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Table SA1: Primary Role of Staff by Origin – All Community Aged Care Staff

Origin	Primary Role
	Care Workers		Cook		Coordinator		Driver		Total
Non Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	13	5%	5	23%	27	56%	0	0%	45	13%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	256	95%	17	77%	21	44%	2	100%	296	87%
Total	269	79%	22	6%	48	14%	2	1%	341	100%

Note: Some services had multiple coordinators for multiple programs; hence the number of coordinators(48) exceeds the number of services (45).

Table SA2: CDEP Converted Position Status – of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Staff

CDEP Status	Indigenous Staff
Workers previously on CDEP and are now in a converted position	86	29%
Other workers	210	71%
Total	296	100%

Table SA3: Gender of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff

Gender	Primary Role
	Care Workers		Cook		Coordinator		Driver		Total
Male	42	16%	0	0%	0	0%	1	50%	43	15%
Female	214	84%	17	100%	21	100%	1	50%	253	85%
Total	256	100%	17	100%	21	100%	2	100%	296	100%

Table SA4: Length of Employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff by Role

Length of Employment	Primary Role
	Care Workers		Cook		Coordinator		Driver		Total
Less than 6 months	26	16%	1	8%	0	0%	0	0%	27	14%
Between 6 months and 1 year	57	35%	5	38%	1	7%	1	50%	64	33%
1 to 2 years	32	19%	5	38%	3	21%	1	50%	41	21%
2 to 5 years	23	14%	0	0%	6	43%	0	0%	29	15%
Over 5 years	27	16%	2	15%	4	29%	0	0%	33	17%
Don't Know	91	_	4	_	7	_	0	_	102	-
Total	256	100%	17	100%	21	100%	2	100%	296	100%

Table SA5: School Education Level of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff by Primary Role

School Education Level	Primary Role
	Care Workers		Cook		Coordinator		Driver		Total
Year 12	20	8%	0	0%	1	5%	0	0%	21	7%
Year 11	21	8%	2	12%	2	10%	0	0%	25	8%
Year 10	52	20%	1	6%	5	24%	0	0%	58	20%
Year 9	51	20%	1	6%	4	19%	0	0%	56	19%
Year 8	29	11%	3	18%	2	10%	2	100%	36	12%
Year 7	9	4%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	9	3%
< Year 7	22	9%	2	12%	3	14%	0	0%	27	9%
No Answer	52	20%	8	47%	4	19%	0	0%	64	22%
Total	256	100%	17	100%	21	100%	2	100%	296	100%

Table SA6: Tertiary Qualification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff by Primary Role

Qualifications	Primary Role
	Care Workers		Cook		Coordinator		Driver		Total
Bachelor degree or higher	0	0%	0	0%	1	5%	0	0%	1	0%
Diploma	2	1%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	2	1%
Cert. IV	2	1%	0	0%	2	10%	0	0%	4	1%
Cert III	14	5%	0	0%	2	10%	0	0%	16	5%
Cert II	18	7%	0	0%	1	5%	0	0%	19	6%
Cert I	7	3%	1	6%	1	5%	0	0%	9	3%
No post-school training	127	50%	10	59%	9	43%	2	100%	148	50%
Don’t know	86	34%	6	35%	5	24%	0	0%	97	33%
Total	256	100%	17	100%	21	100%	2	100%	296	100%

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Table SA7: Qualifications in Health/Aged Care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff by Primary Role

Qualifications	Primary Role
	Care Workers		Cook		Coordinator		Driver		Total
Cert. III HACC	8	3%	0	0%	2	10%	0	0%	10	3%
Cert. III Aged Care	4	2%	0	0%	1	5%	0	0%	5	2%
Mental health (Cert. or Diploma)	1	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	1	0%
Primary Health (Cert or Diploma)	2	1%	0	0%	1	5%	0	0%	3	1%
Other	24	9%	0	0%	4	19%	0	0%	28	9%
No health/aged care qualification	217	85%	17	100%	13	62%	2	100%	249	84%
Total	256	100%	17	100%	21	100%	2	100%	296	100%

Table SA8: Employment Status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff by Role

Employment Status	Primary Role
	Care Workers		Cook		Coordinator		Driver		Total
Part time (work less than 35 hour per week)	161	63%	12	71%	0	0%	1	50%	174	59%
Full time (over 35 hours per week)	52	20%	3	18%	16	76%	0	0%	71	24%
No Answer	43	17%	2	12%	5	24%	1	50%	51	17%
Total	256	100%	17	100%	21	100%	2	100%	296	100%

Table SA9: Average Hours per Week Worked by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff by Role

Average Hours per Week Worked	Primary Role
	Care Workers		Cook		Coordinator		Driver		Total
1-15 hours	8	3%	2	12%	0	0%	0	0%	10	3%
16-34 hours	153	60%	10	59%	0	0%	1	50%	164	55%
35-40 hours	52	20%	3	18%	16	76%	0	0%	71	24%
> 40 hours	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
No Answer	43	17%	2	12%	5	24%	1	50%	51	17%
Total	256	100%	17	100%	21	100%	2	100%	296	100%

Table SA10: Staff Retention

	Number of Services		Total Staff who Left in Last 12 Months		NT HACC Mapping
No staff left	0	0%	0	0%	9	27%
1 staff person left	3	7%	3	14%	4	12%
2	3	7%	6	29%	6	18%
3 to 5	1	2%	5	24%	5	15%
Over 5	1	2%	7	33%	3	9%
No Answer/No staff left	35	81%	0	0%	6	18%
Total	43	100%	21	100%	33	100%

Table SA11: Language of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HACC Staff

	Count	%
First language is not English:
Yes	225	76%
No	71	24%
Total	296	100%
English help needed:
Yes	68	23%
No	228	77%
Total	296	100%

Table SA12: Age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HACC Staff

Aged in Years	Primary Role
	Care Workers		Cook		Coordinator		Driver		Total
16-24 years	26	10%	3	18%	0	0%	0	0%	29	10%
25-34 years	80	31%	8	47%	6	29%	1	50%	95	32%
35-44 years	84	33%	4	24%	5	24%	0	0%	93	31%
45-54 years	52	20%	1	6%	6	29%	1	50%	60	20%
55-64 years	9	4%	1	6%	2	10%	0	0%	12	4%
› 65 years	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Unknown	5	2%	0	0%	2	10%	0	0%	7	2%
Total	256	100%	17	100%	21	100%	2	100%	296	100%

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