ACT ATOD Workforce, Qualification and Remuneration Profiling Project

The ACT Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Profile: Qualifications, Remuneration and Wellbeing aims to profile the specialist ATOD sector workforce in the ACT, and has occurred approximately every three years since 2006. The sixth Profile was conducted in 2021 and involved administering a Workers’ Survey (distributed to workers at each of the nine participating ACT specialist ATOD organisations), and an Organisation Survey (completed by a manager or executive staff member from each participating specialist AOD organisation).

The profile informs a more detailed understanding of the sector, effective representation for the sector, future development needs and helps the sector to target current gaps in skills, knowledge and satisfaction. These findings can also be compared over time to the results from the previous surveys. The wellbeing data collected in 2021 includes data on the impact of the 2019 – 2020 bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic on the ATOD workforce in the ACT.

Previous profiles were undertaken in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2017. The profiles are funded by ACT Health.

The appendices to the report can be accessed here.