ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/Template.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" --> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" --> <title>Drug ARM W.A: School Leavers</title> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="head" --> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .Menu { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #000000; } body,td,th { font-size: 15px; color: #000000; } a:link { text-decoration: none; color: #0288C5; } a:visited { text-decoration: none; color: #0288C5; } a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #666666; } a:active { text-decoration: none; color: #999999; } .MainBody { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; visibility: visible; font-size: small; color: #000000; } .style4 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; } .style3 {font-weight: bold; font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } .style9 { font-size: x-large; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; } --> </style> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> <!-- function MM_reloadPage(init) { //reloads the window if Nav4 resized if (init==true) with (navigator) {if ((appName=="Netscape")&&(parseInt(appVersion)==4)) { document.MM_pgW=innerWidth; document.MM_pgH=innerHeight; onresize=MM_reloadPage; }} else if (innerWidth!=document.MM_pgW || innerHeight!=document.MM_pgH) location.reload(); } MM_reloadPage(true); //--> </script> </head> <body> <p> &nbsp;</p> <div id="Text" style="position:absolute; left:5px; top:160px; width:520px; height:266px; z-index:3; visibility: visible;"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="words" --> <p align="center" class="style9">School Leavers</p> <p align="justify" class="style4">The School Leavers Program (SLP) happens every year during the traditional &#8220;leavers&#8217; week&#8221; celebrations at the State&#8217;s key &#8216;hot spots&#8217; &#8211; Rottnest and Dunsborough. The Program aims to reduce the harms school leavers cause themselves, each other, and their host community during their end of year celebrations. Mobile Street Teams and stationary &#8220;Recovery&#8221; tents provide leavers with information about staying safe, someone to talk to, non-alcoholic drinks, basic first aid, access to ambulance services and crisis counseling, and a secure environment for leavers who have had too much to be looked after and rest. The teams operate between the approximate hours of 6pm to 2am, and later if required.</p> <p align="justify" class="style3">The Drug ARM Leavers Team provides:</p> <p align="justify" class="style4"><strong> Recovery Tent<br> </strong>&#8226; Provides a secure, supervised place to sober up <br> &#8226; Information about drugs, and their effects on health and behaviour <br> &#8226; Completely confidential, non-judgemental personal support for drug, alcohol and<br> other issues and the availability of immediate access to phone counsellors. <br> &#8226; Water to rehydrate client<br> &#8226; Basic first aid, assessment of condition and if need be referral of clients to Ambulance<br> or St John&#8217;s. </p> <div align="left" class="style4"> <div align="justify"><strong>Water Station</strong></div> </div> <div align="left" class="style4"> <div align="justify">&#8226; Tap water served in plastic cups to rehydrate Leavers </div> </div> <p align="justify" class="style4"><strong> Roving patrols<br> </strong>&#8226; Teams of two or more people walking through and driving around. <br> &#8226; Referring people to the Recovery Tent, St Johns and other services. <br> &#8226; Providing emotional support, and information pertinent to Leavers. <br> &#8226; On the spot basic first aid. </p> <div align="left" class="style3"> <div align="justify">Being a Leavers Volunteer</div> </div> <p align="justify" class="style4">As an SLP volunteer, you will spend your on-shift time providing personal support, information and referrals to leavers and young adults, and providing basic care for people who are intoxicated Volunteers work for up to four night shifts during the leavers period.</p> <p align="justify" class="style4">This means you will be engaging young people in conversations &#8211; finding out about what&#8217;s going on for them, listening to them, and encouraging them to stay safe by staying with friends, spacing their drinks, eating food, and so on. You will be providing leavers with information about where services are located, how they can have a good time and stay safe, and what the police line is (how to stay out of trouble). Sometimes you may need to provide basic first aid, calm people down who are getting worked up, and spend time with people who have had a bad experience - everything from being homesick, to having an argument with a good friend, to having a terrible time after using alcohol or other substances, to being the victim of a sexual assault.