Market gaps and areas of unmet needs NDS supports recommendations by the Productivity Commission, including: Prioritise the implementation of an e-market to improve information Publish market position statements with additional information Fund the ABS to regularly collect detailed information on the disability workforce Increase government focus on the NDIS and mainstream interfaces Increase the funding for ILC to $131M for each year of transition, during which time a review should be undertaken Continuation of highly successful initiatives that have demonstrated the value of nationally consistent data collection for service providers and for Government, including the NDS National Financial Benchmarking and Workforce Wizard Better coordination of federally and state funded initiatives, especially in relation to data collection, to inform a cohesive national view of sector transition Successful projects funded by governments made available nationally Status In a welcome move, the 2018-19 federal Budget provides $64.3 million over years to establish an NDIS Jobs and Market Fund to stimulate growth and investment Read the . – to the Federal Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS urges Government to additional funding (over the next four years) to assist “commit providers with the demanding changes required of them as they transition to the NDIS. The by the Federal Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS for the inquiry into the highlights the effectiveness of the Sector Development Fund and Innovative Workforce Fund as ways to ensure a ready and “valuable appropriately skilled workforce” (p55) - Read the . Three independent reports (, Robyn Kruk and the highlighted problems with ) the capacity of the Agency to scale up at a pace to meet the targets in the bilateral agreement, and the capacity of providers to meet the rapid growth in demand. The ANAO says that the Department of Social Services should produce and publish a disability workforce action plan which includes specific actions, timeframes, accountabilities and monitoring arrangements. that the , developed by the Commonwealth, states and the NDIA, lacks an action plan and that an industry plan is required to provide direction to federal and state investment in the further sector development. NDS was funded to develop and deliver national projects: , , and the .
Market gaps and areas of unmet needs NDS supports recommendations by the Productivity Commission, including: Prioritise the implementation of an e-market to improve information Publish market position statements with additional information Fund the ABS to regularly collect detailed information on the disability workforce Increase government focus on the NDIS and mainstream interfaces Increase the funding for ILC to $131M for each year of transition, during which time a review should be undertaken Continuation of highly successful initiatives that have demonstrated the value of nationally consistent data collection for service providers and for Government, including the NDS National Financial Benchmarking and Workforce Wizard Better coordination of federally and state funded initiatives, especially in relation to data collection, to inform a cohesive national view of sector transition Successful projects funded by governments made available nationally Status In a welcome move, the 2018-19 federal Budget provides $64.3 million over years to establish an NDIS Jobs and Market Fund to stimulate growth and investment – Read the . to the Federal Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS urges Government to “commit additional funding (over the next four years) to assist providers with the demanding changes required of them as they transition to the NDIS. The by the Federal Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS for the inquiry into the highlights the effectiveness of the Sector Development Fund and Innovative Workforce Fund as “valuable ways to ensure a ready and appropriately skilled workforce” (p55) - Read the . Three independent reports (, Robyn Kruk and the ) highlighted problems with the capacity of the Agency to scale up at a pace to meet the targets in the bilateral agreement, and the capacity of providers to meet the rapid growth in demand. The ANAO says that the Department of Social Services should produce and publish a disability workforce action plan which includes specific actions, timeframes, accountabilities and monitoring arrangements. that the , developed by the Commonwealth, states and the NDIA, lacks an action plan and that an industry plan is required to provide direction to federal and state investment in the further sector development. NDS was funded to develop and deliver national projects: , , and the .
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