The National Disability Insurance
Scheme (NDIS) will transform the
disability sector in South Australia
new
Number of
expected
disability jobs, by type:
The scheme will give
people with disability
more choice
and greater control.
It will mean that almost double
the number of people living with
a disability in South Australia
will have access to the
services they need.
It will create more than
new across
jobs the state.
6,300
1,600
Organisational support
positions
1,500
Personal assistants to
people with disability
900
Allied health therapists
800
Case managers
600
Local area coordinators
550
Mental health nurses
400
Support workers and
direct care workers
Total expected disability jobs in SA, by type, when the NDIS is
fully implemented:
2,700
1,500
Organisational
support
positions
Personal assistants
to people with disability
1,150
Case managers
3,550
1,100
Support
workers and
direct care
workers
Allied health
800
Mental health nurses
11,500
100
600
Total disability jobs
Other
Local area coordinators
6
Employment forecasts in this
publication are estimates at March
2016 and subject to change.