Centre for Inclusive Employment
About the Centre
The Centre commenced on 7 March 2025. The first suite of initial resources and an online hub for Inclusive Employment Australia providers was published in September 2025.
The Centre will provide resources, tools and training for providers. This will help providers deliver quality employment services and supports. It will support improved employment outcomes for people with disability. It will also help providers to improve their support for employers.
The Centre will collect, translate, and share information related to disability employment. It will create resources based on research and evidence of what works. It will also bring together existing national and international resources.
The information gathered by the Centre will ensure more effective disability employment services. It will support the introduction of Inclusive Employment Australia.
The Centre aims to improve the quality of services delivered by:
- providers of Inclusive Employment Australia
- Workforce Australia
- Community Development Program (CDP)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
- Supported Employment Services.
The Centre will improve disability outcomes by ensuring providers have:
- stronger disability awareness to improve support for participants
- knowledge of evidence-based models and approaches
- understanding of customised employment, job coaching and career planning
- improved understanding of employer needs
- skills and knowledge to help employers hire and support employees with disability.
The Government awarded the $22.1 million grant establish the Centre.
This grant went to Swinburne University of Technology and a consortium. This includes representatives from peak disability and capacity building organisations, including:
- Inclusion Australia
- Family Advocacy
- Disability Employment Australia
- National Disability Services
- University of Melbourne.
For more information, read the Disability Employment Centre of Excellence - Factsheet.