Building the Home Care Workforce - Provider and Staff Hub

This is a space for aged care service providers and care workers to share their experiences, views and ideas for the development of the home care workforce.

We welcome participation by representatives of in-home care service providers and anyone working as a personal care (/support) worker in home care services in Queensland.

If you are someone receiving care in your home, or you are a family carer or care partner for someone receiving care in their home, we could love for you to join the conversation over on our Consumer Hub.

If you are interested in contributing in another capacity, please get in touch using the Contact Us form below.

We also invite you to share the page with anyone you know who may be interested in contributing.

A sustainable, well-functioning care sector plays an important role in wellbeing as we age and ensuring we can live lives filled with possibility and opportunity.   

We know that many more people are needed in the home care workforce to meet the needs of Australians. We have been contracted by the Australian Government to lead a consortium in Queensland, with our partners Skills Hubs and Skills Generation, to train and recruit these people, through the Home Care Workforce Support Program. 

However, it is not enough to bring more trained workers into the workforce. COTA Queensland’s role in the Home Care Workforce Support Program is focused on helping to create a skilled workforce and care provider organisations that are equipped to deliver the consistently high quality, responsive, person-centred support consumers deserve.  

This Engagement Hub page is a space for you to share your experiences, views, and ideas to support the development of the home care workforce we need.

Opened: 29/11/2022

Home Care Workforce Provider and Staff Hub now open!

We know that many more people are needed in the home care workforce to meet the needs of Australians. We have been contracted by the Australian Government to lead a consortium in Queensland, with our partners Skills Hubs and Skills Generation, to train and recruit large numbers of new personal care workers through the national Home Care Workforce Support Program.

COTA Queensland’s role in this program is focused on helping to ensure this workforce is equipped and supported to deliver the consistently high quality, person-centred support consumers deserve.

We have been talking with people about what makes good home care, what supports high-quality person-centred care, and what will be needed to attract and to support the huge increases in staff that will be needed.

We would love to hear from staff of home care service providers in Queensland who

- Have, or have had responsibility for employing, training, or managing personal care workers or

- Are working as a personal care/ support worker, or have previously worked as a personal care worker.

If you would like to participate, please visit the Home Care Workforce – Provider and Staff page on our Engagement Hub.

If you know others who may be interested in sharing their views and experiences, we would greatly appreciate it if you could share this information with your networks.  If they are not online or would like to participate in a different way, please ask them to call (07) 3316 2999 and ask for either Andrea or Rose.

The survey is now closed. Thanks for participating.

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What does great care and support look like to you?

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What does "person-centred" care mean to you?

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What is one thing you would want a new care worker to hear before they begin to support someone at home?

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We are planning a podcast series in which we will explore different things related to person-centred care. 

What topics would you like us to cover?

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