Drawing on interviews with a range of stakeholders, this article explores the role of support coordinator in the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It makes recommendations to support people in these intermediary roles and address issues with unclear role delineation and system complexity.

Australia’s care industry is the country’s largest employer and one of its fastest growing sectors. This report provides an overview of the industry’s size, structure and performance. It is designed to help businesses, policymakers and stakeholders understand how the sector is evolving, the economic and workforce pressures it faces, and implications for investment, productivity and...

This fact sheet provides insights and statistical data on the primary health workforce in Gippsland, Victoria. It provides an overview of nursing, allied health and medical health practitioners in comparison to Victoria. In Gippsland, the health care and social assistance sector is the largest industry of employment, accounting for 20% of the total workforce in...

This report presents findings from a review examining the role of school-based health and allied health initiatives in Australia. It provides policymakers with insights into how these initiatives impact student outcomes. The review found evidence that some school-based programs, when delivered effectively and in a way that supports learning, are associated with improved outcomes.

This paper summarises an evidence review of person-centred practice. It provides NDIS providers and workers, people with disability, their family and supporters, and health and allied health professionals and practitioners with an overview of person-centred practice in disability. The review covers: what person-centred practice means the different ways that organisations and workers can be person-centred...