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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 help learners, job seekers and employers to make 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.

Our 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 career progression alignment and opportunities in 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, people with a disability, young people and men.

Project fact sheet

View our Terms of Reference and Reference Group members. 

 
July to November 2024 

We shared our initial findings and tested the approaches we were planning for the framework and guide in a series of two-hour sessions held around the country during October and early November.

Public submissions

Public submissions are invited from relevant stakeholders including industry associations and employers, employee representatives, peak bodies and government agencies.

The submission paper provides background information on the care workforces in scope for this project, including existing education, training and pathways associated with roles. The paper also highlights the key challenges and opportunities to support quality aged, disability and veterans’ care in the future.

The paper provides questions to which we would value your specific input.

HumanAbility have engaged Acil Allen to facilitate the gathering and analysis of all responses.

Neither HumanAbility nor Acil Allen will be collecting information that is personal or sensitive and the feedback provided will only be used for the scope of the project work for which it is being shared. For details of Acil Allen’s privacy policy and practice, please review the details on the webpage.

The submission paper can be accessed here: Public Submission

Thank you for your support.

November 2024  

Details to come.

January 2025

Details to come. 

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Project updates

Contact details

Training Product Project Manager, Yvonne Webb

To contact the project team, please email [email protected].  

 
 

Timeline

 

  • Project Set Up

     

     

     

    Establish a Project Reference Group comprised of workforce development specialists and other stakeholders to provide advice on workforce trends, workplace practices and stakeholder engagement. 

  • Research & Consultation

    Conduct a functional analysis of position descriptions and organisation structures to support the mapping of career pathways across multiple job roles and working environments. 

     

  • Findings & Recommendations

    Produce a Good Practice Guide with examples of best practice, case studies and resources to inspire learners and jobseekers.

     

  • Reporting & Submission

    Produce a range of documents and resources, including a final report of findings, a careers pathway framework, good practice guide and series of case studies.