The disability support sector is in a ‘precarious’ position. Here’s why.

Key points:

• Disability support workers are leaving the sector for aged care.
• The 15 per cent pay rise for aged care workers is a big driving factor, advocates report.
• New disability workforce data shows there is insufficient capacity to meet future growth demands.

Read full story... (off-site)Hear what Craig Wallace says on the topic on ABC (off-site)

Topics:

Aged care, Service providers

Author:

Biwa Kwan

Source:

SBS

Date published:

Tue 20th Jun, 2023