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DEA Survey 2018

David BestSenior Policy Officer,Disability Employment Australia


Overview

Feedback on the DEA 2018 Workforce Survey

Comparison with the 2010 and 2013 surveys

DES Essentials overview!


Part 1 Demographics


Gender

3734 34

6366 66

2010 2013 2018

Male to Female staff ratio

Male Female


Age distribution

58.2

26

15.8

56.5

25.8

17.7

46.4

22

31.4

18-44 45-54 55 PLUS

Age of DES workforce

2010 2013 2018


Location

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

ACT QLD NSW NT SA TAS VIC WA

Location of respondents

2010 2013 2018


Location 2018

Metro58%

Regional 32%

Rural10%

Metro

Regional

Rural


Part 2 Diversity


Born in Australia

7874 74

2226 26

2010 2013 2018

Born in Australia

Yes No


Language other than English

13.8

21.7

23

0 5 10 15 20 25

2018 2013 2010


Indigenous2.2

1.8

2.2

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

2010 2013 2018


Person with disability

15.414.9

13.6

3.1

2010 2013 2018 APS

Identifying as a person with disability


Primary disability

7

42

16

8

20

4

40

36

12

8

DID NOT ANSWER PHYSICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SENSORY OR SPEECH OTHER

Primary disability

2013 2018


Part 3 Job Roles


Job in DES

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Management Contract compliance Work with employers Work with participants / site manager

2010 2013 2018


Job in DES

37%

8.70%

3.30%

12.50%

24.50%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS

CONTRACT COMPLIANCE

WORK WTH EMPLOYERS

BRANCH OR SITE MANAGER

MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS

Job type in DES 2018


Basis of employment

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Full time Part time Contract

Employment status

2010 2013 2018


Years in DES sector

29.6

39.7

18.9

11.7

16.8

38.7

28.5

15.9

7.5

31 30.5 31

LESS THAN 1 YEAR 1-4 YEARS 5-10 YEARS 11 YEARS PLUS

Years in DES Sector %

2010 2013 2018


Years with current employer

33.9

40.4

17.6

7.9

28.5

40.1

22.6

8.6

16

38

27

19

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

LESS THAN 1 YEAR 1-4 YEARS 5-10 YEARS 11+ YEARS

2010 2013 2018


DES remuneration

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Below $30,000 $30,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,000 $50,000 to $59,000 $60,000 to $69,000 $70,000 to $79,000 $80000 to $89,000 $90,000 to $99,000 $100,000 plus

2010 2013 2018


Movement across sector

Many have worked in other employment related services such as Job Network/jobactive/Transition to Work/Youth Employment (approx. 50%)

Increasing proportion work across DMS and ESS/generalist/specialist services in DES


Part 4 Capability Development –the new DES and beyond


Highest education level

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

High School Certificate I-IV Diploma Bachelor Degree Postgraduate

2010 2013 2018


Qualification and DES

45% YES

48% NO

7%

Yes

No

Unsure


2013.What do I need? Working with unmotivated clients

Employer engagement

Performance framework and Star Ratings

Ongoing support

Mental health first aid

Post placement support

Disability awareness


2018.What do I need? Compliance and contract management

Performance framework and Star Ratings

Employer engagement

NDIS information

Person-centred approach

Marketing

Financial modelling


Skills for new DES

4

3.8

3.65

4.3

3

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

CHOICE AND CONTROL

MARKET DRIVEN MODEL

WORKING WITH LEVEL 4 AND 5

CONNECTION TO LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVCIES

ELIGIBLE SCHOOL LEAVER


Preferred training method

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Self paced One to one Webinar Teleconference Workshop Tailored in house training

2013 2018


Employer engagement

86% have an employer database

Over 75% work with at least 50 employers in their regions

62% are small employers

26% are medium and 12% large employers

73% want better employer engagement skills


NEW DES concepts

Skills gap and person centred approach: YES: 32% NO: 68%

Collaboration: 60% said they will and 38% said NO


DES and NDIS

Are you planning to work in both DES and NDIS

NO: 9%

Considering: 25%

YES in the future: 35%

Already doing it: 30%


Use of social media

95

55

41

31

21

FACEBOOK LINKEDIN YOUTUBE TWITTER INSTAGRAM


More about DES Essentials

DES Essentials has been reviewed

New modules developed

Aimed at all staff – new, existing, refresher

Used in-house or delivered by DEA

Learner’s guide, facilitators guide and Power Point


DES EssentialsMODULE ONE: Introduction to the employment and disability landscape in Australia

- 2010-20 National Disability Strategy

- National standards for disability services

- Social model of disability

- The new DES


DES EssentialsMODULE TWO: Mitigating risk

- Legislation and regulation

- Privacy Act

- DES performance framework

- Resources

- The DES Grant Agreement


DES EssentialsMODULE THREE: The key guidelines

- Eligibility, Job Plans

- Employer incentives

- Ongoing support

- Documentary evidence

- Program review, summary and exits


DES EssentialsMODULE FOUR: Choice and control in a person-centred approach

- Person-centred approach

- Engaging participants

- Driving disability employment

- Post placement support


DES EssentialsMODULE FIVE: Employer engagement

- Employer needs

- Employment market

- Driving disability employment

- Achieving the ‘right fit’


Performance framework training

Interactive and presented in-house

Approximately 3-4 hour session

Includes Learner’s Guide and Power Point


Performance framework training

Topics include:

‒ New measures of the 2018 performance framework

‒ Numerators and denominators

‒ Ongoing support measure

‒ Transparency in ratings

‒ Setting targets


Questions and discussion

Feedback to [email protected]

Ph: 0400 867 656

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