The Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce (the Taskforce) welcomes your input to the development of the Aged Care Workforce Strategy (the Strategy).
The Taskforce was formed on 1 November 2017, and is due to report to the Minister for Aged Care, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP by 30 June 2018. It is headed by an independent chair, Professor John Pollaers.
The Taskforce is developing a strategy for growing and sustaining the workforce providing aged care services and support for older people, to meet their care needs in a variety of settings across Australia. The Taskforce will place particular emphasis on:
In undertaking its work, the Taskforce will be expected to:
The Taskforce is building its approach to the strategy around five strategic imperatives:
Consultation and Engagement
As noted above, the Taskforce has been asked to engage and consult widely on shaping and building the strategy. To date, this has included:
These are being supported by targeted community consultations and issues focused roundtables.
This opportunity to provide submissions to the Taskforce is a key element of the Taskforce’s Consultation and Engagement process to ensure all points of view are heard and considered. Further details about the Taskforce’s work are available from the Taskforce website.
Building on evidence and knowledge
In shaping the Strategy, the Taskforce will take into consideration what has already been covered in recent reviews, inquiries, reports and studies touching on workforce issues.
Additional pieces of work to inform the Taskforce have been commissioned to aid the Taskforce to: assess trends, emerging issues and potential scenarios relevant to the current and future workforce; understand what drives the current workforce profile and perceptions of the industry (from community care through to residential care); understand current organisational, job and career profiles and identify opportunities to build on these and meet the needs of the future; and the role of education and training in supporting the current and future workforces.
To support its work, the Taskforce is undertaking two phases of broad consultation. In this first phase the Taskforce is seeking your ideas and suggestions on key considerations for each strategic imperative to inform development of the strategy.
The second phase will coincide with the next workforce summit in April 2018 and seek feedback on the draft strategy.
Please share your views on each of the imperatives as indicated below, using a maximum of 250 words for each text box.
If you have previously raised workforce matters for consideration in reviews/inquiries or published materials, and you wish to refer the Taskforce to these, please note them in your submission under Part B, Question 11.
Should you wish to provide broader input than that raised in the questions you may wish to provide an attachment in Word or PDF.
If you have any questions about the submission process, please contact the Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce secretariat at: ACWSTaskforce@health.gov.au or call on 1800 020 103 (freecall).
Submissions close on 16 March 2018.
The consultation closed on 16 March 2018.
The feedback from the consultation will be used to inform the development of the Aged Care Workforce Strategy.
For more information and updates on the Taskforce's work, please visit its webpage.
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