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One important way Australians with disability are supported to find and retain a job is through a Disability Employment Service (DES). By tracking employment…
  • Employment services
  • Outcomes and benefits
This research report describes the findings from a national survey of 357 disability support workers (DSWs) conducted online between May and June 2020.
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services’ arrangements for managing Disability Employment Services provider…
  • Costs and funding
  • Employment services
This report is based on a nationwide survey of more than 2,300 responses from across the disability sector in March 2020. It reveals that a key concern for…
This paper explores the barriers to employment for people with learning disabilities, principally in relation to support for children and young people with…
  • Barriers and remediation
This update examines whether the patterns comprehensively analysed in our February 2018 Australian Disability Workforce Report (available through the NDS…
This report highlights the increasing use of casual and part-time workers as organisations grapple with NDIS pricing.
This is the first public report to analyse Workforce Wizard and carecareers data to reveal NDIS-related trends in the disability workforce.
People with intellectual disability are underrepresented in employment across all sectors, including the public service. This project examined how the NSW…
  • Barriers and remediation
  • Employer capability
A quantitative study of people who had been granted the Disability Support Pension (DSP) between August and November 2003. The study aimed to provide a…
  • Employment policy and ecosystem
What is life like for people with a disability deemed to have a partial capacity to work? This research shows it is often an experience of poverty, with…
  • Employment policy and ecosystem
This report outlines current problems with the Disability Support Pension and offers three approaches for its reform.
  • Employment policy and ecosystem