Identifying paths to skill growth or skill recession: a literature review on workforce development in the community services and health industries

This report seeks to distil the insights and conclusions of research conducted on the expanding community services and health workforces, in a way that permits an informed assessment of some possible implications for training arrangements for these industries. The report has three central aims: (1) to acknowledge the groundwork done that identifies the key drivers of change in workforce dynamics, and core demographic profiles; and use this as a basis for understanding the wider issues of context associated with workplace and systemic change and training; (2) to draw on and critique...  [+] Show more

This report seeks to distil the insights and conclusions of research conducted on the expanding community services and health workforces, in a way that permits an informed assessment of some possible implications for training arrangements for these industries. The report has three central aims: (1) to acknowledge the groundwork done that identifies the key drivers of change in workforce dynamics, and core demographic profiles; and use this as a basis for understanding the wider issues of context associated with workplace and systemic change and training; (2) to draw on and critique domestic and international policy interventions in order to extend, where possible, understanding of the conditions under which training is formed; and (3) to develop this material in a way that allows an assessment of the key scenarios that might emerge from the preconditions identified as present in each of the community services and health industries.

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