2022 Allevia Annual Report
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As a provider and as a sector we have faced many COVID related difficulties which we have<br />
now converted into ideas for improvement that will benefit us all for many years to come.<br />
This <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> will showcase many of these improvements.<br />
‘‘Once again, we<br />
thank our support<br />
teams, participants,<br />
and families for<br />
working with us to<br />
minimize the impact<br />
of COVID-19.’’<br />
Sustaining Our Workforce During Crisis<br />
A key issue for <strong>Allevia</strong> throughout this<br />
reporting period has been workforce<br />
availability. The impact of the December to<br />
March COVID outbreak in <strong>2022</strong>, where the<br />
isolation rules were strictly applied, reduced<br />
staffing in all disability services to critically<br />
low levels.<br />
<strong>Allevia</strong> thankfully, was able to provide<br />
continuity of service to all participants that<br />
required essential supports, but not without<br />
all staff pushing the boundaries of exhaustion.<br />
Many other providers were not as fortunate.<br />
Post COVID workforce shortages persisted<br />
across the sector in the following months.<br />
As we prepare this report it is pleasing to<br />
confirm the combined effort of many in<br />
the recruitment arena is finally seeing our<br />
workforce return to post COVID numbers.<br />
It is a testament to the commitment of<br />
everyone in the <strong>Allevia</strong> community that<br />
our Supported Independent Living (SIL) and<br />
Individual Living Options (ILO) participants,<br />
and our workforce, achieve total vaccination<br />
with most also taking up the offer to receive<br />
their 4th dose. We collectively believe that<br />
vaccination is an important part of our<br />
responsibility as employers and citizens.<br />
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