Equity and Diversity Plan

The Department is committed to reflecting the diversity of the communities we serve. As such, there is a strong focus on employing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with lived experience of disability.

We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce to be able to bring their whole self to work, supporting people across the spectrum of cultural backgrounds, languages, sexualities and genders, disability, neurotypes and lived experience.

To do this we will:

Lead: Build leadership capabilities to develop and model inclusive, authentic and compassionate leadership.

Advance: Learn together and raise awareness of ways to advance the department's ability to foster an inclusive work environment.

Value: Support our staff through collaborative design of strategic solutions which value and leverage the advantages diversity provides.

The department's Inclusion Strategy 2024–26 ((PDF, 504 KB)) Inclusion Strategy 2024–26 ((DOCX, 467 KB)), sets a vision of inclusion for DCSSDS. Implementation of this strategy is outlined in the Equity and Diversity Plan which is reviewed and refreshed annually to ensure it remains relevant and appropriate to the changing needs of the department.