NDS’s latest annual Workforce Census Report, shows that, having stabilised in 2022, the sector’s workforce recruitment and retention problems have not eased. Providers face serious workforce pressures as they enter a long period of NDIS reform.   

The sector can take little comfort from the findings. Although the report found a jump in full-time workers, the rise came mainly in NSW. And while employers took on more staff last year, the gains were offset by greater staff turnover.