Group
• ACT ATOD CEOs/Executive Directors Group
• ACT Comorbidity Strategy Working Group
• ACT Drug Action Week Planning Group
• ACT Grant Recipients Network
• Service User Participation Project Committee
• Expanding Naloxone Availability in the ACT Committee
• ACT Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Strategy Evaluation Group
• Crime Prevention Forum
• Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol and Drug Services Executive

ATODA acknowledges its funders, partners and sponsors for their generous support, including:

Funders, Sponsors and Supporters

• Members of ATODA
• Ms Meegan Fitzharris MLA, Minister for Health
• AOD Policy Unit, ACT Health
• Department of Health, Australian Government
• ACT Education and Training Directorate
• Health Promotion Branch, ACT Health
• Policy and Government Relations, ACT Health
• Gil-Jones Barker Solicitors

Partners and Collaborators*

• ACT Corrective Services
• ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations
• ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS)
• ACT Department of Education
• ACT Health
• ACT Health Human Research Ethics Committee
• ACT Mental Health Consumer Network
• Ainslie Village, Argyle Housing
• Alcohol and Drug Policy Unit, ACT Health
• Alcohol and Drug Service, ACT Health
• Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Council of Tasmania (ATDC)
• Annie Bleeker Consultant
• Associate Professor Jan Breckenridge, Gendered Violence Research Network, University of New South Wales
• Association of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies NT (AADANT)
• Association of Parents and Friends of ACT Schools
• Australian Illicit and Injecting Drug Users League
• Burnet Institute
• Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA)
• Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT)
• Canberra Recovery Services, The Salvation Army
• Capital Chemist Dickson
• Capital Chemist Tuggeranong Square
• Capital Health Network
• Carers ACT
• CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn
• Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use
• Chemist on Northbourne
• Companion House
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Develin’s City Chemist
• Directions Health Services
• Domestic Violence Crisis Service
• Domestic Violence Prevention Council
• Dr Anna Olsen, Research School of Population Health, ANU
• Dr Caitlyn Hughes, Drug Policy Modelling Program, National
• Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
• Dr Raglan Maddox, CeRAPH, UC
• Dr Rebecca McKetin, Centre for Research on Ageing, Health & Wellbeing (CRAHW), The Australian National University
• Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia (DASSA) and the WHO Collaborating Centre
• Drug Policy Modelling Program
• Eleanor Morrison
• Erindale Pharmacy
• Families ACT
• Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform
• Family Drug Support
• Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation
• Health Promotion, Health Improvement Branch, ACT Health
• Health Protection Service, ACT Health
• Hepatitis ACT
• Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
• Interchange General Practice
• Jennifer Harland, Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia and Karralika Programs Inc
• Justice Health Services, ACT Government
• Karralika Programs Inc.
• Lee Jackson Design
• Maayu Mali Moree Aboriginal Residential Rehabilitation Service
• Mathieu Leclerc
• Mental Health Community Coalition ACT
• Mental Health Services, ACT Government
• Agnes Shea OAM, Ngunnawal Elder
• National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA)
• National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
• National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
• National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
• Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies (NADA)
• NSW / ACT Alcohol Policy Alliance
• Odyssey House Victoria
• Office for the Coordinator General for Family Safety, Community Services Directorate
• Optimal Pharmacy Plus Jamison
• Pharmacy Guild of Australia, ACT Branch
• Pharmasave Woden Pharmacy
• Professor Alison Ritter, Drug Policy Modelling Program
• Professor Beau Kilmer, RAND
• Public Health Association of Australia
• Queensland Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (QNADA)
• Research School of Population Health, Australian National University
• Sione Crawford
• Sobering Up Shelter, CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn
• Social Research & Evaluation
• South Australian Network for Drug and Alcohol Agencies (SANDAS)
• St Vincent de Paul Society NSW Support Services
• Ted Noffs Foundation ACT
• The Association of Independent Schools of the ACT
• The Connection
• The Salvation Army
• Toora Women Inc.
• Uniting Care ReGen
• University of Newcastle
• Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA)
• Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service
• Wellways Australia
• Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies (WANADA)
• Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
• Womens Centre for Health Matters
• Womens Services Network
• Women’s Health Service – Division of Women, Youth & Children Community Health Programs, Health Directorate, ACT Government
• Your Discount Chemist, Griffith
• Youth Coalition of the ACT
• Youth Justice
• Yurauna Centre, Canberra Institute of Technology
• 360Edge Pty Ltd

