Industry Plan resources
The following key result areas of the industry development plan contain links to related resources:
- Creating individualised support responses
- Workforce planning and development
- Increasing community awareness and valuing diversity
- Community strengthening through partnerships
- Industry governance, management, planning and investment.
Creating individualised support responses
- Supports for people – Department of Human Services, Disability Services Division information about strengthening individualised planning and support.
Workforce planning and development
- National Disability Services (NDS), National Workforce Project (external link) – national website of NDS. Note: Some information on this site is only accessible by NDS members
- Investing in a quality workforce Disability Services Workforce Study (external link) – Department of Human Services, Portfolio Services and Strategic Projects Division site, with access to the Disability Services Workforce Study
- Disability Employment Services Review (external link) – Australian Government Workplace website providing information about the review of disability employment services
- Disability Professionals Victoria (external link) – promoting excellence, leadership and quality practice
- Field (formerly Disability In-Service Training Support Service) (external link) – providing extensive links to resources related to the disability services workforce
- Community Services and Health Industry Training Board (external link) – Victorian training organisation website providing resources and publications
- Industry Skills Councils (external link) – providing organisations that, in general terms, work to involve industry with the development of nationally applicable vocational education and training.
Increasing community awareness and valuing diversity
- Office for Disability (external link) – Department of Planning and Community Development website providing information about community awareness, the Victorian Disability Advisory Council, Disability Action Plans, and more
- Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (external link) – providing education about equality of opportunity and human rights. It also conducts research and provides legal and policy advice
- Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities (ADEC) (external link) – empowers people with a disability from non-English speaking backgrounds, their carers, and families to fully participate as members of the Victorian community.
Community strengthening through partnerships
- Office for the Community Sector (external link) – office within the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development established to work across government to strengthen support to community groups
- Disability Online (external link) – providing authoritative and up-to-date information of relevance to people with a disability, their families and carers
- Infoxchange Disability News (external link) – an interactive noticeboard to share the latest news, events, activities and education notices for people with a disability, carers and disability service workers throughout Victoria.
Industry governance, management, planning and investment
Resource Guide for Community Service Organisations in the Victorian disability services sector (PDF 114.7 kb) - provides links to business advice to assist individual and networks of organisations.
Resource Guide for Community Service Organisations in the Victorian disability services sector (Word 64.0 kb) - provides links to business advice to assist individual and networks of organisations.- Community Service Organisations Governance and Capacity Management Working Group Workplan (Word 91.5 kb) - established as part of the governance structure for implementation of the industry development plan.
- National Disability Services, Victoria (NDSV) (external link) – the peak disability services organisation in Victoria. Note: Some information on this site is only accessible by NDS members
- Field (external link) – providing information about governance training
- Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (external link) – statutory authority providing risk and insurance services to protect Victoria’s assets and minimise losses from adverse events.