Presentation SLES January CH ProviderPaul Cain, Inclusion Australia
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School Leaver Employment Supports
Why School Leaver Employment Supports?
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— “support the independence & social and economic participation
of people with disability”
— “develop & support the capacity of people with
disability to undertake activities that enable them
to participate . . in employment.”
Three Facts 1. Can work
2. Will hire
3. Right support “ . . if expectations are raised, outcomes will
follow, given the right type of support.”
Evaluation of Disability Employment Services 2010-13 Final
Report
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Three Other Facts
1. Low expectations
86%
14%
Labour Force Status People with disability
Disability Support Services 2014-15
Workforce
Built upon NSW-Transition to Work
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• Increasing no. of school leavers with disability moving into
non-work
programs, or staying at home
• Low expectations of work capacity
• Fear of losing non-work day support if choosing employment
support
• Initial demonstration of open employment (from 1986) was
positive
but limited in change impact
• Very few moved from community participation programs or ADEs
to
open employment
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“Continuum / flow-through” support • Group programs often do not
lead to open employment
• ADEs & community participation is a valid choice but little
evidence of flow through to open employment
Movement from ADEs to Open employment 1985 New Directions Report
0.3% (27 / 9,000)
2014 National Disability Employment Framework - Issues Paper 0.75%
(159 / 21,295)
Movement from Community Participation Programs to Open employment
2000 NSW Disability Service Census 11 / 1255 (0.88%)
. . the transition rate from sheltered workshops to open labor
market is very low and may range from under one percent to about
five percent
(Migliore, 2010. International Encyclopedia of
Rehabilitation)
99.25%
0.75%
• Initial pilot demonstration pre 2004 (i.e. Jobsupport) - extended
work experience in real work settings, not classrooms
- training based on individual goals or barriers (on task,
correction, travel, endurance), not a set
curriculum
- link with effective open employment service
• State-wide program from 2004 (~103 providers)
• Screening Assessment (Community Participation, TTW, DES)
• 2 years of support; “risk free” try; (no loss of other
support)
• Linkage with Disability Employment Services
• Changed expectations & created savings (5,227 school leavers
in 9
years)
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Published results for informed choice
NSW-TTW Open Employment Results, All Providers, 2004 - 2012
Provider Open Employment Outcomes School Leavers Outcome Rate
Jobsupport 299 454 65.9% Nova Transition 156 319 48.9% Break Thru
People Solutions 93 412 22.6% Job Centre Australia 88 245 35.9%
Disability Services Australia 63 211 29.9% Essential Personnel 59
203 29.1% On-Q Human Resources 54 115 47.0% Greenacres Disability
Services 51 270 18.9% Cerebral Palsy Alliance 47 140 33.6% Castle
Personnel Services 44 195 22.6% Northcott Society 42 174 24.1% The
Disability Trust 36 83 43.4% CatholicCare / Centacare 29 157 18.5%
Mai-Wel 26 103 25.2% Macarthur Disability Services 19 140 13.6%
R.E.D. 19 62 30.6% Ability Options 13 87 14.9% Youth Connections 13
42 31.0% AFFORD 12 143 8.4% Challenge Community Services 11 65
16.9% Kurrajong-Waratah 11 96 11.5% Northside Enterprises 11 49
22.4% Lifestyle Solutions 9 73 12.3% Response Services 9 95 9.5%
Central Coast Post School Options 8 69 11.6% North West Disability
Services 7 65 10.8% Valmar Support Services 7 31 22.6% The Housing
Connection 6 41 14.6%
