Community support workers' experiences of working during the COVID-19 pandemic

This paper investigates the way in which COVID-19 has exacerbated the poor work conditions within community support work in Aotearoa-New Zealand. It examines the invisibility of care work in New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of Government policy and communication, societal recogniti...

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Published inLabour & industry (Brisbane, Qld.) Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 263 - 280
Main Authors Ravenswood, Katherine, Hurd, Fiona, Nicholson, Amber, Fromm, Andrea, McCully, Kirsty, Woolley, Melissa, Ewertowska, Tanya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne Routledge 03.04.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Community
community support
COVID-19
Gender roles
Pandemics
precarious work
Public health
Public policy
Sociocultural factors
Support workers
work conditions
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Summary:This paper investigates the way in which COVID-19 has exacerbated the poor work conditions within community support work in Aotearoa-New Zealand. It examines the invisibility of care work in New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of Government policy and communication, societal recognition of care work, and the spatially hidden nature of the work. It does so within the of gender norms in the socio-cultural, socio-spatial and socio-legal spheres that render this work and workers invisible. This paper documents the experiences of community support workers and contributes to our theoretical understanding of frontline health workers' experiences of work during a global public health crisis.
ISSN:1030-1763
2325-5676
DOI:10.1080/10301763.2023.2209922