</p> <p align="left" class="style4">We require volunteers who are:<br> &#8226; Over 18 years old (mostly 19 to 25)<br> &#8226; Mature <br> &#8226; Team players<br> &#8226; Good listeners<br> &#8226; Keen to help young people stay safe<br> &#8226; Able to co<span class="style4">pe with working night shifts <br> &#8226; Willing to work within Drug ARM WA policy<br> &#8226; Have, or acquire, a basic first aid qualification<br> &#8226; Have, or agree to, a Federal Police clearance check</span></p> <p align="left" class="style3">Leavers Dates for 2011 Volunteers </p> <p align="left" class="style4">&#8226; Rottnest (4 nights): Friday 25th November to Tuesday 29th November (Arrive Friday afternoon, leave Tuesday morning)&nbsp; <br /> &#8226; Dunsborough (5 nights): Thursday 24th November to Friday 29th November (Arrive Thursday afternoon, leave Tuesday morning)</p> <p align="left" class="style3">2011 Briefing and Training Dates</p> <p align="left" class="style4">&#8226; Leavers Training Option 1, Saturday 22nd of October, 10am- 2pm&nbsp; <br /> &#8226; Leavers Training Option 2, Thursday 3rd November, 6pm- 10pm <br /> &#8226; Final Briefing BBQ: Saturday 19th of November, 12pm- 3.30pm (Compulsory) <br /> <br /> (All venues to be advised, please contact Amanda for more information) <br /> <br /> You </span>can download a <a href="pdfs/SLPVolunteerApplicationForm2011.pdf" target="_blank"> volunteer application form (pdf)</a> or <a href="pdfs/SLPVolunteerApplicationForm2011.doc" target="_blank"> volunteer application form (word - fill in electronically)</a> </p> <p align="center" class="style9">Advice for Leavers <p align="left" class="style4"> This information is available as a PDF in our Advice for Leavers</a> pamphlet and also available in a <a href="pdfs/Drug_ARM_WA_Advice_for_Leavers_folding.pdf"> smaller folding form</a>. We also reccomend you visit <a href="www.leaverswa.com.au" target="_new"> www.leaverswa.com.au</a></p> <p align="left" class="style4">For the past 10 years Drug ARM WA has been at Leavers celebrations and we&#8217;ve looked after hundreds of people affected by alcohol and other drugs. We have created this pamphlet to help you have a safe and enjoyable Leavers celebration.</p> <p align="left" class="style4">If you need to contact the Druga ARM WA team during Leavers we can be reached on these numbers.<br /> &#8226; <b>Rottnest: </b>0402 796 346 <br /> &#8226; <b>Dunsborough: </b>0437 420 357</p> <p align="left" class="style3">ALCOHOL&gt;ALCOHOL</p> <p align="left" class="style4">Alcohol is by far the biggest problem drug that the Drug ARM WA team have to deal with at Leavers .</p> <p align="left" class="style3">How alcohol can affect people&#8230; </p> <p align="left" class="style3">Risky behaviours</p> <ul class="style4"> <li> <div align="left">More likely to engage in unsafe and unwanted sex or sexual activities.</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Get hurt doing activities involving heights or swimming </div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Increased chance of being assaulted: verbal and physical </div> </li> </ul> <p align="left" class="style3">Social life</p> <ul class="style4"> <li> <div align="left">Embarrassing actions or conversations whilst intoxicated</div> </li> </ul> <p align="left" class="style3">Health </p> <ul class="style4"> <li> <div align="left">Headaches, vomiting, hangovers, nausea, shakiness, reduced sexual function and memory loss</div> </li> </ul> <p align="left" class="style3">How alcohol affects people under 18 </p> <p align="left" class="style4">If you are under the age of 21 your brain is still developing and alcohol can affect memory function. Unlike people over 21 they are less likely to get tired as they drink and are more susceptible to alcohol poisoning and black outs.</p> <p align="left" class="style3">Sobering up quicker?</p> <p align="left" class="style4">Time is the only thing that can help someone sober up. Some remedies like eating lots of bread can be dangerous. Water is good to drink as it will rehydrate your body.</p> <p align="left" class="style4"><strong>Drunk or Alcohol Poisoning?</strong></p> <p align="left" class="style4"> If someone... </p> <ul class="style4"> <li> <div align="left"> &nbsp;is unconscious, or</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> &nbsp;has skin that is cold, clammy, pale or bluish / purplish, or</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> &nbsp;is breathing slowly or irregularly. (More than 10 seconds between breaths), or</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> &nbsp;vomits without waking up</div> </li> </ul> <div align="left" class="style4">Then they are not just drunk but have alcohol poisoning. Call an ambulance and put the person into the recovery position. The Ambulance will not call the police unless there is a death. </div> <p align="left" class="style4"><strong>Things that can affect a body&#8217;s ability to deal with Alcohol. </strong></p> <ul class="style4"> <li> <div align="left"> &nbsp;You&#8217;ve been in the sun all day, have sun burn or sun stroke.</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> &nbsp;You&#8217;re not sleeping as much as usual.</div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> &nbsp;You&#8217;ve taken other drugs. Including legal drugs like: caffeine based drinks (eg: Red Bull), prescription medications, sleeping tablets and &#8220;no doze&#8221; tablets.