The 2015 environmental scan (EScan) explores the changes affecting the community services and health workforce. Information in the EScan is drawn from a combination of stakeholder feedback as well as the latest industry relevant research and data. The EScan provides insight into the changing policy and service context. Community services and health providers are transitioning to new models of service delivery due to increased demand for services, reduced growth in funding and the implementation of new funding models. EScan 2015 explores how these changes in service demand and delivery...  [+] Show more

The 2015 environmental scan (EScan) explores the changes affecting the community services and health workforce. Information in the EScan is drawn from a combination of stakeholder feedback as well as the latest industry relevant research and data. The EScan provides insight into the changing policy and service context. Community services and health providers are transitioning to new models of service delivery due to increased demand for services, reduced growth in funding and the implementation of new funding models. EScan 2015 explores how these changes in service demand and delivery are driving increased demand for certain roles and specific skills. At the same time, the vocational education and training (VET) sector is undergoing a period of transformative change in the context of reduced funding. The report argues that to build a healthy future Australia will need to continue to invest in workforce planning and development in the community services and health industry. The contribution of VET will be crucial to the development of the future community services and health workforce.

The data used to support the insights in EScan 2015 is included in the Appendices as a separate document. The Department of Education and Training requires Industry Skills Councils to provide a record of recent changes to the training packages (Appendix A), a description of the methodology used to develop the EScan (Appendix B) and information about occupations in demand and shortage (Appendix C). Additional training, workforce and industry data is also included to support employers, [registered training organisations] RTOs and key industry stakeholders understand and respond to current and future training and workforce development needs.

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