Community care workers have battled to be appreciated for their work during lockdown — or even to be “seen”. Struggle for pay and PPEIn our ongoing research, we have so far heard from more than 75 community support workers nationwide about their wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic. This very real struggle underscored a wider battle by community care workers to be appreciated for their work — or even to be “seen”. But during lockdowns, support workers are the only people isolated clients see — they step in as communicators and carers. But unlike other healthcare workers, such as those at Covid testing and vaccination stations and hospitals, community support workers don’t have a team around them for support.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 19, 2021 16:30 UTC