Australian disability workforce report: July 2018

This midyear update is part of NDS's on-going tracking of disability workforce trends using data from Workforce Wizard, the sector's quarterly workforce data collection. Eleven quarters of Workforce Wizard data, now covering some 45,000 workers nationally, are presented. The update examines whether the patterns comprehensively analysed in our February 2018 Australian Disability Workforce Report [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 138.827] are continuing, stalling or reversing. In addition, it discusses state-level features which highlight the challenges faced by the sector in different...  [+] Show more

This midyear update is part of NDS's on-going tracking of disability workforce trends using data from Workforce Wizard, the sector's quarterly workforce data collection. Eleven quarters of Workforce Wizard data, now covering some 45,000 workers nationally, are presented. The update examines whether the patterns comprehensively analysed in our February 2018 Australian Disability Workforce Report [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 138.827] are continuing, stalling or reversing. In addition, it discusses state-level features which highlight the challenges faced by the sector in different parts of the country. Finally, the results of the two latest 'spotlight topics' are included, providing new information about topics providers report on a one-off basis.

Excerpt from publication.

The contents are: Introduction; The latest trends in the disability support workforce; The disability workforce in the states and territories; The profile of the allied health professionals; Spotlight topic: the qualifications of newly recruited disability workers; Spotlight topic: recruitment difficulty; Appendix.