NSW-TTW Open Employment Results, All Providers, 2004 - 2012
Provider Open Employment Outcomes School Leavers Outcome Rate Life
Without Barriers 6 73 8.2% On Track Community Programs 6 26 23.1%
Studio ARTES 6 49 12.2% Cowra Special Needs Services 4 13 30.8%
Flintwood Disability Services 4 23 17.4% House With No Steps 4 75
5.3% Lambing Flat Enterprises 4 27 14.8% Mercy Centre 4 11 36.4%
Achieve Australia 3 41 7.3% Community Options Brokerage Service 3
21 14.3% Glenray Industries 3 14 21.4% Griffith Post School Options
3 24 12.5% Hawkesbury Transition to Work 3 10 30.0% The Junction
Works 3 42 7.1% Lithgow Uniting Church 3 28 10.7% Sunnyfield 3 79
3.8% The Leisure Company 3 20 15.0% Uniting Church (Ella Community
Centre) 3 27 11.1% ACES 2 8 25.0% Broken Hill City Council 2 13
15.4% Bucketts Way Neighbourhood Group 2 7 28.6% Casino
Neighbourhood Centre 2 6 33.3% Community First Step 2 11 18.2%
Cooma Challenge 2 5 40.0% Endeavour Industries 2 29 6.9% Lifeskills
Plus 2 15 13.3% The Ascent Group 2 11 18.2% Accommodation Network 1
14 7.1%
NSW-TTW Open Employment Results, All Providers, 2004 - 2012
Provider Open Employment Outcomes School Leavers Outcome Rate
Aspire Support Services 1 5 20.0% CareWest 1 9 11.1% Coffs Harbour
Challenge 1 9 11.1% Community Programs 1 13 7.7% CRANES Community
Support Programs 1 3 33.3% The Creativity Centre 1 15 6.7%
Currajong Disability Services 1 15 6.7% Enterprise and Training 1 3
33.3% Inala 1 14 7.1% Kempsey Workpool 1 2 50.0% Ningana
Enterprises 1 11 9.1% On-Focus 1 1 100.0% Orange Community Resource
Organisation 1 7 14.3% Peckys 1 10 10.0% The Northcott Society 1 9
11.1% Yarrabin Outreach 1 9 11.1% Yawarra Aboriginal Corporation 1
1 100.0% Blue Mountains Disability Services 0 10 0.0% Caringa
Enterprises 0 12 0.0% Civic Disability Services 0 6 0.0% Coastal
Disability Services 0 4 0.0% Elouera 0 1 0.0% Eurella Community
Services Group 0 3 0.0% Hume Employment Services 0 1 0.0%
Integrated Living Australia 0 2 0.0% Interaction Disability
Services 0 1 0.0% Inverell Council (Connections) 0 23 0.0% Joblink
Plus 0 2 0.0% Kalianna Enterprises 0 13 0.0%
NSW-TTW Open Employment Results, All Providers, 2004 - 2012
Provider Open Employment Outcomes School Leavers Outcome Rate
The Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home 0 4 0.0% Mudgee Disability
Support Service 0 3 0.0% Multitask Human Resource Foundation 0 3
0.0% Nambucca Valley Phoenix 0 2 0.0% New Horizons Enterprises 0 6
0.0% New IDAFE 0 7 0.0% New Lake Peer Support 0 3 0.0% Newtrain 0 9
0.0% REAL (Richmond Employment Access & Learning) 0 4 0.0% St
George & Sutherland Community College 0 22 0.0% Sylvanvale
Disability Services 0 5 0.0% The Personnel Group 0 3 0.0% Valley
Industries 0 19 0.0% Vision Australia (Royal Blind Society) 0 2
0.0% Warrah Society 0 2 0.0% Wesley Life Skills 0 8 0.0% Windgap
Foundation 0 25 0.0% Witmore Enterprises 0 9 0.0% Woodville
Community Services 0 25 0.0%
Note: School leavers who did not achieve open employment may have
moved into supported employment; a job agency but not achieved
employment; further education, or other ADHC programs.
NSW-TTW Open Employment Results, All Providers, 2012 Provider Open
Employment Outcomes School Leavers Outcome Rate Nova Transition 47
67 70.1% Jobsupport 43 61 70.5% Break Thru People Solutions 21 63
33.3% Disability Services Australia 14 34 41.2% Job Centre
Australia 13 43 30.2% Northcott Society 12 42 28.6% Essential
Personnel 8 24 33.3% On-Q Human Resources 5 17 29.4% CatholicCare /
Centacare 4 33 12.1% Cerebral Palsy Alliance 3 18 16.7% On Track
Community Programs 3 6 50.0% AFFORD 2 23 8.7% Challenge Community
Services 2 13 15.4% Greenacres Disability Services 2 28 7.1% House
With No Steps 2 11 18.2% R.E.D. 2 11 18.2% Youth Connections 2 6
33.3% Broken Hill City Council 1 5 20.0% Castle Personnel Services
