Centre for Disability Employment Research and Practice

18/01/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/customised-employment-changing-so-whats-expected-dr-peter-smith-dkeoc

Across Australia, we’re seeing a clear shift away from short-term placement activity and toward professionally grounded, psychologically informed, and evidence-based practice. That shift requires more than good intentions.

16/01/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-vacancy-matching-role-design-what-november-2025-occupation-j5zpc

13/01/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sales-logics-customised-employment-competing-system-responses-smith-bpc3c

07/01/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peter-smith-54a50844_weve-created-a-family-guide-to-customised-activity-7414524288428589057-xNtW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAlUdQoBgHkotdFDTt5Oa7WVDgOqbhKXB3s

We've created a Family Guide to Customised Employment to assist families to understand it and ask the right questions. Download from this link. https://lnkd.in/gxhxh_ZP

06/01/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/contemporary-description-customised-employment-dr-peter-smith-nu9fc

Customised Employment is a disciplined, system-aware professional practice for designing and sustaining meaningful work by aligning vocational identity, psychological readiness, relational supports, and employer need within a dynamically balanced employment ecosystem. At its core, Customised Employm

05/01/2026

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19/12/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflecting-our-work-2025-dr-peter-smith-ybnac

11/12/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peter-smith-54a50844_summers-the-perfect-time-to-upskill-join-activity-7405012604038995968-NQ0w?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAlUdQoBgHkotdFDTt5Oa7WVDgOqbhKXB3s

Summer’s the perfect time to upskill. Join CDERP’s ACRE Customised Employment Training — Five Weeks, Big Impact. While work slows down, your professional development doesn’t have to. Build your CE capability, learn Discovery with fidelity, and gain access to Australia’s only practice-devel...

08/12/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peter-smith-54a50844_customisedemployment-cderp-drpetersmith-activity-7403607078394896385-siaB?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAlUdQoBgHkotdFDTt5Oa7WVDgOqbhKXB3s

Two papers came back from peer review today, some minor edits and we move the dial on evidence based disability employment practice and systems. I have two others that I don't expect to hear from until next year, that extend practice evidence. Book chapter time now, two for other authors and the rem...

06/12/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peter-smith-54a50844_employer-engagement-as-a-system-lever-activity-7403192110788575232-Q0h-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAlUdQoBgHkotdFDTt5Oa7WVDgOqbhKXB3s

Recently, I shared a short excerpt from this draft chapter that explored how employer engagement operates within the broader employment ecosystem. The response was strong, and many people asked to see more. Today, I’m sharing the full draft chapter to provide the complete context and argument. In ...

04/12/2025

Our website has a few issues with placeholder issues, but content is still accessible minus the pretty images that top each page. The IT guys are on it.

25/11/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/architecture-equilibrium-from-neurology-human-systems-dr-peter-smith-ntvtc

Prologue – The Question of Order Every living system searches for balance. The seed bending toward light, the neuron repairing a broken pathway, the society adjusting to disruption, all share an instinct for equilibrium.