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2 May 2012
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NESA is the peak body for Australian employment and related services vision voice support
Established in 1997 to be an inclusive voice dedicated to the representation and continuous improvement of Australian Government employment and related services
NESA works to advance the industry and support and strengthen the economic and social participation services and outcomes delivered by its members
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 Representation and Advocacy
 Member Products and Services
 Information and Operational Support Services
 Industry Networking
 Industry Leadership and Development
 Professional Development
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Key Points in Relation to Mental Health and Employment vision voice support
Australia ranks:
 21 out of 27 of OECD countries of participation rates for people with a disability
 7 th for part time participation for people with disability
 2 nd in regards to the comparative risk of people with a disability living in or near poverty
 A diversity of strategies that support individuals, employers and the wider community to address barriers to participation and inclusion required
 30.4% of people receiving income support payments were identified with symptoms indicative of a clinically diagnosable mental disorder
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Dr Peter Butterworth, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University)
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Commonwealth Department of
Education, Employment & Workplace Relations
Policy & Program Administration, Development & Implementation
Purchasing & Contract Management
Centrelink
Social Security
Employment
Services
Gateway
Job Seeker
Compliance
National Employment Services Data Base
National Performance Assessment Framework
Complementary Programs
New Enterprise Incentive Scheme
Harvest Labour Services
Experience +
National Green Jobs Corps
Youth Connections
Language, Literacy & Numeracy,
Indigenous Employment Programs
Apprenticeships – AAC, GTO & Access
Disability Support Services: NPA, EIS, SWS
PHaMS
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 Job Services Australia:
 Stream 1 – 3 – level of vocational and non-vocational barriers assessed through the Job Seeker Classification
Instrument
 Stream 4 – level of vocational and non-vocational barriers assessed through a Job Capacity Assessor
 Disability Employment Services:
 Disability Management Service - for job seekers who are not expected to need long-term support in the workplace
 Employment Support Service – for job seekers with an assessed need for more long-term support in the workplace
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Job Services Australia:
 470,000, 13 week employment outcomes in the first 33 months of the JSA contract vision voice support
 1.13 million Job Placements with 38% of those in Stream 3 and 4
Disability Employment Services:
 70,000 13 week employment outcomes in the first 24 months of the DES contract
 108,000 job placements
Both programs substantially out-perform previous frameworks with significant improvement for highly disadvantaged job seekers
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Employment Services assistance to job seekers includes: vision voice support
 Individual assessment and tailored assistance services based on relative need
 Provision of job search facilities for registered job seekers
 Free placement services to employers
 Employment Pathway Fund (JSA only) – pool of funds quarantined to assist job seekers with vocational and non vocational barriers including specialist health services
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 Strong linkages to registered training organisations providing training and education to job seekers vision voice support
 Conduit to other complementary programs including work experience, NEIS, drought force, LLNP and AMEP,
Harvest Labour Services, Experience plus mature age initiatives, Youth Connections, Indigenous Employment
Programs, CDEP, Apprenticeship and traineeships and a range of other services/programs
 Post Placement and Ongoing Support
 An understanding of diverse service provision
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 Inclusion of a social outcome in the DES program
 Inclusion of rewards to a DES provider who links skills in demand, education and training to employment outcomes
 On-going support arrangements for job seekers in JSA
Stream 4
 Gateway or re-entry processes for job seekers impacted by episodic conditions for immediate support
 Strengthening the assessment and streaming processes
 Outcomes and rewards designed around the complexity of service delivery
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