In late 2021, Inclusion Australia partnered with the Australian Government Department of Social Services to deliver a series of practical workshops about Disability Employment Services and people with an intellectual disability. This report distills the messages from these workshops and makes 23 recommendations.

Active labour market policies (ALMPs) have evolved as important social policy instruments designed to place the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups in sustainable employment. Yet little is known about what drives employer participation in such initiatives. This article provides a nuanced account of the socio-economic aspects of the demand-side of ALMPs. It investigates employer embeddedness...

The Try, Test and Learn (TTL) Fund, established in 2016, trialled innovative approaches to reduce long-term welfare dependence among at-risk groups. The evaluation found the TTL fund was an appropriate model for generating insights into effective support methods. While short-term impacts were limited, the Fund is expected to effectively help vulnerable groups build capacity, overcome...

This evaluation reports on the Indigenous Employment Program (IEP), drawing on the historical context of each sub-program to provide insight into design, implementation and impact. The sub-programs were evaluated against the following objectives: the appropriateness of program design and implementation the extent to which expected outcomes of each program have been achieved (effectiveness) how efficiently...

Transition to Work (TtW) provides up to 12 months intensive pre-employment support for young people at risk of long-term unemployment.