Six organisations funded $91m to drive home care workforce
The federal government has provided funding to six organisations to help grow Australia's home care workforce by 13,000 over the...
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Feedback sought on role of indirect aged care workers
The Productivity Commission has released an issues paper on the role that digital platform workers, independent contractors and agency workers...
Govt announces bonus for workers, tells providers to get cracking
Aged care minister Greg hunt has urged providers to make bonus payments announced this week available to employees as soon...
Home care providers unable to take new clients because of staff shortages
Many home care services are unable to take on new clients because of acute workforce shortages, an aged care industry...
Strategies to tackle retention, workforce issues
Aged care providers should adapt to the needs of workers and provide job security to retain quality staff, according to...
PriceWaterhouseCoopers to provide free workforce advisory service
A free workforce advisory service has been launched to help aged care providers attract, retain and skill their workers. Richard...
Minister foreshadows big changes to aged care training
Workforce Minister Stuart Robert has foreshadowed significant changes to the way people are trained to work in aged care as...
Campaign aims to attract Indigenous workers to care sector
The government has launched a campaign to attract Indigenous Australians to the care and support sector, including aged and disability...
Home care workforce getting younger, more qualified
The home care workforce is getting younger and more qualified, according to a four yearly survey of the aged care...
Casualised workforce ‘contributed to spread of COVID’ in aged care
COVID-19 exposed the risks of having a casualised and insecure aged care workforce , an inquiry into job security has...
Online workforce hub links employers with staff
Aged and Community Services Australia has launched a new aged care services platform designed to boost the workforce and support...
Mable helps govt provide surge workforce
The federal government has teamed with Australia’s largest online workforce platform to provide a temporary surge workforce for providers who...