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Australia’s disability strategy 2021–2031 outcomes framework: 3rd annual report
This report provides an overview of the progress made on outcomes for people with disability in 2024. The framework covers seven outcome areas: employment and…
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Connecting community: the role of Indigenous management in disability care
This paper presents findings from a 2023 Indigenist qualitative study exploring how disability service providers in Southeast Queensland support Indigenous…
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Brokering employment pathways from supported employment settings to the mainstream labour market
In Australia, many people with a disability work in Supported Employment Settings (SESs). This paper examines how one case study SES facilitates pathways to…
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Individual placement and support: impact beyond jobs
This report reviews the employment and wellbeing outcomes of over 19,000 people with health issues in the UK who have participated in an employment support…
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The organisational characteristics that enable successful employment transition for people with intellectual disabilities
This qualitative study investigated how social enterprises are able to facilitate people with intellectual disability transitioning to open employment. It…
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Next steps in supported employment: consultation on the way forward
This discussion paper outlines the range of work already underway to improve employment outcomes for people with disability, particularly those with high…
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Evaluation of the Payment by Outcomes trial 3: first interim report
This interim report details an evaluation of a Payment By Outcomes (PBO) trial – an initiative that trials outcomes-based funding for employment services that…
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Evaluation of the Payment by Outcomes trial 3: year 2 report
This report details an evaluation of the Payment By Outcomes (PBO) trial – an initiative that trials outcomes-based funding for employment services that…
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National Disability Services submission: next steps in supported employment
The submission identifies a series of practical improvements, successful models and high-level policy reforms that would enable significantly enhanced…
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Disability sector priorities for government 2025
This paper outlines five key priorities identified by disability services providers in Australia: reform of the disability supports system, independent pricing…
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The logic for reform: employment for people with intellectual disability in Australia
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,…
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Action for healthier working lives
This report aims to build consensus for action by government and employers to meet the UK's working age health challenge of record numbers of people…
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Organisational and policy barriers to transitioning from supported into open employment for people with an intellectual disability
This research identified several key policy and organisational barriers to people with intellectual disability transitioning to open employment. These included…
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The compelling case for disability employment in Australia
This research looks at prevalent fallacies about disability employment and examines the benefits reaped by those businesses embracing disability inclusion.
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Directing Change Scholarship program evaluation
The Directing Change Scholarship program was a three-year program aimed at increasing representation of people with disability on boards through mentoring,…
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An eye to the future: unlocking the potential of employing people who are blind or vision impaired
A guide to understanding how to confidently recruit, support and retain employees who are blind or vision impaired. It offers practical advice, real-world…
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Individual Placement and Support (IPS) workforce development framework for headspace
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is considered the most effective and evidence-based model of employment support for people living with mental ill-health…
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Individual Placement and Support (IPS) competency framework
This framework underpins the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Workforce Development Framework developed for headspace by providing consistent guidance on…
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Tell them they're dreaming: work, education and young people with mental illness in Australia
This report examines the employment and welfare system in relation to young people with mental illness and education and employment. It makes a number of…
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Disability data at work: how organisations can capture disability data safely and respectfully
Disability status data can help organisations drive positive change for workers with disability. This infographic provides an overview of research-based…
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Employer disability confidence: moving towards a theory-based change logic
Employer disability confidence is a concept being used increasingly in employment interventions and policies targeting the demand side of the labour market to…
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Employing 100 evaluation: final report
This evaluation assessed the impact of a program aiming to place jobseekers with disability into roles by focusing on building employer confidence and…
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Good Sammy open employment trials
Good Sammy Enterprises (GSE) is a not-for-profit social enterprise in Western Australia. GSE is trialling new models of employment support to people with…
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Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability: final report
The Disability Royal Commission has made 222 recommendations on how to improve laws, policies, structures and practices to ensure a more inclusive and just…
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Guiding the way: building common principles for navigators
The implementation of Navigators as outlined in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Review holds the potential to significantly enhance the way…