Department of Health advises short-staffed providers to use free Government Jobs Hub

A sign that operators are flagging staffing concerns with the Government? 

The Department has told providers looking to fill vacancies to use the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)’s new Jobs Hub which is designed to link businesses that have vacancies they need to fill with Australians looking to work. 

Providers with staff shortages can email workforce@dese.gov.au and provide the following information: 

• details of the roles you are looking to fill
• a link to your advertised vacancies.

This information will then be available on the Jobs Hub for people to search and apply for. 

The Department has also issued a recap of all the aged care workforce support measures and financial assistance available to providers that are directly affected by COVID-19. 

Many operators have indicated to us that they are still unsure how they will receive their share of the $445 million in stimulus funding promised to the sector. 

The recap suggests this is still the case.