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14/06/2017
SIPTU To Step Up Campaign For Recognition Of Intellectual Disability Sector Workers
SIPTU has pledged to step up its campaign to win recognition and respect for the valuable role of those employed in the Intellectual Disability Sector.
SIPTU Sector Organiser, Tony Kenny, said: "Our campaign is about giving a voice to workers and service users who have been forgotten for too long by successive governments. Our members are focusing on five key issues where change is needed in the Sector. Firstly, there is a need to secure adequate and sustainable funding for the Sector.
"There is also a need for workers' roles to be subject to a complete job evaluation, the development of a joint worker and management approach to policy formation as well as agreement on a protocol for the decongregation of residential settings and on educational opportunities for all Intellectual Disability workers."
SIPTU Intellectual Disability Sector Committee Vice Chair, Liz Cloherty, said: "Our committee has worked very hard with workers over the last few months to identify the best way to give workers and service users the respect and recognition they deserve.
"While we welcome the Minister's words, we feel the Government must step up to the plate and give a commitment that they will fully value our work and the contribution people with intellectual disabilities make in their communities."
(MH)
SIPTU Sector Organiser, Tony Kenny, said: "Our campaign is about giving a voice to workers and service users who have been forgotten for too long by successive governments. Our members are focusing on five key issues where change is needed in the Sector. Firstly, there is a need to secure adequate and sustainable funding for the Sector.
"There is also a need for workers' roles to be subject to a complete job evaluation, the development of a joint worker and management approach to policy formation as well as agreement on a protocol for the decongregation of residential settings and on educational opportunities for all Intellectual Disability workers."
SIPTU Intellectual Disability Sector Committee Vice Chair, Liz Cloherty, said: "Our committee has worked very hard with workers over the last few months to identify the best way to give workers and service users the respect and recognition they deserve.
"While we welcome the Minister's words, we feel the Government must step up to the plate and give a commitment that they will fully value our work and the contribution people with intellectual disabilities make in their communities."
(MH)
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