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 new Centre for Inclusive website(Opens external website) went live on 1 November 2025. It will progressively deliver best practice resources and training. This will uplift the sector and ensure providers can deliver high-quality services.

The Centre provides resources, tools and training for providers. This helps providers deliver quality employment services and supports. It supports improved employment outcomes for people with disability. It also helps providers to improve their support for employers.

The Centre collects, translates, and share information related to disability employment. It creates resources based on research and evidence of what works. It also brings together existing national and international resources.

The information gathered by the Centre ensures more effective disability employment services. It supports the introduction of Inclusive Employment Australia.

The Centre aims to improve the quality of services delivered by:

• providers of Inclusive Employment Australia
• Workforce Australia
• Remote Jobs and Economic Development (RJED) program and Remote Australia Employment Service (RAES)
• National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
• Supported Employment Services.

The Centre improves 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.

Visit the beta version of the Centre of Inclusive Employment website(Opens external website).