It is an undeniable fact that life in Australia can be substantially disrupted by all manner of disasters from cyclones, floods and fires through the most recent global pandemic and more.

When those disasters occur, community services organisations are usually right at the frontline. For this reason, it is essential that a rapid solution is readily available to address any potential for worker shortages in those organisations and service disruption is minimised. 

JobMatch Workforce is a shared workforce initiative designed to make certain that vulnerable Australians have continuity of care, that workers have continuity of employment and organisations experience the least amount of service disruption possible.

Organisations wishing to participate in the initiative simply need to register below. They will then be given access to a restricted SharePoint site and Teams channel where they will be able to:

• be supported through the process of finding like-minded organisations and developing shared workforce arrangements with them
• update information on their available workers (e.g. de-identified information such as how many workers, their roles and location) 
• indicate the positions they need help to fill and for how long
• connect directly with other employers to discuss opportunities to share a workforce
• negotiate an MOU as required
• provide feedback and evaluation
• access information to support a shared workforce
• reach out to one another in private conversations.

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Community Services Industry Alliance (CSIA), together with the Queensland and New South Wales Governments, UnitingCare Community, Social Futures, St Vincent de Paul New South Wales and St Vincent de Paul Queensland have come together to leverage the Community Services Job Match program as a means of delivering the abovementioned rapid response.