Te Pai Ora SSPA has begun an ambitious, strategic, research programme to build a robust, reliable evidence base on the social sector workforce. At the heart of this work is the development of an informative, multi-year workforce survey. The data collected will be used to help with future planning, funding and policy decisions.
The community social services sector in Aotearoa New Zealand has never had a clear, trusted picture of our workforce. We don’t have the data we need to understand who makes up our workforce, where they are located, who employs them, their roles, employment conditions and the challenges they face. This works aims to change that.
The research programme is being developed in collaboration with iwi, sector partners and major employers throughout Aotearoa. The programme is part of our commitment to building sector workforce capability.
As a first step, we have convened a steering group to oversee and advise our programme. We are working on a scoping document which we will be consulting on broadly in coming weeks.
