Inclusive Pathways to Employment pilot
The Inclusive Pathways to Employment (IPE) pilot explored how young people with disability can be supported to progress in their career journeys.
The IPE pilot supported young people to explore their interests, set goals and work towards careers. It looked at what is needed to develop youth employment services that work for all young people.
IPE was delivered by four Transition to Work youth employment services in different regions of Australia. The pilot included:
- Stream A: young people with significant disability*
- Stream B: young people with disability already enrolled in Transition to Work
- Stream C: career-development activities for young people in school or the community.
The Brotherhood of St. Laurence (BSL) National Collaboration on Employment and Disability (NCED) supported these services to:
- increase their understanding of disability
- provide services that include young people with different needs and are easy for them to use
- team up with local schools and services to provide support that fits together.
IPE is a way to create new access to improved youth employment services offering career support pathways for all young people, including those with disability. It can be used to provide accessible and inclusive services and support all young people to talk about and work towards their goals.
It allows employment services to work together with family members and supporters, employers and community organisations, and offers them a model for working, and tools and support to make the change possible. (This support was offered by the NCED.)
You can read the program evaluation documents here .
* ‘Significant disability’, or IPE Stream A, included one or more of the following: participating in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS); receiving the Disability Support Pension (DSP) or disability funding at school; attending a disability specialist school or class in a mainstream school.