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Keeping our sector strong: Victoria’s workforce plan for the NDIS summary report 2021

Keeping Our Sector Strong (KOSS), Victoria’s workforce plan for the NDIS, was released in 2016.

Keeping Our Sector Strong (KOSS), Victoria’s workforce plan for the NDIS, was released in 2016. KOSS was created to guide the disability sector through three years of unprecedented change by supporting disability workers to build the capabilities required to thrive in the new NDIS environment.

The plan was supported by a $26 million investment package that helped lay the foundations needed to build the workforce of the future, and support attraction and retention of a disability workforce of sufficient size, with the right knowledge, skills, values and attitudes, to deliver high quality, person-centred support.

This summary report provides an overview of key achievements since the plan’s inception, made possible by close collaboration between the Victorian Government and disability sector stakeholders across the state.

The breadth of work delivered through KOSS addresses multiple workforce-development priorities, with projects and initiatives that have supported staff through the transition, strengthened career pathways, and helped better equip workers to support people with disability to live the life they want.

The full workforce plan is available on Victoria's workforce plan for the NDIS webpage.

KOSS objectives

KOSS had four objectives to guide activities over the life of the initiative, and nine priority areas designed to achieve these objectives.

Intelligence
Build intelligence on workforce trends to inform workforce planning and provide an evidence base for the future.
Supply
Improve workforce supply by increasing the disability sector’s capacity to attract and retain workers with the right skills and values to meet the growing demand for high-quality, individualised support across the breadth of participant needs.
Capability
Build workforce capability through quality education and training opportunities aimed at developing a high-performing workforce with the knowledge and skills required to thrive under the NDIS.
Innovation
Maximise opportunities for innovation in practice, service delivery and workforce models to drive improved outcomes for people with disability.

KOSS priorities

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