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IDD Leader
For IDD Providers: Tired of the revolving door of staff? Join host Nate Beers as he and other industry leaders share loads of actionable advice on how you can retain and grow your DSP workforce. Just because there's a nationwide DSP workforce crisis doesn't mean that your organization has to churn through staff. Listen to innovative solutions to increase your staff retention and give your organization a competitive advantage so that at the end of the day you provide the best quality care for those you support.
More effective supervisors. Stronger workforce. Lower turnover.
IDD Leader
Latest Episodes
Ep. 110 - What NY Learned After Investing $4B in DSP Wages w/ Commissioner Willow Baer
New York put $4 billion into its workforce over five years, and recruitment is now better than it’s ever been. So is pay the whole answer? Not according to the person running the state agency.Willow Baer, Commissioner of the NYS Office f...
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Ep. 109 - Why DSP Turnover Keeps Happening (And What to Do About It)
If you lead an IDD provider, you’ve probably spent a lot of time putting out fires over staffing: open shifts, overtime, temp coverage, and a revolving door that never stops. What if DSP turnover keeps happening because we spend our time respon...
Ep. 108 - Grow Leaders Before You Promote Them (w/ MV Advancements)
Your best direct support professional gets promoted to supervisor. Now what? At too many organizations, the answer is sink or swim.Marie Gwilliam calls it learning to swim by being thrown into the deep end of the pool. At MV Advancement...
Ep. 107 - Under 18% Turnover: Core Values That Actually Stick (w/ MVA)
Your core values are probably on a poster. At MV Advancements, an IDD provider in Oregon, theirs used to be too: framed on the wall, wordy, and easy to ignore. Now, as Katie McMahon puts it, they’d be shocked if anyone got through a day without...
Ep. 106 - How This IDD Agency Keeps Staff Year After Year w/ Core Services
You can’t pay people to stay. You also can’t write them up into caring.So how does one IDD agency keep its direct support staff year after year, with wages above its competitors and health insurance costs held steady for over a decade?<...