Disability employment services
Journal article
The costs of living with disability in Australia
This paper outlines the evidence gaps on poverty and disability in Australia, and explores different methods used to understand the relevant issues both in Australia and internationally. The paper seeks to show how multidimensional measures have been used in understanding poverty and disability worldwide, and discusses how factors such as the design and delivery of...
Discussion paper
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 employment outcomes for people with disability through access to a disability employment system that reflects and supports their aspirations, rights, diverse needs and choices.
Discussion paper
Collaborative practices in employment services
This paper explores the disability employment sector, focusing on collaborative practices and the drivers and barriers shaping them. It recommends initiating collaboration – or a series of collaborative projects – between service providers and the government as a starting point to reduce the transactional nature of Inclusive Employment Australia.
Research Summary
Person-centred practice
This paper summarises an evidence review of person-centred practice. It provides NDIS providers and workers, people with disability, their family and supporters, and health and allied health professionals and practitioners with an overview of person-centred practice in disability. The review covers: what person-centred practice means the different ways that organisations and workers can be person-centred...
Evaluation
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 capability. It found the program exceeded its original goals and a focus on the employer environment first was key to its success.