Disability Sector Workforce Development (DSWD)

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The Disability Sector Workforce Development Project aimed to promote workforce development within the non-government disability sector, to support leadership development, strengthen industry-RTO links, assist attraction and retention of new workers, and promote best practice employment models.

Key Objectives:

The DSWD Project was designed to achieve four key objectives:

• Design, develop and implement a leadership development program for the disability sector
• Develop strategies to foster greater linkages between the industry and registered training organisations
• Develop strategies and design resources to attract and retain new workers to the disability sector
• Research, document and promote best practice employment models across the disability sector

Key Deliverables:

The DSWD Project ran for 13 months (July 2007 - August 2008).  In that time it delivered:

• A consultation forum for the managers of disability services to identify leadership needs in the sector
• A networking event bringing together RTOs providing Certificate III in Community Services (Disability Work), with the disability sector
• Leadership Development Network training sessions.  This comprised of three (half day) sessions followed up with one-on-one individual sessions for participants
• Accredited leadership training program with TafeSA
• Change Management & Organisational Developemnt training program. (A three day program with a total of 45 participants in attendance)
• A half day seminar on the Challenges of Change for managers (attended by 54 participants)

The final project report examines each objective in detail, including explaining some of the ways the delivery of the project differed from the original plan and how the project was able to meet these revised objectives.  An overview of some programs and events that took place throughout the project is provided in the appendices.  The report can be downloaded on the following link DSWD Final Report

The Disability Project was funded by the Government of South Australia through the South Australia Works initiative