Disability Employment

Getting someone into a job is important. But does securing employment necessarily mean the employment journey has been successful?

In this episode of the Employment Systems podcast, Dr Peter Smith explores the limitations of traditional employment outcome measures and asks whether our systems are measuring what really matters.

Employment placements, hours worked...

What does fidelity actually mean in employment services, and why does it matter?

Put simply, fidelity asks whether the practice being delivered in the real world matches the practice we say we deliver, and whether it retains the important characteristics that make the approach work.

Its practical value is that it helps organisations identify where practice is dr...

What would employment services look like if they were designed around a person’s employment journey, rather than the program they happen to qualify for today?

In this episode, Dr Peter Smith explores the idea of journey-based employment and why the way we organise employment services can sometimes get in the way of the outcome we are trying to achieve.

People’s ...

Series Introduction, Dr Peter Smith

Hello, I’m Dr Peter Smith from the Centre for Disability Employment Research and Practice, or CDERP.

Welcome to Systems in Employment Practice.

I wanted to put this six part series together because I keep finding myself coming back to the same problem.

In employment services, we spend a lot of time talki...