Industry Bulletins | October 16, 2019
Relias Survey Of Direct Support Professionals Reveals Disparity Between Employee Expectations & Employment Realities Of Industry
Relias, a trusted partner to more than 10,000 health care organizations around the world and across the continuum of care, has released the results of a primary research study of Direct Support Professionals (DSP) in the intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) services field conducted in July 2019. The results showcase key staffing issues around hiring and training, as well as the vital role supervisors play in staff retention in an industry where the national cost of replacing DSPs (identifying, hiring, on-boarding, training, etc.) was estimated to be $2.3 billion in 2015.
More than 840 professionals responded to . . .