Industry Profile
The Community Services Industry encompasses a diverse range of organisations supporting social and economic inclusion across the community.
We are an industry as diverse as the people and communities we support. The variety of organisations at the heart of the Community Services Industry include:
- Small, medium and large businesses
- Local, regional, national and international organisations
place-based, issues-based and multi-portfolio services - Large multi-program organisations to local community development work.
The galvanizing theme across our industry is the creation of positive change in the lives of people and communities, particularly the most vulnerable.
Our Industry attracts a passionate and dedicated workforce that values making a contribution to positive change in the lives of people and communities.
Community services industry provides a wide range of services across many sectors, including:
- Home and Community Care
- Disability Support
- Homelessness Support and Social Housing
- Mental Health Services
- Foster Care and Out of Home Care
- Child Safety and Support
- Aged Care
- Employment Services
- Early Childhood Education and Care
- Family and Domestic Violence Services
- Community Education
- Multicultural Support Services
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Services
- Community Health
- Youth Support
- Community Legal Services
- Financial Counselling
- Health Promotion