Centre for Disability Employment Research and Practice

18/11/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/preparing-capable-workforce-future-inclusive-employment-smith-9fiic

As the new Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA) system takes shape, providers need staff who can deliver genuine, evidence-based Customised Employment, not generic job-placement practice. This is where CDERP’s ACRE accredited training stands apart.

17/11/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peter-smith-54a50844_customisedemployment-cderp-drpetersmith-share-7396156172023599104-4QEg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAlUdQoBgHkotdFDTt5Oa7WVDgOqbhKXB3s

Great to be sharing some of the recent evidence based developments in Customised Employment practice.

17/11/2025

Here's the recording from today's Family Discovery webinar.

https://youtu.be/mC-sOd-z6zI

14/11/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/using-scmt-sensory-readiness-scale-vocational-fit-profile-smith-hv1uc

Over the past several months, I have been working with a participant whose sensory profile, trauma history, and emotional regulation patterns require a carefully paced and highly attuned Discovery approach. Traditional forms of vocational exploration, even when adapted, have repeatedly resulted in o

13/11/2025

Congrats to Sandra for joining the international list of CE professionals who have complete the Australian adaptation of the ACRE certified training. Well Done Sandra. More to come, with dozens undergoing internationally recognized training.

10/11/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden-system-lever-how-employer-engagement-holds-balance-smith-taflc

Employer engagement has long been treated as a simple process of connecting a job seeker to a vacancy. The consultant identifies a participant, prepares a résumé, makes a call, and hopes that an employer will take a chance.

07/11/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-case-notes-evidence-why-frameworks-matter-disability-smith-lnbdf

Sometimes the biggest difference between good practice and lasting change is the ability to explain why something works. There is a quiet power in being able to turn the work we do with people into evidence that genuinely tells their story.

05/11/2025

Big thanks to

Jennifer Argaet, June Alexander

for all your support! Congrats for being top fans on a streak 🔥!

04/11/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/aligning-national-workforce-reform-equilibrium-systems-dr-peter-smith-6udwc

A Comparative Analysis of the Jobs and Skills Report 2025: “Connecting for Impact” Australia’s Jobs and Skills Report 2025 sets out an ambitious vision for national renewal built around productivity, participation, and inclusion. The report, titled Connecting for Impact, argues that Australia....

03/11/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/holding-space-finding-practitioner-equilibrium-time-change-smith-npxcc

The start of Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA) signals a new chapter for disability employment. There’s a sense of optimism in the air — that maybe this time, the system will finally align around the person, their family, and the life they want to build.

24/10/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/employment-isnt-just-cost-its-health-economic-investment-smith-3egxc

Every few months, the national conversation about disability employment returns to cost. Treasury models the billions spent on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the new Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA) framework and asks whether these programs are worth it.

21/10/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/listening-experience-what-ders-reveals-discovery-practice-smith-9wfbc

The Discovery Experience Reflection Scale (DERS) was developed by CDERP to help service providers understand how participants experience the Discovery process. Rather than measuring outputs or compliance, DERS captures the participant’s perspective: whether they felt understood, included, and empo...