</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;If you&#8217;re not eating as well as you normally do or are not eating as much nutritious food as you normally do.</div> </li> </ul> <p align="left" class="style4"><strong>Other good things to know...</strong></p> <ul class="style4"> <li> <div align="left"> &nbsp;Alcohol has no taste. If an alcoholic drink tastes more like a soft drink than beer or wine doesn&#8217;t mean it has less alcohol. Check the side of the bottle.</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;The effect of alcohol will take some time to hit a person as the alcohol moves from the stomach to the blood stream.</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Vomiting doesn&#8217;t get rid of the alcohol in your system (you would need to vomit out your brain and your blood stream).</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Standard drinks guides are good to know. However, just remember that they are designed for &#8220;standard&#8221; people. Most year 12 students are much lighter in body weight than a &#8220;standard&#8221; person and have much less experience (and therefore tolerance to alcohol) than a &#8220;standard&#8221; person.</div> </li> </ul> <p align="left" class="style4"><strong>OTHER DRUGS </strong></p> <p align="left" class="style4"> Our experience at Leavers celebrations has been that illicit drugs people have are of a very poor quality. That is they do not contain what the buyer expects them to. (50% of ecstasy tablets sold in WA at any time of the year do not contain any MDMA - the active ingredient). We have found this to be especially true at Leavers even for people who have their drugs from someone they know and trust.</p> <p align="left" class="style4"><strong align="left">STAYING SAFE</strong></p> <p align="left" class="style4"><strong>Staying safe with alcohol </strong></p> <ul class="style4"> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Space your drinks &nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Eat food while you are drinking</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Don&#8217;t mix alcohol with other drugs</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Avoid driving, swimming and heights</div> </li> </ul> <p align="left" class="style4"><strong>Staying Safe with Illicit drugs</strong></p> <ul class="style4"> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;It is safer not to inject drugs. </div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;If someone does, always use clean syringes and equipment </div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Avoid combining different drugs</div> </li> </ul> <p align="left" class="style4"><strong>Above all else</strong></p> <ul class="style4"> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Stick with Friends</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;If any bad effects are suspected, call an ambulance immediately</div> </li> </ul> <p align="left" class="style4"><strong>TOP TEN TIPS FOR LEAVERS</strong></p> <ol class="style4"> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Stick with friends</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Eat food, drink water, and space your drinks if you drink</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Take care when you are out and about.</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Know who&#8217;s out there. There are lots of services who are happy to help so find out who they are and what they do.</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Don&#8217;t mix your drinks, or your substances.</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Sleep!</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Be nice to people especially the police. We are all there to make sure you have a safe enjoyable time</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Be yourself. Don&#8217;t do things that you are not comfortable with or wouldn&#8217;t normally do. </div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;If someone is in trouble with alcohol or drugs call an ambulance (they will only call police if there is a death)</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">&nbsp;Do fun stuff! </div> </li> </ol> <p align="justify" class="style4"><span class="style4">If you would like to know more please contact Mia Campbell via email: <a href="mailto:youthoutreach@drugarmwa.org.au">youthoutreach@drugarmwa.org.au</a> or call Mia at the office (08) 9497-9498</span></p> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></div> <div id="Header" style="position:absolute; left:35px; top:5px; width:500px; height:175px; z-index:2; visibility: visible; border: 1px none #000000;"><span class="MainBody"><a href="index.htm"><img src="jpegs/header.jpg" width="500" height="175" border="0"></a></span></div> <div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; left:535px; top:8px; width:170px; height:658px; z-index:9; border: 0px none #000000; 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