The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) constitutes a major policy reform for Australian people with disabilities. Despite its ten-year implementation, little is known about the characteristics of the workforce delivering Australia’s NDIS early childhood intervention services (ECI). The present study sought to identify the range of skills, knowledge, and experience of ECI professionals as listed in recruitment advertisements, and their alignment with best practice guidelines. Provider data were extracted from 246 advertisements for ECI roles over a 5-month period and assigned into various categories. Interrater reliability was determined by randomly selecting 65 of the 246 of the advertisements, which were coded independently by two researchers and assigned to service provider categories. Significant changes have occurred in the qualities of professionals providing ECI services under the NDIS, and their adherence to best practice guidelines. The limited emphasis on best practice in the recruitment process may result in an ECI workforce that is not well equipped to deliver specialised and inclusive support to young children with disabilities and their families.

国家残疾保险计划（NDIS）是针对澳大利亚残疾人的一项重大政策改革。尽管实施了十年，但人们对提供澳大利亚 NDIS 幼儿干预服务 (ECI) 的劳动力特征知之甚少。本研究旨在确定招聘广告中列出的 ECI 专业人员的技能、知识和经验范围，以及它们与最佳实践指南的一致性。提供商数据是从 5 个月内的 246 个 ECI 角色广告中提取的，并分配到各个类别。评估者间的可靠性是通过从 246 个广告中随机选择 65 个来确定的，这些广告由两名研究人员独立编码并分配给服务提供商类别。在 NDIS 下提供 ECI 服务的专业人员的素质以及他们对最佳实践指南的遵守情况发生了重大变化。在招聘过程中对最佳实践的重视有限可能会导致 ECI 员工队伍没有足够的能力为残疾幼儿及其家人提供专业和包容性的支持。