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The Future of Disability Employment Services. Tony Waslin Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Government Agenda Review employment services Social Inclusion Increased focus on education /training Address skills shortages. What’s happened already? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Future of Disability Employment Services
Tony Waslin
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Government Agenda
– Review employment services
– Social Inclusion
– Increased focus on education /training
– Address skills shortages
What’s happened already?
Review of general employment services
Jan 08 – Minister called for submissions
June 08 – Release of Discussion Paper
National Mental Health & Disability Employment Strategy
May 08 – consultations
June 08 – submissions
DEN/ VRS contracts extended to February 2010
Moving Forward
Review of Disability Employment Services
• Services are separate and distinct
• Within context of broader review
• Some issues addressed through broader review – Charter of Contract Management
– Compliance Framework for job seeker
– Performance Management
What we’ve heard?Key themes
Complexity– Program design - DEN/VRS capped and uncapped– fee structures– assessment processes Inflexibility– Streaming of job seekers– Linkages between programsRed tape– Administrative burden– Contract management, claims for fees
Building SolutionsComplexity• Comment received:
“Simplifying program structure and funding will reduce a significant amount of existing red tape.”
• Question: Would simplifying the structure of the disability employment
programs help reallocate resources from administration to job seekers?
Do the benefits of a complex fee structure outweigh the costs of administration and assurance?
Building Solutions
Complexity• Comments received:
“assessment processes (DPI) and (DMI) should be reviewed and improved.”
• Question:
How can we improve the assessment processes?
Building Solutions
Inflexibility• Comments received:
“A job seeker style account should be introduced for VRS and DEN”
• Questions:
Would job seekers get a better deal through an account?
Building Solutions
Inflexibility• Comments received:
“speed to placement” performance measures reward short term-outcomes and discourage capacity building.”
• Questions:
How can a performance framework guard against ‘parking’ difficult to help job seekers, while recognising and rewarding getting job seekers into a ‘better’ job (eg. through skilling)?
Building Solutions
Red Tape• Comments received:
“The DEN fee structure is overly complex and should be reviewed”
• Questions: Are the two fee structures and four funding levels for DEN
capped and uncapped useful?
Would simplifying the fee structure reduce red tape?
Building Solutions
Red tape• Comment received:
“There is administrative burden in the overlap between certification under the disability service standards and DEEWR contract management.”
• Question: How can we reduce red tape, while still ensuring that
taxpayer funds are appropriately spent?
Building Solutions
• What other key changes would you like in future arrangements for disability employment services?
Next Steps
Next Steps• Release of formal Discussion Paper• Call for comment and consultations• Contact details
• Website: www.workplace.gov.au/workplace/Publications/PolicyReviews/ • Email: [email protected] • Telephone: 1800 064 516 • Mail: Project Manager
Disability Employment Services ReviewLocation 12M12DEEWRGPO Box 9879Canberra ACT 2601
The Future of Disability Employment Services
Tony Waslin
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations