14th April, 2026

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.

Audience

The primary audience for the conference is employment practitioners, service leaders, and organisations delivering customised employment. For anyone looking to deliver Customised Employment, this is a good opportunity to explore service delivery models and challenges.

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. If you're would like one of the limited places, email info@cderp.com.au for the discount code, stating your role.

Venue: Guide Dogs Victoria, 2-6 Chandler Highway, Kew.

The complete program will be released in March, 2026

Enquiries to: info@cderp.com.au