CST Update: Congratulations on your new TBS Advisory Group

CST Update - Congratulations on your new TBS Advisory Group - July 2017 (PDF Version) The PSA wishes to advise the following delegates have been elected to The Benevolent Society Advisory Group: Bronwyn Couch Cheryl Jones Tomas Buratovich Kathy Nash Kylie Fulton Helen Goltzoff Susan Lappan Itaru Yamamoto Kim Ainsworth Jessie Hartley Wynette Sheather The PSA would like to thank those members who participated in…

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Don’t hold us to ransom: PSA urges NSW Government to pay disability workers 2.5% pay rise

Don’t hold us to ransom - PSA urges NSW Government to pay disability workers 2.5 percent pay rise - June 2017 The PSA has lodged applications to vary the Community Living Award (CLA) and Residential Centre Support Services Staff Award to protect and improve employment conditions ahead of the anticipated privatisation of government operated disability services. The PSA has urged the NSW Government to pay…

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ADHC Update - What goes with you from your personnel file

ADHC Update - What goes with you from your personnel file - June 2017 (PDF Version) As the transfer date for many of you looms, it is important to know exactly what will and won’t transfer to your new employer with you. Personnel file Letter of acceptance Completed health assessment and any supporting documentation Ergonomic and reasonable adjustments and associated equipment, such as special chairs…

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Do you feel like disability services staff matter

Do you feel like disability services staff matter - 23 June 2017 (PDF Version) As Ageing Disability and Home Care continues to be systematically dismantled the PSA has received feedback from members and delegates about low morale amongst disability workers. Members have reported a lack of pastoral care and respect shown to ADHC staff during the privatisation of disability services, the forced transfer of staff…

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People matter? That’s not how we feel say Hunter PSA members

People matter, That's not how we feel say Hunter PSA members - June 2017 (PDF version) The members of the Ageing Disability and Home Care (ADHC) Hunter Central Coast PSA Workplace Group, as part of the ongoing ‘no confidence motion’ regarding the absence of principled leadership from Michael Coutts-Trotter (Secretary, Family and Community Services), the Minister for Disability Services, and the Premier of NSW, have…

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