‘Try, Learn, Adjust’

it’s time to bring workers into disability support policy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v19i1.8102

Keywords:

Individual funding, Disability support, Support workforce, Marketisation of care, Care and support workforce planning

Abstract

Aotearoa New Zealand is on the verge of significant change aimed at increasing disabled people’s access to and control and choice over the support they receive in order to have the flexible, high-quality care that enables them to lead ‘good’ lives. However, the system changes – Mana Whaikaha – designed to enact the Enabling Good Lives policy has its roots in neo-liberal funding and policy approaches that undervalue support work, and has largely overlooked workers and workforce development. The lack of recognition of the disability support workforce in this policy development threatens the success of the programme to provide quality support to disabled people.

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Author Biography

Katherine Ravenswood, Auckland University of Technology - Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau

Katherine Ravenswood is Professor in Industrial Relations at AUT Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau

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Published

2023-02-13

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2023): Policy Quarterly.

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