Workers paid to support people with disabilities in Alberta say they have not seen a wage increase since 2014, sparking what some organizations are calling a ‘staffing crisis.’
One of those social services struggling the most is the Calgary SCOPE Society which says its employees have received just a seven-cent increase over the past eight years, as the cost of living has gone up by 15 per cent in that time.
Geake adds that his organization has roughly 400 employees and with such high turnover rates, he’s left to replace about 100 people each year.The 63-year-old struggles with a learning disability and recently suffered a heart attack in April. He says he wouldn’t be alive today without the support of his social workers over the last decade.
Kuperis says her experience with staff shortages and a lack of wage increases has now discouraged her own daughter from wanting to pursue a career in social work. ADAIA adds that its workforce is ‘chronically underpaid’ and that many are burning out and struggling to keep services afloat amidst a 30-year peak in inflation.
Another 30.5 per cent said ‘some risk’ was to be expected, while just 1.7 per cent said there would be no risk to their services.
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