The recent review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has found that skilled disability support workers (DSWs) are either being pushed out, or are burning out, due to poor working conditions and low wages. Plus, there’s not even a minimum qualification for workers, meaning standards are slipping.
The HSU is leading the charge to get government to urgently address these 8 main issues to put the heart back into the NDIS:
A well-qualified workforce with decent, safe working conditions is best equipped to support participants. But standards are slipping across the NDIS, and workers and participants are paying the price.
Skilled workers are either being pushed out of the sector or are leaving due to burn out, and the sector is failing to attract more workers to fill the gap. Workers have never been less supported to deliver high-quality services, and the NDIS faces a workforce crisis.
HSU and HACSU are fighting for a national worker registration scheme which recognises the skills of support workers and disability support workers as the professionals they are.
We won a voluntary worker registration scheme in Victoria - now we're demanding a compulsory one, nationwide.
Worker registration and accreditation: