Victorian Disability Workforce Environment Scan
Key benefits
- A review of the key influences on providers’ ability to recruit, skill and manage the workforce requirements to provide quality disability services and meet their business objectives.
- Recommendations about how NDS could support service providers to manage their workforce issues arising in the COVID-19 context.
- Australian employers across most sectors are raising concerns about their inability to recruit sufficient workers.
Who is this for?
Victorian providers, board, CEO, HR managers, senior leaders
Further information
Prepared by NDS, as part of the Victorian Safer and Stronger Project funded by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing to support the Victorian disability sector through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of this disability workforce environmental scan is to review the key influences on providers’ ability to recruit, skill and manage the workforce requirements to provide quality disability services and meet their business objectives. This provides a guide for NDS to help address the workforce challenges and develop support priorities for 2022.
Related Resources
- Workforce support to the disability sector in response to COVID-19
- NDS State of the Disability Sector Report
- NDS Workforce Census Key Findings June 2021
- The Stress of COVID-19 and How to Manage It - SACS Consulting [PDF]
Contact information
For any enquiries, please contact Lourdes Zamanillo, Senior Policy and Project Officer, submit enquiry/feedback, show phone number