arrangements, and collaboration between the Australian and State and Territory Governments. The workforce is not growing fast enough As the NDIS provides more individualised supports for people with disability, the workforce needed to provide those supports will need to both increase and become more diverse. There is broad consensus that the number of fulltime equivalent positions will need to roughly double over the transition period at a local level, some regions will need — to triple their workforce or more to meet demand (figure 8). Figure 8 Variation in workforce growth required in different regionsa Each dot represents the growth in the amount of fulltime equivalent (FTE) employees needed relative to the current situation, both in terms of the number and proportion, between 201516 and 201920. a The NDIA’s market position statements provide and high’ estimates for the number of FTE disability ‘low workers at present and what will be needed in the future. To derive estimates for growth, the midpoints of each range are used. No data are available for Western Australia. Regions are areas consisting of several local government areas. Several policy changes are recommended to mitigate the potential workforce shortage over the term, including: meeting the desires of many existing workers who are qualified and experienced, — and usually work parttime to work additional hours — trialling different approaches to help fund volunteer organisations to provide participant supports allowing for skilled migration where residual shortages remain persistent.
arrangements, and collaboration between the Australian and State and Territory Governments. The workforce is not growing fast enough As the NDIS provides more individualised supports for people with disability, the workforce needed to provide those supports will need to both increase and become more diverse. There is broad consensus that the number of fulltime equivalent positions will need to roughly double over the transition period — at a local level, some regions will need to triple their workforce or more to meet demand (figure 8). Figure 8 Variation in workforce growth required in different regionsa Each dot represents the growth in the amount of fulltime equivalent (FTE) employees needed relative to the current situation, both in terms of the number and proportion, between 201516 and 201920. a The NDIA’s market position statements provide ‘low and high’ estimates for the number of FTE disability workers at present and what will be needed in the future. To derive estimates for growth, the midpoints of each range are used. No data are available for Western Australia. Regions are areas consisting of several local government areas. Several policy changes are recommended to mitigate the potential workforce shortage over the term, including: meeting the desires of many existing workers — who are qualified and experienced, and usually work parttime — to work additional hours trialling different approaches to help fund volunteer organisations to provide participant supports allowing for skilled migration where residual shortages remain persistent.
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