Health and Disability Workforce Scan Underway

Health and Disability Workforce Scan Underway

6 March 2009

Careerforce, the Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation, has just commenced its inaugural Future Skills and Training Needs Scan.

The web based survey, which is being sent to health and disability workplaces and stakeholders right across the sector, will help Careerforce identify current and future role and skill shortages.

Careerforce’s Sector Leadership Manager Ruth Kibble says the Future Skills and Training Needs Scan aims to capture sector intelligence on New Zealand’s health and disability workforce.

“The results will help paint a picture of the workforce, the pressures being faced, what skill and training gaps there are, and how these are expected to change in the future.

“Developing a better understanding of these issues will help ensure that the development of the qualifications and related training programmes meet the needs identified by the sector.

“As well as helping prioritise future qualification development, feedback will also inform the development of Careerforce’s Strategic Training Plan – a document which will inform Government training and education investment in our sector,” says Ruth Kibble.

To take part in the survey go to the Careerforce website – www.careerforce.org.nz and click on the link under ‘Hot Topics’.

The period for feedback ends on 17 April 2009.

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