Opinion
The NDIS rollout is showing how difficult it is to create a one-size-fits-all disability service, which is a particular problem when it comes to managing mental health issues, writes Tanya Blazewicz.
News
Adelaide residents have spoken of their devastation at the NDIS-related loss of funding to a mental health support service that they credit with keeping them alive and helping them recover.
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The State Government has begun consulting with residents and their families in supported community accommodation about its plan to transition the disability service to the private sector – two weeks after disability workers were first informed of the decision.
The Public Service Association and the Greens say about 500 people with disabilities have been left in uncertainty about the future of their public housing following a State Government decision to move a government-run accommodation service to the private sector.
Labor has announced it would spend $6 million in funding over five years to create school-based traineeships in the disability sector.
As the National Disability Insurance Scheme rolls out, demand for the new and fast-growing job category of ‘developmental educators’ is expected to rise.
The State Government claims the National Disability Insurance Scheme will create 6300 new jobs in South Australia, offering potential new employment for workers in “declining industries”.
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