Q1. What best describes your role within your organisation?
Q2. In which state/territory is your service based?
Q3. Where is most of your service provided?
Q4. What is the primary client group of your organisation?
Q5. How many staff are involved in direct client service delivery in your organisation?
Q6. Has Better Access affected access to clinical training in your discipline?
Q6a. If yes has it improved access or made it more difficult?
Q1. What best describes your role within your organisation?
Respondents comprised 179 service providers, 40 service director/team leaders, nine Administrative managers and one respondent who did not provide their occupation.| Respondents | Per cent | |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative manager | 9 | 4% |
| Service director/team leader | 40 | 17% |
| Service provider | 179 | 78% |
| (blank) | 1 | 0% |
| Grand total | 229 | 100% |
Q2. In which state/territory is your service based?
The most respondents (41 per cent) were from South Australia. Thirty three per cent of respondents were from New South Wales and 13 per cent of respondents came from the Australian Capital Territory whilst all other states and territories had less than 10 per cent of respondents each.Top of page| Respondents | Per cent | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | 29 | 13% |
| New South Wales | 75 | 33% |
| Northern Territory | 4 | 2% |
| Queensland | 6 | 3% |
| South Australia | 93 | 41% |
| Tasmania | 1 | 0% |
| Victoria | 13 | 6% |
| Western Australia | 7 | 3% |
| (blank) | 1 | 0% |
| Grand total | 229 | 100% |
Q3. Where is most of your service provided?
The majority of respondents (63 per cent) provide most of their service in a metropolitan area. Eighteen per cent of respondents provide most of their service in a regional area and 10 per cent provide most of their service in a rural area, whilst all other areas had less than 10 per cent of respondents each. Two respondents did not provide an answer.| Respondents | Per cent | |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan area | 145 | 63% |
| Regional area | 41 | 18% |
| Remote area | 4 | 2% |
| Rural area | 24 | 10% |
| Statewide | 13 | 6% |
| (blank) | 2 | 1% |
| Grand total | 229 | 100% |
Q4. What is the primary client group of your organisation?
Out of the total 229 respondents, most (79 per cent) identified general adults as a primary client group of their organisation. Twenty three per cent identified adolescents as a primary client group. Nineteen per cent identified children as a primary client group whilst 28 per cent identified older people as a primary client group.| Respondents | Per cent of total respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0 to 12 years) | 44 | 19% |
| Adolescent/younger people (12 to 18 years) | 52 | 23% |
| General adult (18 to 64 years) | 182 | 79% |
| Older people (65 years and older) | 42 | 18% |
Q5. How many staff are involved in direct client service delivery in your organisation?
Half of the respondent organisations have less than 20 staff involved in direct client service delivery, while a quarter have between 21 and 100 and a quarter have more than 100.| Respondents | Per cent | |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 10 | 60 | 26% |
| Between 11 and 20 | 54 | 24% |
| Between 21 and 50 | 39 | 17% |
| Between 51 and 100 | 20 | 9% |
| More than 100 | 54 | 24% |
| (blank) | 2 | 1% |
| Grand total | 229 | 100% |
Q6. Has the Better Access Initiative affected access to clinical training in your discipline?
The majority of respondents (81 per cent) indicated that the Better Access Initiative has not affected access to clinical training in their discipline. Only 19 per cent indicated that the Better Access Initiative had an effect.| Respondents | Per cent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 43 | 19% |
| No | 185 | 81% |
| (blank) | 1 | 0% |
| Grand total | 229 | 100% |
Q6a. Has the Better Access Initiative affected access to clinical training in your discipline? If yes has it improved access or made it more difficult?
The majority of respondents (53 per cent) who indicated that the Better Access Initiative has affected access to clinical training in their discipline reported that it had improved access, while 42 per cent reported that it had made access more difficult.| Respondents | Per cent | |
|---|---|---|
| Improved access | 23 | 53% |
| Made it more difficult | 18 | 42% |
| (blank) | 2 | 5% |
| Grand total | 43 | 100% |