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Thousands of aged care workers in three states are set to strike weeks out from the Federal Election over poor staffing levels and inadequate pay as unions warned of a mass exodus of "heartbroken" caregivers.
For a home—care company in norfolk. like many providers supporting older and disabled people, they went into this latest wave of covid with staff shortages. it's katie, i'vejust come to do your pcr. difficulty getting enough tests, and slow pcr results are adding to the company's problems. so we've got our last five boxes of lateral flow tests — are you able to access any more? i'm not able to get any at all from the council. even though the demand for care is huge, they're having to turn away new clients. we've closed our books and we've got about 70, 75 clients when we could be running a...
So what is it that's holding you back from doing that? the staffing level. so if we had good, experienced staff with us, then we'd be able to take on more packages of care. care providers running more than 5,000 services across the uk and employing nearly 100,000 staff responded to questions from an organisation representing them. of those working in home care, two thirds say they're no longer able to take new clients. and in care homes, nearly half say they've closed to new residents. staff vacancies were high before 0micron amongst those who responded — now they have about 14% of their sta...
The party in lots of ways. >> one place it hasn't quite penetrated is the staffing level because the staff still continue to be overrepresented and look more than the republican caucus. >> this is one of my major beeves in 2016. there really september a pipeline of young staffs of color and it's not like a money making venture where if you don't come from money you can go work for less money or volunteer as an intern on a campaign. so most of the people that end up working as staffers come from families that can support them while they're doing a public service and work on a cam pape. >> one o...
Been more diverse than the top of the party in a lot of ways. >> one of the things it hasn't penetrated is the staffing level. which is a huge obstacle. the staffs still continue to be overrepresented and look more like the republican caucus. >> this is one of my major beeves in 2016, there really isn't a pipeline of young staffers of color and infrastructure to allow people to actually work on campaigns. it's not like a money-making venture. >> right. >> where if you don't come from money you can go and work for less money on a campaign or volunteer as an intern on a campaign. so most of the ...