With the changes in service delivery and funding a research project looking at stress amongst attendant care/community support workers was undertaken with funding through SIRA and the report plus guidance material has now been released – click on heading for more information..
A research project funded through SIRA has examined causes of stress amongst attendant care/community support workers. To accompany the report some guidance material has been developed which is a resource for all managers on strategies to implement to decrease the risk of stress amongst workers. It is called A guide to reducing and managing job stress for home care and support workers in the aged and disability care sectors.Guide to reducing home care worker job stress PDF