Resources

The Workforce Planning Connect toolkit from Ageing Australia and Queensland Health provides practical guidance, tools and templates to help aged care providers understand their workforce needs, identify gaps and risks and develop, implement and monitor a workforce plan.

This report from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing presents results of the Aged Care Worker Survey 2024, conducted to better understand the workforce and support worker attraction, retention and satisfaction. It includes information about the birthplace and visa status of aged care workers captured in the survey.

Recruitment is only part of the workforce challenge. The first Workforce Wins session explores what makes aged care workers stay and why supportive leadership, workplace culture, autonomy and opportunities to learn and develop matter.

This Open Access article by Reedy et al. examines male nursing students’ experiences of gender stereotypes and discrimination, including examples from aged care, and highlights the need for gender-inclusive workplaces that challenge stereotypes and support men’s sense of belonging in nursing.

The Open Access article from Kramer et al. reviews evidence-based strategies for recruiting and retaining older healthcare professionals, highlighting flexible work arrangements, phased retirement, mentoring, workplace health initiatives, digital upskilling and intergenerational collaboration as approaches to support workforce sustainability and resilience.

This guide helps aged care providers plan workforce training to meet the rights-based requirements of the Aged Care Act 2024.

This article by Yarning Crescent highlights that effective Indigenous employment strategies go beyond recruitment and require culturally safe workplaces, genuine engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and ongoing support for employees.

The Indigenous Employment Initiative (IEI) Program is a government funded program to create employment and training opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers in entry-level, non-clinical aged care roles.

This guide from WA Government supports recruiters to interview Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants in culturally respectful and effective ways.

This report from NACCHO responds to the Care Workforce Labour Market Study, highlighting workforce issues, community-controlled health services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander care needs.