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Maximising Local Employment from National Disability Insurance Scheme
Assisting local workers get jobs in health, education and manufacturing
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Suggested by: Tony
Project partner: NORTH Link
Region
Northern Metro
Budget
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This idea is about making sure that young people, disadvantaged groups and adults in Melbourne's North are able to get the hundreds of jobs being created from the NDIS rollout in the region. Disability service providers need large numbers of new staff to deliver the new and additional services under NDIS. It is important that local workers are prepared to get these jobs rather than people outside the region. Developing and delivering relevant training is important and this project will aim to coordinate this work. We will also work with local manufacturers to make assistive technology products for NDIS clients.
The project will help to make sure that local workers get the jobs created from the NDIS rollout. This will help to reduce unemployment and also reduce travel times. Melbourne's North has a population of around 1 million and this will increase to 1.3 million by 2031. This rapid population growth together with the decline of the automotive sector in the region makes it essential that we grow employment in other sectors. The project will also help local manufacturers to make assistive technology devices for NDIS clients. Most of these products are currently imported and not fit for purpose.
Project details
Suggested by: Tony
Project partner: NORTH Link
Region
Northern Metro
Budget
Votes
110 votes received
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An excellent project for the achievement of:
a) Increased local employment and the development of higher skills
b) Increased local investments in new products innovation and process technologies
c) Local Economic benefits derived from Import replacement
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An excellent idea to bring together the strengths within the Victorian economy to make a positive difference in innovation, the lives of some of our most vulnerable citizens and employment
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This is a cross-industry co-ordinating role for the biggest jobs development program in Victoria.
16,000 new disability services jobs need to be created in Vic in the next 18 months (source: NDIS), 50,000 new and replacement aged care jobs will be needed in the next decade (source: ABS Labour Force Survey). Over 70% of these jobs are cert III and IV and new job pathways are desperately needed.
In addition, with the loss of the auto industry, the SME supply chain is being hollowed out with 39,000 jobs at risk (Source: Vic Govt Inquiry into Employment in the Automotive Component Manufacturing Sector 2006). The transition from auto components to Assistive Technology (AT) components re-establishes a large and important manufacturing supply chain and gets Aust into Industry 4.0 AT SCALE.
An 'import replacement' (‘buy Australia’) program is needed as over 85% of Aust’s AT spend goes to buying overseas products, not fit for purpose. Abandonment rates for complex AT products are around 50% (Source: NDIA). Aust Manufacturers can do a much better job.
With $22B p.a. being funnelled into the NDIS, $20B p.a. into residential aged care, and another $6.7B p.a. into In-Home aged care, this a major opportunity to use taxpayer funds to help rebuild and grow 3 important industry sectors – healthcare, TAFE education, and advanced manufacturing. This would place Aust in an allied healthcare leadership position in Asia Pacific with export potential for generations to come.
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Michael
17 Sep 2018
Project Well worth consideration , help the local community , driving jobs growth and satisfying the needs of those who require it most , has to be funding well spent.