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Report
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…
Report
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.
Report
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…
Working paper
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…
Report
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…
Strategy
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…

Report
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…

Report
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…

Report
Australian disability workforce report (2nd edition)

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

Strategy
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.

Report
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.

Discussion paper
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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