www.bsl.org.auBrotherhoodCommentISSN 1320 8632April 2003A regular update from Social Action and ResearchWho will care? Staffing challenges in community careThe number of people requiring support to remain Recruitment for personal care and respite services only met on a random/as neededliving at home is challenging Victorian community (both in-home and community, and overnight) was basis. It is of concern that about one-care organisations, particularly the providers of a concern for many organisations, with more than third of organisations met with staffhome care, personal care and/or respite care half of providers of each of these services stating quarterly or even less frequently.services. Of particular concern is the difficulty in that they had had difficulty recruiting staff duringrecruiting and retaining appropriate staff. The the past 12 months. Difficulty recruiting home Implications for communitynumber of people requiring support to live in the care staff was experienced by 43 per cent of care providerscommunity will grow markedly over coming respondents. Of the organisations that reportedService providers need to considerdecades: unless community care becomes a more difficulty with the recruitment of direct care staff,how they will support theattractive employment option, this will place more than a third stated that it had been aincreasing numbers of people whofurther strain on organisations. problem for more than two years. require community ...
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