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Sofia 10.12.2009 City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, Competence.

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2 Sofia 10.12.2009 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

3 Sofia 10.12.2009 City of Oslo Agency for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services/Competence Centre Director Department for services run by the Municipality (City of Oslo) Section for Outreach And Substitution Programmes Dep. of Detached and Outreach Youth Services National Drug Help line Section for Rehabilitation Section for Harm reduction Section for Care and Services For Women Department for services run by NGOs or profit organisations Private organisations Organisation Department Competence Centre Organizational Chart of AADAS

4 Sofia 10.12.2009 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

5 Sofia 10.12.2009 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 drug related 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

6 Sofia 10.12.2009 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.

7 Sofia 10.12.2009 Networking ”Open Space”

8 Sofia 10.12.2009 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

9 Sofia 10.12.2009 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)

10 Sofia 10.12.2009 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.

11 Sofia 10.12.2009 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

12 Thank you for listening Sofia 10.12.2009 ragnhild.audestad@rme.oslo.kommune.no runa.frydenlund@rme.oslo.kommune.no


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