Need for an Australian Indigenous disability workforce strategy: review of the literature

作者：Gilroy John^*; Dew Angela; Lincoln Michelle; Hines Monique

来源：Disability and Rehabilitation, 2017, 39(16): 1664-1673.

DOI：10.1080/09638288.2016.1201151

• Access and equity
• Australia
• community-based rehabilitation
• cultural competence
• human rights
• Indigeneity

Purpose: To identify approaches for developing workforce capacity to deliver the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to Indigenous people with disability in Australian rural and remote communities.
Method: A narrative review of peer-reviewed and gray literature was undertaken. Searches of electronic databases and websites of key government and non-government organizations were used to supplement the authors' knowledge of literature that (a) focused on Indigenous peoples in Australia or other countries; (b) referred to people with disability; (c) considered rural/remote settings; (d) recommended workforce strategies; and (e) was published in English between 2004 and 2014. Recommended workforce strategies in each publication were summarized in a narrative synthesis.
Results: Six peer-reviewed articles and 12 gray publications met inclusion criteria. Three broad categories of workforce strategies were identified: (a) community-based rehabilitation (CBR) and community-centered approaches; (b) cultural training for all workers; and (c) development of an Indigenous disability workforce.
Conclusion: An Indigenous disability workforce strategy based on community-centered principles and incorporating cultural training and Indigenous disability workforce development may help to ensure that Indigenous people with a disability in rural and remote communities benefit from current disability sector reforms. Indigenous workforce development requires strategies to attract and retain Aboriginal workers.

• 出版日期2017