This report presents findings from a comparative study of employer engagement in active labour market programmes in the UK and Denmark. Overall, employers in…
The Work Programme was introduced in 2011, its aim being to assist long-term unemployed people, young unemployed people and disabled people into work. This…
Disability Enterprises have the potential to address employment barriers that people with an intellectual disability experience as they move into open…
This synthesis was undertaken to identify what effective employer engagement looks like and how it can improve employment and retention outcomes for people…
With a range of skills and experiences, people with disability represent one of Australia’s greatest under-represented talent pools. This report argues that a…
Current disability employment measures focus on system outputs rather than individual impact. Few approaches assess personal outcomes, with most centred on…
This qualitative study identifies features of a program that enables young people with disability to build interpersonal skills and explore employment pathways.
Using strengths-based inquiry, a desk top review and consultations with stakeholders this study sought to identify actions, practices and approaches to…
This paper is an overview of research undertaken by the Centre for Social Impact related to the employment needs of people with disability over several years,…
This paper explains the range of employment supports that should be available for people with disabilities, and the extent to which they are provided in the…
This paper collates the existing data available on School Leaver Employment Supports, and on the experiences of young people with intellectual disability…
This paper collates the existing data available about Australian Disability Enterprises, adding new data to identify the current state of the ADE sector.
This paper presents a new model for Australian Disability Enterprises: the WISE-Ability model. The model articulates the organisational elements that build…
This research looks at prevalent fallacies about disability employment and examines the benefits reaped by those businesses embracing disability inclusion.
This research report was commissioned and funded by the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. The report…
This first annual report for the Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework provides an overview of all measures being tracked under Australia’s…
Pathways to Employment (P2E) was a small, proof-of-concept trial to test the efficacy of mainstream employment pathway support for young people in the National…
The ethical and business cases for diversity, equity and inclusion are well known across Australian workplaces. This report argues that there is an ethical,…
The findings of this research reflect the need to build greater understanding, transparency and accountability in order to fully include disabled workers in…
This discussion paper is part of a broader consultation process to guide the development of a new specialist disability employment services model to replace…
This report reflects on a two year project, funded by the Victorian government, to help the disability sector protect society's more vulnerable people during…
Building on interviews with more than 70 stakeholders, this report explores the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to foster employment for people with…