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Getting on at work: progression and promotion of women with disability in the Victorian public service
This research looked at experiences of people who identified as women with disability in the Victorian Public Service. It identified enablers and barriers to…
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Connecting pathways to employment with the Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE) model
This project adapts the Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE) model for the disability sector, and identifies factors that facilitate and inhibit pathways…
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A guide to classifying employment supports
The Typology of Employment Support Interventions (TESI) provides a shared language and method for conceptualising, designing, commissioning, selecting and…
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Employers’ lessons learned in hiring, retaining and advancing employees with disabilities
This report synthesises findings from research and roundtables about organisational inclusion of employees with disabilities. The findings reflect lessons…
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Ask what we want
This submission calls for a new approach to supporting people with disability into fairly paid work and urges the Australian government not to press ahead with…
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Meaningful jobs for students with disability: from luck to business as usual
This report finds that overall, universities do not appear to understand how students with disability think about their careers. It recommends a new funding…
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NDIS workforce final report
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is one of Australia’s most ambitious public policy initiatives. This report recommends that the Australian…
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NACBO (National Alliance of Capacity Building Organisations) research plan
The National Alliance of Capacity Building Organisations (NACBO) have developed this capacity building model. The model reflects the policy areas outlined by…
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Working safely and inclusively through COVID-19 and beyond
This document outlines a set of clear principles to aid and support the Australian arts and cultural sector to make decisions inclusively, and to go beyond…
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Attitudes matter
Community attitudes related to disability-based discrimination and social exclusion impact the health and wellbeing of people with disability. This report on…
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Can disability benefits promote (re)employment? Considerations for effective disability benefit design
This paper focuses on income support and its impact on work incentives for persons with disability. More specifically, it looks at key issues and policy…
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Australian Disability Employment Service outcomes in 2020: effects of COVID-19 restrictions
One important way Australians with disability are supported to find and retain a job is through a Disability Employment Service (DES). By tracking employment…
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Disability support workers: the forgotten workforce during COVID-19
This research report describes the findings from a national survey of 357 disability support workers (DSWs) conducted online between May and June 2020.
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Management of agreements for Disability Employment Services
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services’ arrangements for managing Disability Employment Services provider…
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Councils as employers of choice
This paper draws on a review of Australian and international literature on disability employment and social procurement. Government publications examining…
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Working in new disability markets: a survey of Australia's disability workforce
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…
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People with disability: action plan to improve WA public sector employment outcomes 2020-2025

This plan aims to increase the representation of people with disability employed in the Western Australian public sector to 5% by the end of 2025, and…

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Plans that work: employment outcomes for people with learning disabilities

This paper explores the barriers to employment for people with learning disabilities, principally in relation to support for children and young people with…

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Australian disability workforce report (3rd edition)

This update examines whether the patterns comprehensively analysed in our February 2018 Australian Disability Workforce Report (available through the NDS…

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Australian disability workforce report (2nd edition)

This report highlights the increasing use of casual and part-time workers as organisations grapple with NDIS pricing.

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Every opportunity: Victorian economic participation plan for people with disability 2018–2020

This strategy document outlines the Victorian government’s three year plan to enhance the economic participation of people with disability.

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Australian disability workforce report (1st edition)

This is the first public report to analyse Workforce Wizard and carecareers data to reveal NDIS-related trends in the disability workforce.

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The future of employment services in Australia: a discussion paper
This discussion paper is part of a federal government review of employment services, including the Job Network and Disability Employment Network.
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Community services outcomes tree
The Community Services Outcomes Tree is a framework for capturing the outcomes individuals experience as a result of community services being delivered. The…
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Measuring outcomes experienced by users of community services
This article reports on the development and testing of a framework for measuring outcomes for the human services sector. The process included action research…