Adelaide PHN commissions a wide range of Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) treatment services and activities across the metropolitan Adelaide region.
Many of the services and activities we commission within the AOD area are new services and include treatment services that focus on alcohol and other drugs including methamphetamine, cannabis, or heroin. Our commissioned services include those that support both brief and more intensive treatment interventions, counselling, structured group education programs, and health promotion activities.
These AOD services are commissioned by Adelaide PHN and delivered by experienced organisations direct to those most in need within the Adelaide region. Our services and programs support individuals and families affected by AOD use, people from specific cultural backgrounds, Aboriginal people, those recently released from custody and young people. These services are provided free of charge to the community.
Adelaide PHN also works extensively within the AOD sector to build capacity, increase the effectiveness of existing services, and facilitate linkages and integration within and outside the AOD sector.
Adelaide PHN's 2021-2023 AOD Treatment and Quality Framework can be accessed directly here or via our Resource Library.
Please note, these services are not designed to deal with emergency situations. If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 000
This brochure was developed in response to requests from primary and other health care providers, consumers, families, carers and members of the public.
The easy-to-read brochure:
or explore all of our programs via our directory of programs and services page
With the task of responding to the health needs of the Adelaide community, our work in the AOD sector is underpinned by extensive consultation and population mapping across our metropolitan Adelaide region.
Activities like our needs analysis, help inform what needs a commissioned AOD services should respond to. Our relationships with organisations and stakeholders across the AOD sector, help us to determine when a completely new service is needed and/or when initiatives that focus on integration, coordination, and capacity building could increase in the effectiveness of existing services.
Our work in the local AOD sector has been underpinned by nationally driven responses and transitions within the AOD space.
We acknowledge the Kaurna peoples who are the traditional Custodians of the Adelaide region. We pay tribute to their physical and spiritual connection to land, waters and community, enduring now as it has been throughout time. We pay respect to them, their culture and to Elders past and present. We would also like to acknowledge and pay our respects to those Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from other Nations who live, work, travel and contribute on Kaurna Country.
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