Decent pay and training for social care workers

Austria

The GÖD public service union has renewed its call for government action over the pay and training of health and social care workers. The union says that along with extra funding for 24-hour care the government should ensure that workers have proper training and that care workers should no longer be left alone to look after older people without the necessary training. The union argues that both care workers and the people they care for need the protection of proper training and that a better paid job with formal qualifications will help attract the much needed additional workers that are required for 24-hour care.
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