About DADHC workers and department

The department of Ageing, Disabilities and Home Care was formed 2001 by separating Disability Services from the department of Community Services and amalgamating it with the Home Care Service and the Department of Ageing & Disabilities.

It has a budget in excess of $1.1 billion.

The department has the equivalent to 8,165 full-time employees (the actual number of people is higher because many are part-time), made up of:

• 5,392 in Ageing & Disabilities (down from 6079 in 2001); and
• 2,773 in Home Care (much the same as in 2001 - 2787)

• 150 working on Seniors services;
• 1,580 looking after people at home - prevention, early intervention and basic support for old people and people with disabilities;
• 3,662 working in accommodation and intensive care

There are 309 group homes across the state and six major residential centres. (In 2001 there were 256 group homes.)

Home Care provides about four million hours of personal, domestic and respite care.

(The figure above come from NSW Budet Papers.)

DADHC employs people with a great range occupations, some of them being:

• Administrative/clerical (finance, property, supplies, managers, etc)
• Nurses
• OHS Officers
• Physiotherapists
• Policy Officers
• Psychologists
• Community Workers
• Occupational Therapists
• Residential Support Workers
• Service Coordinators
• Service Support and Development Officers
• Care Workers
• Social Workers
• Speech Pathologists

If you are interested in employment in the department, more information can be found at the DADHC employment section

For a comprehensive rundown of services offered by the Department of Ageing Disabilities and Home Care see the DADHC website.