Tanya Merinda who is NADA (Network of Alcohol and Durg Agency) Director Sector Development and Planning has been interviewed by Miguel Ferrero on workforce issues affecting the sector.
What has been your career path to your current job?
I worked as a chef for many years, so that got me interested in the are of drug and alcohol! For the past 16 years I have worked in the D&A sector, starting as a counselor, moving to management, program development, government policy and for the past 5 years with NADA in various roles - currently sector development and planning
What in your opinion are the key workforce issues faced by the community sector?
Staff remuneration, and recognition of specialist services provided by the community sector
What strategies the sector could develop to address these issues?
Understanding the true cost of service delivery, promoting that information, seeking full cost funding, advocating for equal pay, both the sector and funders agreeing to, seeking and providing fairer funding. We are a big sector, we need to be smarter in the way we intereact with funders and the policy environment
What is your advice to the Community Sector that could be helpful to face these issues?
Don't give up. What we do is essential and valuable service delivery and there are and will continue to be, opportunities for reform. If we work together, continue to build the evidence for it, I believe there will be change.
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