"National Disability Service – From admirable to desirable: transforming the perception of careers in the disability and community care sector"
Karen Dwyer & David Hartmann
Executive summary
This is a story of an eye-opening journey that we, as planners, went on and then, through creative, shared with the wider population.
It brought about a shift in perceptions of the disability and community care sector from being low skill, task-orientated work conducted by charitable angels, to careers full of remarkable, creative challenges, chosen by motivated, talented people.
It was a journey that involved a deep immersion to uncover real...