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The healthcare industry is Australia’s largest and fastest growing industry. This highly important workforce is projected to have the strongest employment growth over any other industry, supported by the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Australia’s increasingly ageing population. Community services positions recorded the strongest growth of all broad occupation groups over the past five years, rising by 21.4% or 234,300 new jobs!

Now more than ever before, Australia is in need of registered nurses, aged and disability care workers, personal care workers, nursing support workers and a whole range of other roles relevant to the community services sector.

Possible jobs in this industry include:

• Aged care worker
• Disability services worker
• Personal caregiver
• Residential disability support worker
• Respite care worker
• Aged care supervisor

If you’re looking for a new career path or to apply your desire to help people in need, consider a role in a rewarding, people-centric industry like community services today.

Source: Department of Jobs and Small Business, Australian Jobs 2018 Report, 2018. 

For Community Service Organisations

You already know that your workforce is your organisation’s biggest asset in providing outstanding care to your clients. You also know that supporting professional development is important for attracting and retaining high-quality employees. The challenge lies in making sure the investment of training your workforce is rewarded through better service outcomes and employees that are happier and enriched from engaging in the training activities you’re offering them.

Here at ARC Training, we understand that for any business, workforce development and training can be a difficult exercise for a Community Service Organisation to engage in successfully. We have a long history of working with organisations like yours to overcome such challenges and upskill your workforce. We work with you and your teams to create solutions and to achieve your organisation’s goals.

To make the process of skilling Community Service Organisation workforces easier to navigate the Human Service Skills Organisation has consulted with industry to develop the Building a Skilled Workforce: A guide to VET for Human Services Employers 2022. This guide is a resource that will inform you about all of the benefits and options for developing your workforce. If you’d like to begin discussions about skilling your workforce we have team members dedicated to this industry sector ready to assist you – please contact us here.