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City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre

Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services,

Competence Centre

The Competence Centre:•Ms.Ragnhild Audestad, director

•Ms.Runa Frydenlund, senior executive officer

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City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre

Director

Department for services run by the

Municipality (City of Oslo)

Department for services run by NGOs or profit organisations

OrganisationDepartment

Competence Centre

Private organisations

Section for Outreach

And SubstitutionProgrammes

Section for Rehabilitation

Section for Harm reduction

Section for Care and

Services For Women

Dep. of Detached and

Outreach Youth Services

National Drug Help line

Organizational Chart of AADAS

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City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre

• Is 1 of 7 regional competence centres in Norway• responsible for the implementation of national drug policies at the local level on behalf of the Directorate for Health• our main aims are to improve drug services and prevention work in the City of Oslo

The Competence Centre - Oslo

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City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre

Main Priority Areas of the Competence Centre

1) Drug and alcohol prevention in local environments

2)Increase competence on alcohol and drugrelated issues in the health and social services

3)Development of special competence at national level related to:

a) Outreach work among youth b) Substance abuse among ethnic minorities

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City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre

Strategies• To prioritise training and education in the field of

alcohol and drugs linked to the formal education systems (University Colleges) and institutions

• To provide financial support for special projects potential for producing new experience based on knowledge in the field

• To offer supervision, project monitoring and networking in the field of rehabilitation and social services at local levels.

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Networking”Open Space”

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City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre

Area of Special Competence at National Level• Outreach work:

– Post-degree education in outreach/detached youth social work

– Ongoing evaluation studies– Textbook on outreach methodology– Supervising projects and local government– Improving tools for mapping and reporting

• Approach in street based outreach work:– Universal prevention; focus on the whole

population– Selective prevention: focus on groups and

individuals at risk– Indicative prevention: focus on individuals who

already has started a drug addiction problem or where factors of risk already is observed

– Empowerment– Focus on early intervention

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City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre

• Established 1969• Staff: 28, of whom 24 are

outreach social workers• Target group:

youth and young adults up to the age of 25 at risk of problems with substance abuse and crime

Dep. of Detached and Outreach Youth services (Uteseksjonen)

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City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre

National Drug Help Line (RUStelefonen)

• Established Dec. 2002, permanent service from 2007

• Staff: 5 counsellors; 4 full time and 1 part time positions

• Main Priority Areas:- Provide the public with information about alcohol and drugs- Provide the public with an overview of the different services

dealing with treatment of substance abuse- Provide the public with counselling regarding substance abuse

• Target group: - Youth experimenting with drugs and their parents - Everyone with a concern about alcohol, drugs and substance abuse, including professionals.

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City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre

Drug Help Line; services

• Sms; facts and dialog

• Youth magazines

• A&Q’s in various web sites

• Lecturing

Thank you for listening

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ragnhild.audestad@rme.oslo.kommune.noruna.frydenlund@rme.oslo.kommune.no