In Australia, many people with a disability work in Supported Employment Settings (SESs). This paper examines how one case study SES facilitates pathways to open employment for supported employees. The paper explores three key questions: what do these pathways look like, what role can SESs play in facilitating these transitions and what are the challenges...

This study reports on the elements of effective evidence centres, with the particular aim of informing the design of the future Disability Employment Centre of Excellence. It identifies five core, overlapping elements of centre design, providing an evidence base to inform decision-making.

This report provides an overview of the development of an organisational design model to support pathways from disability enterprises to mainstream employment for participants. The approach draws on previous work identifying the organisational design features that best support the health, wellbeing, and employment outcomes of marginalised young people in a social enterprise environment. The report...

This report highlights that transition to work outcomes can be improved for young people with disability when mechanisms are put in place to enhance what is usually available within schools, post-school education, and in the disability employment ecosystem.

This research identified several key policy and organisational barriers to people with intellectual disability transitioning to open employment. These included inflexible funding models and packages; lack of knowledge and experience of open employers; and insufficient training, pathways, and supports.