Understanding the workforce

Understanding the workforce

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We produce data, evidence and insights about the size and characteristics of the social service workforce

The social service sector is Australia's largest and fastest growing industry providing vital supports to our diverse communities. And yet, data about the social service workforce is severely lacking. The absence of robust, comparable data on the workforce hinders the sector’s efforts to effectively plan for the future. WIDI is working with partners in government and industry to better understand the workforce. As part of this work, WIDI is leading a first-of-its-kind project with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and ANU to apply the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP) to the social service workforce.

Key projects

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Victorian family violence workforce project

Evidence-based growth and development for the family violence workforce in Victoria

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Workforce insights

Workforce data and insights solutions, including design and development of innovative data linkage approaches that aim to transform the way we gather the critical insights needed for workforce development and planning in social services across Australia

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Research on professional standards for disability services

Building the evidence base on professional standards in the Victoria disability sector

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Stories into evidence

Documenting the Victorian community service sector’s early response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Feminist leadership research project

Building stronger cultures of leadership in the Victorian family violence sector

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Impact of NDIS on Victorian disability advocacy sector project

Exploring the impact of the NDIS on Victorian disability advocacy and self-advocacy organisations

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A pathway to reliable and reproducible Specialist Homelessness Services Workforce data

A common workforce data approach for workforce planning using linked data and surveys

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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