*Correct as per the ATODA 2016-17 Annual Report

ATODA was established by the ACT ATOD sector in 2010, representing a significant achievement by many individuals and services within the sector over several years. ATODA became incorporated in early 2010 with an Interim Board recruited from the sector’s Chief Executive Officers / Executive Directors. A goal of the Interim Board was to establish the organisation with a view to having a full Board elected from the membership at the first Annual General Meeting.

This was achieved on 4 November 2010.

The staff and resources from the ACT Alcohol and Other Drug Sector Project, auspiced by the Youth Coalition of the ACT since 2007, were transferred and novated to ATODA on 1 July 2010. For further information regarding this process please see the report Coming Together, Keeping Together, Working Together: How Stakeholders Collaborated for Sector Development and Change (June 2010).

Research Assistant (Open)

The Role

Together with the lead Researcher, you will work collaboratively on a variety of research and evaluation projects which include:

• Examining workforce capacity and informing planning for specialist AOD services
• Collaboratively implementing a survey with specialist AOD services to better understand service users satisfaction and outcomes
• Analysing smoking cessation and treatment data

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Conducting quantitative and qualitative data analysis and interpretation
• Managing and coordinating data collection and data sets including coding, cleansing and data entry
• Assisting in writing and communicating research findings and tailoring to a variety of audiences
• Eliciting the participation of specialist alcohol and other drug services to collect survey data

Skills Required

You have completed (or are working towards) a post graduate degree in health-related social science, public health or similar field.

To be successful in this position, you will have demonstrated experience conducting high level research and evaluation specifically for the purposes of advocacy, social change, campaigning or academia.  Candidates who have experience working in the alcohol, tobacco and other drug related sector will be highly regarded.  You can demonstrate:

• High level written communication and are able to share examples of academic-quality pieces of work
• Expertise in data collection, analysis of quantitative data and database set up
• Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to participate in complex team discussion
• Ability to confidently complete tasks unsupervised, manage competing priorities and meet deadlines

 If improving the health and well-being of the ACT community is important to you, please forward your resume and covering letter addressing the skills required to cv@ngorecruitment.com quoting reference #34457. To discuss this opportunity please call Emma Naglieri on 03 8319 4080.

Strategic Policy Register (Open)

ATODA has established a register of experienced strategic policy staff to engage in work on alcohol, tobacco and other drug policy issues.
ATODA seeks to promote health through the prevention and reduction of the harms associated with alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

Tasks may include:

• Developing policy, reports and submissions
• Analysing policy
• Liaising with key stakeholders including government and community organisations
• Contributing to the development of advocacy strategies to further policy positions

Candidates must have experience in strategic policy development and analysis, and have an understanding of government and political processes.

People who are seeking full-time, part-time, casual or short-term contracts are invited to express their interest in being placed on the register. Short-term secondments from the public service are encouraged.

ATODA’s office in Watson is a friendly, collegial and collaborative working environment. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Download the Expression of Interest Form (PDF)

Research Register

Expressions of interest are sought from individuals who would like to join the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT’s (ATODA) Research Register.

Download the Expression of Interest Form.

In addition to its core functions, the Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA) is able to provide fee-for-service consultancy services for projects that align with the organisation’s vision, values, mission and strategic priorities.  Alcohol, tobacco and other drug subject matter specialists can be engaged by ATODA to undertake discrete, time-limited projects to meet the needs of external stakeholders and partner organisations on a fee-for-service basis.