1 19 5.3% Community Options Brokerage Service 1 5 20.0% Cooma
Challenge 1 2 50.0% Enterprise and Training 1 2 50.0%
Kurrajong-Waratah 1 9 11.1% Life Without Barriers 1 7 14.3%
Lifestyle Solutions 1 12 8.3% Macarthur Disability Services 1 6
16.7% Mai-Wel 1 17 5.9% Northside Enterprises 1 6 16.7% On-Focus 1
1 100.0% Peckys 1 3 33.3%
NSW-TTW Open Employment Results, All Providers, 2012 Provider Open
Employment Outcomes School Leavers Outcome Rate Response Services 1
13 7.7% The Ascent Group 1 3 33.3% The Disability Trust 1 4 25.0%
The Housing Connection 1 4 25.0% The Leisure Company 1 1 100.0% The
Northcott Society 1 6 16.7% Valmar Support Services 1 6 16.7%
Yawarra Aboriginal Corporation 1 1 100.0% Ability Options 0 21 0.0%
Accommodation Network 0 1 0.0% Achieve Australia 0 3 0.0% Bucketts
Way Neighbourhood Group 0 1 0.0% CareWest 0 2 0.0% Casino
Neighbourhood Centre 0 1 0.0% Central Coast Post School Options 0 1
0.0% Civic Disability Services 0 1 0.0% Cowra Special Needs
Services 0 1 0.0% Currajong Disability Services 0 1 0.0% Endeavour
Industries 0 1 0.0% Eurella Community Services 0 1 0.0% Flintwood
Disability Services 0 1 0.0% Glenray Industries 0 4 0.0% Griffith
Post School Options 0 3 0.0% Inala 0 3 0.0% Kalianna Enterprises 0
5 0.0% Lambing Flat Enterprises 0 1 0.0% Lifeskills Plus 0 2 0.0%
Lithgow Uniting Church 0 2 0.0% Mercy Centre 0 1 0.0% New IDAFE 0 2
0.0%
NSW-TTW Open Employment Results, All Providers, 2012 Provider Open
Employment Outcomes School Leavers Outcome Rate New Lake Peer
Support 0 1 0.0% Ningana Enterprises 0 3 0.0% North West Disability
Services 0 3 0.0% Studio ARTES 0 2 0.0% Sunnyfield 0 7 0.0% The
Creativity Centre 0 1 0.0% The Junction Works 0 3 0.0% The Lorna
Hodgkinson Sunshine Home 0 1 0.0% The Uniting Church (Ella
Community Centre) 0 3 0.0% Valley Industries 0 5 0.0% Windgap
Foundation 0 3 0.0% Witmore Enterprises 0 1 0.0%
Note: School leavers who did not achieve open employment may have
moved into supported employment; a job agency but not achieved
employment; further education, or other ADHC programs.
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Why Victorian Transition to Employment?
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What support works?
• Effective relationships with clients & parents
• Strong links with employers
• Linkage with open employment provider (seamless/
concurrency)
Source: From Protection to Productivity. An Evaluation of the
Transition to Work program. Department of Family and Community
Services NSW, 2009.
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What is School Leaver Employment Supports?
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School Leaver Employment Supports
“If you are Year 12 school leaver, SLES offers individualised
support for up to 2 years after finishing Year 12 to help you to
develop skills and confidence to find and keep a job in open
employment.”
Requires;
- SLES eligibility
Source: From Protection to Productivity. An Evaluation of the
Transition to Work program. Department of Family and Community
Services NSW, 2009.
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Ready to get a paid job (Disability Employment Services)
School Leavers
directions, build strength) • “taste of success” - confidence via
work experience • Learn a working lifestyle
A bridge to employment
Expectations "People with disabilities
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Convey expectations
Act in expected way
Expectations become true
Expectations "People with disabilities can work in open labour
market"
Raising Expectations
experience with right support
Act in expected way
Expectations may come true
School Leaver Employment Supports may include:
• work experience generally in open employment
• job site training
employment outcome
What Supports?
