CDERP College

05/03/2025

It's taken a while to curate our highly focused small group conference. Very different from the usual stuff, it has one stream running each day with a blend of academia, service providers, people with a disability, employers, and advocates. Everyone is given 40-45 minutes to present and discuss issues raised by the audience as we try to cover the issues that are important to delivering practice that creates meaningful careers and employment from school to retirement.

We hope you'll join us as we set the agenda for Customised Employment practice with your input and that of our global research and practice partners. The agenda is on the CDERP College conference page.

www.college.cderp.com.au

10/02/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ensuring-fidelity-customised-employment-ceofect-framework-smith-uxjvc

The Customised Employment Organisational Fidelity & Elevating Capacity Tool (CEOFECT) is an Australian adaptation of the EFFECT tool, which was initially developed by our colleagues at the University of Massachusetts (UMASS). In collaboration with UMASS, we refined the tool to ensure that Australian

07/02/2025

Our Director, Dr Peter Smith, has written a chapter on disability employment methods for this book. We look forward to reading his work soon.

06/02/2025

Great News: Clare will be speaking at the conference and will have a lot of great information that will engage all of us.

Another reason to attend!

30/01/2025

We're in the process of compiling our existing resources and all the new ones developed for the ACRE-accredited Customised Employment training program into a handbook for course participants. It will be available in electronic and hard copy and will have annual updates. This is another example of how we work to professionalise the delivery of Customised Employment through accredited and recognised employment professionals. There are lots more developments unique to Australia's employment ecosystem coming this year.



https://college.cderp.com.au/

27/01/2025

This will be fun and educational; don't miss out on being at our highly personalised event for professionals and families alike. You will explore practice, accredited training, real-world outcomes, and ways to use Customised Employment in different settings such as the NDIS, DES and Social Entreprises. Join like-minded people who are changing employment- one job, one person, one employer at a time.

09/12/2024

19/11/2024

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/advocating-personalisation-des-blueprint-success-dr-peter-smith-4gmlc

The Australian Disability Employment Services (DES) system is poised for transformation, with new contracts set to redefine how we support job seekers with disabilities. While the upcoming model promises innovation, the real challenge is ensuring that these reforms deliver personalised, meaningful e

10/11/2024

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-rethink-disability-employment-australia-dr-peter-smith-lyb9c

03/11/2024

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/transforming-supported-employment-people-disabilities-dr-peter-smith-apybc

In 2016, we started working diligently to develop alternative pathways for Australian Disability Entreprises to create open employment pathways for their clients. Findings from a 2018 study on supported employment, along with a 2021 follow-up study—both conducted by the Centre for Disability Emplo...

01/11/2024

Our new Customised Employment training program is undergoing accreditation with the international standards body against the published competencies for practice. Contextualising it to Australia while also respecting the US origins of Customised Employment required a fair bit of work. With twelve lessons and over 90 topics plus mentoring, assessments, practicals and quizzes, the program is very comprehensive. This is a first for Australia and, in many ways, a recognition of our decades of work in this space. The program is available now and is very detailed. I'm happy to let you look under the hood upon request.

The course is asynchronous and online, but it can also be delivered face-to-face to groups or through hybrid methods.

https://college.cderp.com.au/courses/customised-employment-discovery-professional-2/

31/10/2024

A new Practice Notes is now available for downloading.

Enjoy.

Link: https://tinyurl.com/3rzp9u2x