Australia: Drug and Alcohol Reduction Plan for the Griffith Aboriginal Community
Assignment name: Drug and Alcohol Reduction Plan for the Griffith Aboriginal Community Country: Australia Location in country: Griffith, NSW Name of Client: Miyagan Aboriginal Development Association Date: February - June 2007Narrative description of Project:
Assai was engaged by the Miyagan Aboriginal Development Association
(MADA) to work with the Griffith Aboriginal community to develop a
Drug and Alcohol (D&A) Reduction
Plan, that when implemented would significantly reduce the
consumption of drugs and alcohol by the Aboriginal people of Griffith,
NSW.
The Plan therefore needed to:
- Belong to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community members and therefore involve the whole community in development and delivery;
- Be realistic, with achievable goals actionable by both community and service providers;
- Build on previous lessons learnt; and
- Complement existing or already developed plans.
By means of a consultative process that brought together MADA, the Griffith
Aboriginal community, Australian and State Government service providers,
and local non-profit organisations, Assai led the development of a
realistic Plan with achievable goals actionable by the aboriginal community
members and other stakeholders.
Assai advised the MADA on the recommended approach to the development of the Plan, namely a consultative forum bringing together all key stakeholders. Assai facilitated two workshops attended by representatives of all key stakeholder groups: the first, using the strategy mapping approach, to develop vision for the Plan and agree the expected outcomes; and the second to prioritise the stakeholder outcomes and develop actions to deliver the prioritised outcomes.
The output - the D&A Reduction Action Plan - set out:
- the vision and stakeholder outcomes
- prioritisation of stakeholder outcomes
- the strategies to deliver outcomes of the highest order of priority
- the actions to be undertaken to implement each strategy
- the resources required for each action and the target date for completion
In addition, the D&A Reduction Plan set out for each outcome area a
'quick impact project' or QIP (pronounced 'quip') to be able to deliver
high impact, positive change in a short amount of time making use of
resources/assets that were 'in hand'. The Plan also set out the process
by which the Plan would be reviewed to assess progress on the delivery
of the desired outcomes.