Abstract
This report sets out the findings for the Western Australian Council of Social Services’ (WACOSS) Sustainable Funding Survey.
48% of WACOSS’ social service organisation members responded to the survey held in October and November 2022. The key findings from survey responses include:
1. Inadequate funding over successive years has driven the social services sector into unsustainability.
2. Short-, medium- and longer-term sustainability of social services is under threat in Western Australia due to a lack of appropriate commissioning approaches and inadequate indexation of contracts.
3. Funding inadequacy was reported across ALL government funded contract service areas, with providers of Child Sexual Abuse Therapeutic Services reporting the biggest funding gap.
4. 53% of respondents could not meet service demand in 2022.
5. 78% of respondents reported staff burnout.
6. 40% of respondents reported that they had reduced their operations in order to survive in 2022 thereby reducing services in a time of increased demand.
48% of WACOSS’ social service organisation members responded to the survey held in October and November 2022. The key findings from survey responses include:
1. Inadequate funding over successive years has driven the social services sector into unsustainability.
2. Short-, medium- and longer-term sustainability of social services is under threat in Western Australia due to a lack of appropriate commissioning approaches and inadequate indexation of contracts.
3. Funding inadequacy was reported across ALL government funded contract service areas, with providers of Child Sexual Abuse Therapeutic Services reporting the biggest funding gap.
4. 53% of respondents could not meet service demand in 2022.
5. 78% of respondents reported staff burnout.
6. 40% of respondents reported that they had reduced their operations in order to survive in 2022 thereby reducing services in a time of increased demand.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Australia |
| Publisher | UWA Centre for Public Value |
| Pages | 1-26 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Jan 2023 |