Priority-population: Older Workers

Online Training
Palliative Care Training for Care Workers working with people living with Dementia

Palliative Care Training for Care Workers working with people living with Dementia Initiate conversations about advance care planning with people living with different stages of dementia. Empower and prepare families…

Attraction, Case Study, Recruitment
More men in the disability workforce - Case Studies

Shepparton’s Connect GV has a significant number of male staff, some of whom recently attended a workshop to share their stories their journey into the sector and why disability work is…

Attraction, Case Study, Learning, Recruitment, Retention
Partnership for Aged Care Workforce Recruitment and Retention

Newly merged not-for-profit organisation Alino Living offers residential aged care living and services across the Central Coast and is putting workforce front-of-mind by developing a program to assist with recruitment…

Case Study, Learning, Recruitment, Toolkit
Mandatory Work Placements Guide

This guide has been developed to support quality experiences for mandatory work placements for students completing the Certificate III in Individual Support (CHC33015). The guide is for employers, registered training…

Attraction, Learning, Recruitment, Toolkit
Early Years and School Age Care (EYSAC) Sector Hub - Tasmania

Welcome to the Early Years and School Age Care (EYSAC) sectors online hub.  You will find helpful information if you are already working with children or are interested in working…

Case Study, Learning, Research, Retention, Toolkit
WorkWell Toolkit: Helping workplace leaders create mentally healthy workplaces

WorkSafe's WorkWell Program supports workplace leaders to prevent mental injury and promote safe and mentally healthy workplaces by providing access to tools and resources, funding and networking opportunities. The WorkWell…

Attraction, Recruitment, Retention, Toolkit
Workforce Planning Connect Toolkit for the Disability Sector

The Workforce Planning Connect toolkit is a free set of resources designed to support NDIS service providers and organisations that deliver NDIS-type services through the workforce planning process and organisational…

Research
Findings from the sector: The Human Services Workforce Forum report

The HSSO mandate is to find sector solutions to attracting and skilling a pipeline of potential employees to meet the needs of the nation’s employers as and when they need…

Attraction, Recruitment
A Life Changing Life: Care and Support Sector Jobs

A Life Changing Life aims to reach students, young people looking for meaningful work, professionals looking to transfer their skills into the sector, and people who bring lived experience to…

Attraction, Learning, Recruitment, Retention
Building a Skilled Workforce: A guide to VET for Human Services Employers

The challenge of building a skilled workforce is a pressing one for the human services. The HSSO has designed this guide to help employers and managers in these industry sectors…

Attraction, Retention
Industry Overview - Children's Education & Care

This site (weblink provided below) provides employment and training information and data on the Children’s Education and Care sector, which is one component of the Community Services industry. This sector…

Attraction, Recruitment
Ageing and Disability Job Ready Pilot Program

The aim of the Ageing and Disability Job Ready Program is provide a pathway to employment for individuals wanting to commence a career in the Aged Care or Disability sectors. …

Attraction, Recruitment, Retention
NDIS Jobs Roadshows

NDIS Jobs Roadshows Project is  a 'Workability Qld' Initiative.  WorkAbility Qld is a consortium of three organisations who have worked together since 2015 on strategic workforce policy, planning and development…

Research, Retention
Vocational Placement Action Learning Research Project

The NDIS Vocational Placement Project is  a 'Workability Qld' Initiative.  WorkAbility Qld is a consortium of three organisations who have worked together since 2015 on strategic workforce policy, planning and…

Research, Retention
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Control Organisation (CCO) Management Capability Project

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisation (CCO) Management Capability Project is  a 'Workability Qld' Initiative.  WorkAbility Qld is a consortium of three organisations who have worked together…

Attraction, Recruitment, Research
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Existing Workforce Development

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Existing Workforce Development is  a 'Workability Qld' Initiative.  WorkAbility Qld is a consortium of three organisations who have worked together since 2015 on strategic…

Research
NDIS Workforce Research Project

The NDIS Workforce Research Project is  a 'Workability Qld' Initiative.  WorkAbility Qld is a consortium of three organisations who have worked together since 2015 on strategic workforce policy, planning and…

Attraction, Recruitment
Get SET (Skills Employment Training)

"Get SET, Skills, Employment, Training Program" aims is to tackle the low uptake of Aboriginal people into care work and especially at regional and remote locations across the Northern Territory.…

Attraction, Recruitment
Community Services Job Match

Job Match is a Community Services Industry Alliance project. The Job Match site provides an online meeting place for Community Services Industry employers and Job Seekers. The site enables: those…

Attraction, Recruitment
National Skills Trial

The National Skills Trial Program is facilitated by the Brotherhood of St Laurence. The National Youth Employment Body and the Transition to Work National Community of Practice are supporting communities…

Research
National Workplace Initiative (Mental Health)

In the 2019-20 Federal Budget the Government announced an investment of $11.5 million over four years for the National Workplace Initiative (NWI). The NWI provides a nationally consistent approach to…

Attraction, Case Study, Recruitment
Community Support Worker Launch into Work Program

The Community Support Worker Launch into Work Program was facilitated through  a collaboration between Selmar Institute of Education (RTO), Ternary (recruitment agency) and Calvary (employer). The Launch into Work collaboration…