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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jonathan Barrett Business editor

‘I did this to help and now I’m the one who’s going to need help’: NDIS call handlers describe pressure cooker workplace

Composite image shows a broken call centre headset
‘The saddest part is that participants actually ring this number and think the person that they’re talking to is from the NDIA and is going to be able to help them,’ a former call centre worker says. Composite: Guardian design/Getty Images

There is a checklist of horrors that call handlers on the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) phone lines hear about. Staff field calls from desperate participants containing allegations of rape, violence and financial and emotional abuse.

Some callers threaten suicide.

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