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The Careers Pathway Project aims to help people working in the aged, disability and veterans' care sectors to find clear and rewarding career plans. 

The project will deliver a Careers Pathway Framework and a Best Practice guide to guide learners, job seekers and employers in making choices that contribute to the professionalisation of the sectors. 

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June 2024

Aged care and disability services make up a significant proportion of Australia’s wider care and support economy. These sectors are among Australia's fastest growing, alongside early childhood education and care and veterans’ care.

The project objectives are to:

  • Clearly articulate job roles and career pathways across the care and support sector identifying where training may need to be reviewed.
  • Identify and support new approaches to workforce development, highlighting alignment of career progression and opportunities within and across aged care, disability services and veterans’ care.
  • Support the attraction of more workers to the sector.
  • Support increased worker retention and reduce attrition rates.
  • Support increased participation in training and employment, particularly from under-represented groups such as First Nations, people with a disability, young people and men.

Project fact sheet

The details of this project’s Terms of Reference including Project Reference Group Members are here.

 
July 2024 

Workshops will be held in Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Launceston, Melbourne, Darwin, Brisbane and Sydney in August and September. Details and registration links can be found below.

 

 
November 2024  

Register for one of our workshops (in-person or online) to respond to our discussion paper or share advice and ideas with the project team. 

  • Darwin - Tuesday 10 September, 9.00 - 11.30 am
    Level 3, Suite 201, The Avenue, 12 Salonika St, Parap NT

Darwin workshop

  • Brisbane - Friday 13 September, 9.00 - 11.30 am
    Novotel Brisbane South Bank, 38 Cordelia St, South Brisbane QLD

Brisbane workshop

  • Sydney - Tuesday 17th September 9.00 - 11.30 am
    ibis Sydney Darling Harbour, 70 Murray St, Pyrmont NSW

Sydney workshop

 

 

 

 

January 2025

Targeted interviews and public workshops will be conducted to provide valuable perspectives on the project's purpose.

Participation may be through workshop attendance (in-person or online), responding to the discussion paper or directly sharing advice and ideas with the HumanAbility project team.

Details of consultation activities will be provided here as they are finalised.

  • Darwin - Tuesday 10th September 9.00 – 11.30 am
    Suite 201, Level 3, The Avenue, 12 Salonika St, Parap NT

    Darwin workshop

  • Brisbane - Friday 13th September 9.00 – 11.30 am
    Novotel Brisbane South Bank, 38 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane QLD

    Brisbane workshop

  • Sydney - Tuesday 17th September 9.00 – 11.30am
    ibis Sydney Darling Harbour, 70 Murray St, Pyrmont NSW

Sydney workshop

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Project updates

Contact details

Training Product Project Manager, Yvonne Webb: [email protected]

 

Timeline

 

  • Project Set Up

     

     

     

    To support this project a Project Reference Group will be established comprising workforce development specialists and other stakeholders to provide advice on current workforce trends, workplace practices and stakeholder engagement. 

  • Research & Consultation

    A functional analysis of position descriptions and organisations structures will be conducted to support the mapping of career pathways across multiple job roles and working environments. 
     

  • Findings & Recommendations

    A Good Practice Guide will be produced, providing examples of best practice and case studies, and will include resources to inspire learners and job seekers.
     

  • Reporting & Submission

    On completion, a range of documents and resources will be made available, including a final report on findings, a careers pathway framework, good practice guide, and series of case studies.