View the report as separate downloadable parts:
Committee Membership
List of Recommendations
Executive Summary
The need for an interim report
The COVID-19 pandemic
The NDIS funding model and price settings
Training and professional development
Employment opportunities for people with disability
Thin markets
Workforce planning
Conclusion
Chapter 1—Overview
Conduct of the inquiry
The need for an interim report
Structure of the report
Note on terminology and references
Acknowledgements
Chapter 2—Background
Background to the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Relevant Senate inquiries
Review of the
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Disability Reform Council Activities
Productivity Commission report
Chapter 3—The NDIS workforce
Size of the workforce
Workforce composition
Employment profile
Growth required to meet demand
Workforce development initiatives
Committee view
Chapter 4—Current workforce conditions
Casualisation and insecure work
'Uberisation' of the disability workforce
Remuneration
Staffing levels and service quality
Unpaid work
Treatment by providers
Career progression
Training
Supervision, mentoring and professional support
Work health and safety
Bullying, harassment or violence
Committee view
Chapter 5—The NDIS funding model and price settings
Price setting under the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Consumer-directed care arrangements
Workforce concerns associated with NDIS funding arrangements
Proposals to address concerns associated with NDIS funding
Specific funding and entitlement schemes
Committee view
Chapter 6—Training and professional development
Required training, skills and attributes
The adequacy of existing education and training programs
The transition from education to employment
National registration and accreditation
Proposals to address training and development needs
Committee view
Chapter 7—Employment opportunities for people with disability
Opportunities for people with disability in the NDIS workforce
Barriers to employment for people with disability
Australian Disability Enterprises
Employment of people with disability—National Disability Insurance Agency
Improving education outcomes for people with disability
The transition from education to employment
Existing initiatives
Committee view
Chapter 8—Thin markets
Challenges for regional, rural and remote communities
Local workforce development
Workforce concerns for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Maldistribution of allied health services
Travel
Costs and administrative burden
Existing Commonwealth initiatives
Committee view
Chapter 9—Workforce planning
The need for reliable workforce data
Marketing the NDIS workforce
A national workforce plan for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Appendix 1—Submissions
Appendix 2—Public hearings