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To Enforce or to Manage4TH NATIONAL INDIGENOUS DRUG AND ALCOHOL CONFERENCE

17 October, 2016 COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE © FIT4DUTY PTY LTD 2016

IntroductionWho are We?We provide Onsite Drug and Alcohol Testing

We provide Onsite Drug and Alcohol Education and Safety presentations

Our focus is on enhancing workplace safety!We are NOT about finding positive results

NO witch hunts, NO gotcha moments!

• Deterrence

• Behaviour Change

• Better Safety

Use of substances is a symptom of other issues that can be addressed to improve safety for ALL!


A Quality Provider


VQF training

http://www.nata.asn.au/

This Presentation

• Workforce Participation• Consultation• Communication• Education• Testing Reporting and Refining• Questions?


Consultation and Policy

Development

Communications

Education and Information

Testing, Reporting and

Refining

Drugs and Safety• Roughly 1 in 4 workplace deaths

Between 15% and 30% of work deaths are drug related*(Between 435 and 870 Australian lives lost each year)

• Roughly 1 in 4 workplace accidentsBetween 20% and 25% of all workplace accidents are drug or alcohol related*(130,000 to 162,500 drug related accidents at work per annum)

• 75% of illicit drug users are employed (SAMHSA 2007)

• 80% of heavy alcohol users are employed (SAMHSA 2007)(* Futuresafe 2000)


Have you lost your Marbles?• Randomising without thinking• Is testing good or bad?• Why did black equate to testing

and not white?• What about colour blind people?• What is reasonable?

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A “Typical” Phone Enquiry


• Fit4Duty and its siblings deal with 3000 organisations in Australia

• 370 testing clients

• 40,000 testing encounters last year

• Model used in most clients (we try to educate and support!)

• Typical approach:• Got someone who we think uses• Can you come out next week and test?• How to I terminate employment?

Workforce Participation

• The Gap:• Participation for Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islanders peaks at 20-24 with 60% participation (maybe)

• Non-indigenous participation peaks around 85%

• Obligation for Safety

• 42% of people over 14 have “used” at some point

• 17.5% of working people “used” last month

• Enforcement approach can result in unnecessary targeting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

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A model for implementationFoundation Principles

• Respect

• Inclusion

• Pathways

• Knowledge

Consult

Develop Policy

Communicate Clearly

Educate and Inform

Conduct Testing

Report

Refine


Let’s talk about respect!• Consultation and Communications is key

• Take the time to achieve agreement

• Testing is widely seen as an invasion of privacy justified only by obligations for safety

• Inclusion of worker groups in developing strategy

• External provider?


Education• Can’t be “preachers”

• Genuine lack of real understanding (so knowledge share is important)

• Awareness of numeracy and literacy (familiarity with charts?)

• Opportunity to emphasise care (RUOK?)

• Mutual Obligation and Support (vertically and laterally)

• Consider involving elders


Testing Reporting and Refining• Testers - the Human Element

• The outcome can be positive or can devastate someone’s life

• Balance culture with safety obligations

• Reporting and consequences (Culturally respectful EAP)

• Understanding the organizational profile and refining the program


Important Considerations

• PRIVACY – Whispers, Gossip• Dignity and Support• Employee Assistance• Safety, Safety, Safety• Look Out For Your Mates• Better Awareness – Educate Others


Questions


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