Non-government organisation alcohol and other drugs treatment service specifications

"Treatment Service Specifications (TSS) aim to provide guidance to both purchasers and providers of NGO services regarding the principles and key elements of different types of Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) treatment. They aim to facilitate state-wide consistency of contemporary and high quality, evidence-based service delivery by NGOs. The intention of treatment service specifications is to give the provider sufficient guidance that they can plan the organisational structures, conditions and resources needed to deliver the service; and to give purchasers clarity about what they are purchasing. TSS are not the same as clinical guidelines - clinical guidelines provide direction to clinicians in working with an individual client. The TSS are also not a planning document" -- verso front cover.