Child, youth and family
$28.2B
dollars in expenditure
235K+
employees around Australia
8.6K+
organisations delivering services
695K+
Australians supported by the sector
Over 6,500 organisations employing 135,000 professionals make up Australia’s $20.3 billion Children’s Services sector, covering disability support, early childhood intervention, family and carer services, and out-of-home care.
The sector is navigating substantial growth and transformation, driven by the expansion of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), rising demand for early intervention, evolving care requirements, and increasing societal expectations for inclusion and support. Children, young people, and families accessing these services are experiencing more complex needs, often requiring multi-disciplinary support across health, education, and social services. The sector is forecast to continue growing strongly as demand rises, services diversify, and early intervention strategies expand.
Regulatory change, workforce shortages, funding constraints in an increasingly complex social environment are the prime drivers for the expansion of services the sector is navigating.
Workforce capacity, cultural alignment, and organisational capability remain critical issues. Providers of the future are adapting to funding and regulatory changes, while maintaining focus on outcomes for children and families. Attracting and retaining skilled staff in leadership, clinical, allied health, and operational roles is increasingly essential.
Our offering
Our specialist team has supported children’s services organisations for over a decade, working across Board, executive, leadership, clinical and operational roles. We understand the complexity of delivering services across early intervention, out of home care, family support and community programs.
We assist providers to contextualise talent strategy during periods of reform, demand growth and changing policy settings, strengthening organisational capability, culture and service delivery.
Our focus is on building leadership and workforce capability that enables safe, effective and responsive services for children, young people and families.
