A new Government report has promised an extra 1,000 jobs worth $160 million a year – that’s $160,000 for each new job – in the next three years as the NDIS expands.

The NDIA Market Position Statement (MPS) predicts the disability support sector will be worth $350M by 2019, with the number of ACT participants to hit 6,900.

“Most importantly, an additional 1,800 local residents living with a permanent and significant disability will receive funded supports – a 35% increase,” Minister for Social Services Christian Porter (pictured) said.

The ACT currently has 5,000 people enlisted in the scheme which went nation-wide in July this year, despite widespread IT problems with its MyPlace portal that led to some participants going unpaid.

But with disability providers already struggling to find workers, will we see an exodus of aged care workers from aged care?

We enquired with the Department of Social Services about how the Government planned to fill these jobs.

A spokesperson said the Commonwealth’s Sector Development Fund has allocated over $37M to help NDIS providers grow their workforce, but it was up to employers to recruit and train “suitably qualified staff”.