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Fair pay for qualified social care workers

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Anita walker
10 years ago

It's about time we started doing something

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laura
10 years ago

Fair play for social care students

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Brian Dooley
10 years ago

It's ridiculous how this new private companies such as nuances health care are getting away with illegal pay rates

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Laura Farnan
10 years ago

I support this petition. I have study for 5 years for a utterly pathetic salary.

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Aoife Rafter
10 years ago

It's very disheartening as a student to struggle to put money together to pay and do my degree part-time to see and learn that our roles as social care workers is not adequately valued.

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Aimee farrelly
10 years ago

A degree in social care should be reflected in the pay scale

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Olga mnyanda
10 years ago

Not happy about how we are treated in this profession, fetac level 5 and a degree in social care work spell the same thing.

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Sarah Brennan
10 years ago

Need be rewarded for the work we do as professionals.

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Jennifer Sherlock
10 years ago

Organisations to recognise Social Care pay scale across all sections and not just residential.

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Colette lambe
10 years ago

Fair pay is a human right .

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Jane a Lowe
10 years ago

We need to be recognised and appreciated in the roles that we play!

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Patrick Jennings
10 years ago

It's about time over worked and underpaid Social Care Workers too a stand. Stop this exploitation!

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Denise
10 years ago

Having an honours degree in social care and being paid the same wage as a person who hasn't got a degree is not fair !

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Irene Reeves
10 years ago

4 years of study ensuring quality of care and a commitment of professionalism across the board deserves recognition within the area of social care.

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irene lane
10 years ago

Here, here ... Responsibility, accountability, transparency!

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Deirdre Leahy
10 years ago

It is vital that as we become regulated (please god soon) that the pay scale reflects the value of the work we invest into clients. Responsibility, accountability, transparency!

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Charlotte Martin
10 years ago

If we are not recognised, the people we care for are not being recognised

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Orla Ní Ghairbhin
10 years ago Featured

All social care workers should be paid on the HSE payscale.. it should become compulsory for all organisations catering for service users in this area .. you get what you pay for

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Ciara Kelly
10 years ago

As a social care student, I have worked extremely hard for this career. Fair pay is the least we deserve.

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Mary Timothy
10 years ago

It's unfair the rates at the minute and why doesn't the pay match your experience .if you change jobs you end up back at the start of that organisations pay scale