The frontline disability workforce – undervalued and underpaid
Disability support workers have been described as the forgotten essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic, but pressures on the disability...
Workforce
Vaccination lagging among disability workers
A survey by the union representing the disability sector has found more than a third of disability workers haven't attempted...
Mandatory vaccination looms for disability workers
Support workers in residential disability facilities may find themselves having to get vaccinated by the end of October if they...
Provider adopts digital staff referral platform
A South Australian aged care provider is using a digital staff referral platform to attract workers as it gears up...
NDIS providers ordered to back pay workers $42,000
The Fair Work Ombudsman has put new NDIS service providers and those in expanding growth areas on notice after a...
HCP, CHSP workers next up for vaccination
Workers who deliver aged care services via the home care package and CHSP programs will be able to get vaccinated...
Medical advisor appointed at Dementia Australia
Consumer peak body Dementia Australia has appointed neurologist and dementia researcher Professor Amy Brodtmann as an honorary medical advisor. Professor...
Review recommends banning sole disability carers
Sole carers should be banned from delivering services to vulnerable NDIS participants, an inquiry into the death of Ann-Marie Smith...
NDIS watchdog to get more teeth
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner will get new beefed-up powers to ban unsuitable providers and workers from the NDIS....
Three COVID deaths, 24 infections reported to NDIS
There have been two reported COVID deaths and 11 reported cases of infection among people with disability as Australia moves...
Disability workers fight for COVID allowance
Unions are fighting for disability workers to be paid a COVID-19 care allowance to compensate them for the impact of...
‘Like Russian roulette’: NDIS during COVID-19
Disability workers feel their employer’s safety protocols have been inadequate to protect them against COVID-19 and that the sector is...