NDIS Price Guide VIC/NSW/QLD/TAS. Version release date: 11 July
2016
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• 2 years of funded support ($21,000 each year)
• Eligibility (NDIS + Functional Assessment)
• Included in participants plan
SLES Funding
Eligible 2016 School Leavers;
Informed Choice & Control
You can,
• Move to a different provider if you are not happy
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DES-ESS Results
Eureka Employment Service Area
DES-ESS Provider Outcomes, Intellectual Disability - Western
Victoria
Provider
Got a job
Started with provider
Western District Employment Access 167 349 47.9% 139 230
60.4%
Encompass Community Services 34 119 28.6% 50 96 52.1%
St Laurence Community Services 69 152 45.4% 45 110 40.9%
MatchWorks (Karingal) 60 174 34.5% 44 112 39.3%
Eworks Employment Solutions 32 64 50.0%
Working Communities Network (Jobco)
Source: DES Outcome Rates by Disability Type, June 2016
Providers in bold = located in the Eureka DES employment service
area Providers underlined = NDIS Registered Providers Providers
bold and underlined = Located in Eureka DES area and NDIS
Registered Provider
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DES Star Ratings
Distance from
average ≤ -50% -49 to -20% -19% to 19% 20% to 39% ≥ 40%
Average Below Average Above Average
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DES-ESS Average Star Ratings Western Victoria, December 2016
Source: December 2016 Employment Support Service Star Ratings
Provider No. of Star Ratings Average Star Rating
Axis Employment 25 4.9
MAX Employment 1 3.0
MatchWorks (Karingal) 14 2.7
Eworks Employment Solutions 8 1.9
Encompass Community Services 3 1.3
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DES-ESS Star Ratings Western Victoria, December 2016
Source: December 2016 Employment Support Service Star Ratings
Axis Employment Star Rating (Av. 4.9) Ararat 5.0 Ballan 5.0
Ballarat 5.0 Bendigo 4.0 Castlemaine 5.0 Cohuna 5.0 Daylesford 5.0
Donald 5.0 Edenhope 5.0 Gisborne 5.0 Horsham 5.0 Kerang 5.0 Kyneton
4.0 Maryborough 4.0 Merbein 5.0 Mildura 5.0 Nhill 5.0 Ouyen 5.0 Red
Cliffs 5.0 Robinvale 5.0 Stawell 5.0 Swan Hill 5.0 Warracknabeal
5.0 Wendouree 5.0 Woodend 5.0
Western District Employment Access Star Rating (Av. 3.5)
Apollo Bay 3.0 Ararat 4.0 Ballarat 3.0 Bendigo 4.0 Camperdown 3.0
Casterton 3.0 Castlemaine 4.0 Colac 4.0 Daylesford 4.0 Hamilton 4.0
Heywood 3.0 Kyneton 4.0 Maryborough 4.0 Portland 3.0 Terang 3.0
Warrnambool 3.0
Working Communities Network (Jobco) Star Rating (Av. 3.0)
Corio 3.0 Geelong 3.0 Whittington 3.0
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DES-ESS Star Ratings Western Victoria, December 2016
Source: December 2016 Employment Support Service Star Ratings
MAX Employment Star Rating (Av. 3.0) Mildura 3.0
MatchWorks (Karingal) Star Rating (Av. 2.7) Apollo Bay 2.0
Bannockburn 3.0 Camperdown 2.0 Cobden 2.0 Colac 3.0 Corio 3.0 East
Geelong 3.0 Geelong 3.0 Lorne 3.0 Ocean Grove 4.0 Port Fairy 2.0
Terang 2.0 Torquay 4.0 Warrnambool 2.0
St Laurence Employment Services Star Rating (Av. 2.2)
Anakie 2.0 Anglesea 2.0 Belmont 2.0 Drysdale 2.0 Geelong 2.0 Lara
2.0 Newcomb 2.0 Norlane 4.0 North Geelong 2.0 Ocean Grove 2.0
Portarlington 2.0 Queenscliff 2.0 Torquay 2.0
Eworks Employment Solutions Star Rating (Av. 1.9)
Birchip 2.0 Charlton 1.0 Cohuna 2.0 Donald 2.0 Kerang 2.0 Robinvale
1.0 Swan Hill 3.0 Wycheproof 2.0
Encompass Community Services Star Rating (Av. 1.3)
East Geelong 1.0 Geelong 2.0 Norlane 1.0
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1. Find out which providers are available
2. Look at,
5. Make your choice . . and begin.
Choose a provider
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Providers are important to the success of SLES!
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The right support • 2,400 school leavers per year, each year, at
full roll out
• Provider practice is critical to participant success
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• Learn, innovate and build on the lessons from NSW-TTW
• Visit high performing providers
• Want/seek training and technical assistance to replicate current
best practices?
Source: From Protection to Productivity. An Evaluation of the
Transition to Work program. Department of Family and Community
Services NSW, 2009.
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Outcomes • Participant and carer surveys
• Provider reporting tool
• Published provider outcome performance to support informed
choice, drive improved support practices
• Change in expectations — community, teachers, parents, disability
sector etc
— people with disability can work with the right support;
— a viable effective pathway of support for school leavers who need
this level of employment support
Source: From Protection to Productivity. An Evaluation of the
Transition to Work program. Department of Family and Community
Services NSW, 2009.
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Thank you . . any questions?