Customised Employment Practice and Innovation Conference (One Day)
Purpose of the Conference
This one-day conference is designed to bring together practitioners and organisations delivering customised employment with fidelity to recognised competencies and practice models. The focus is on how customised employment is being implemented in real service contexts, the innovations emerging from practice, and the tools and systems being used to maintain quality, individualisation, and sustainability.
The conference is practice-facing and method-focused. It is not a general disability employment forum and is not intended for introductory or conceptual overviews of customised employment.
Themes and Scope
Abstracts are invited that address one or more of the following areas:
- Service delivery models
How customised employment is structured and delivered within organisations, including workforce roles, supervision, and integration with broader employment systems. - Discovery and individualisation in practice
Approaches to Discovery, assessment alternatives, vocational profiling, and maintaining person-centred integrity at scale. - Employer engagement and negotiated job design
Methods for engaging employers, negotiating roles, redesigning work, and supporting job sustainability beyond placement. - Fidelity, quality, and evidence development
Use of fidelity frameworks, quality assurance tools, practice-based evidence, and continuous improvement mechanisms. - Practice tools and innovations
Tools developed or adapted to support individualisation, accessibility, employer engagement, or evidence generation in customised employment.
Abstract Requirements
Abstracts should clearly demonstrate:
- Active delivery of customised employment in practice
- Explicit alignment to recognised customised employment competencies (for example ACRE-aligned practice)
- Reflection on implementation challenges as well as successes
- Relevance to practitioners seeking to strengthen fidelity and effectiveness
Abstract length: 300–500 words
Presentation format:
- 45 minutes presentation
- 45 minutes facilitated discussion (shared with a second presenter in the session)
Audience
The primary audience for the conference is employment practitioners, service leaders, and organisations delivering customised employment.
A limited number of places will also be available for NDIS participants, family members, and other non-professionals to attend as observers at cost-recovery rates.
Submission and Review
Abstracts will be reviewed for relevance, practice integrity, and contribution to the field. Selection is competitive to ensure depth and quality of discussion.
