SA spins off Australia’s first employee-led public service mutual

06 March 2018

The Mandarin

South Australian public servants are setting up Australia’s first “employee-led public service mutual” to deliver disability services with the support of the state and federal governments.

The new public sector spin-off will deliver early-childhood intervention services, funded through the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

The SA Department for Communities and Social Inclusion announced that a “highly skilled allied health and support workforce” was transferring from the state government’s Child and Youth Services unit to the new not-for-profit mutual:

“The employee-led mutual will deliver services under a co-operative structure, with members of the organisation pivotal in decision-making. It is expected that the ECEI Grant Agreement will create 50 full-time roles.”

Read the full article, SA spins off Australia’s first employee-led public service mutual, The Mandarin, 6 March