Social services minister ‘concerned’ by some providers meant to help welfare recipients find work
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Amanada Rishworth also flagged changes to so-called mutual obligations, which require jobseeker recipients to prove that they have applied for a certain number of jobs in order to continue to receive welfare payments.
But she said the contentious system would remain, despite criticism from some welfare advocates.
Mutual obligations have been a feature in the system for a long time. [They] play a really important role.
It is part of the social contract that, if you’re receiving income support … and you’re able to work, you do take steps to find a job.
What I think is being commented on, where I do agree, is that there’s no point in having pointless, meaningless mutual obligations.
I would say that I am concerned that there is varying quality in the system. So I am focused on how we lift quality.
Stream one, really is about the public service delivery. Stream two is more like the services we understand today.
Stream three, I imagine, will be different types of providers – they will have deep connection with community and be able to do this specialised, intensive work.
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