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Collaborating across industries to build inclusive workplaces

Our Communities of Practice bring together industry leaders, employers, people with disability, and partners to share knowledge and drive inclusion.

Members work together to:

  • Develop industry-specific approaches to employment of people with disability.
  • Share resources, insights, and best practice.
  • Build connections that lead to lasting change.

Through these collaborations, we remove systemic barriers and open employment pathways for people with disability.

Current Communities

Why join a Community of Practice?

  • Connect with committed leaders in your sector.
  • Learn practical, inclusive employment approaches.
  • Access free resources, training, and mentoring from the Road to Employment team.
  • Share challenges, test ideas, and celebrate successes.

Interested in joining or starting a Community of Practice?

Email the Road to Employment team at r2e@purpleorange.org.au, phone (08) 8373 8388.

Projects

  1. Dig In
  2. Digital Inclusion Project
  3. Disability Inclusion Training
  4. Enabled Youth Disability Network (EYDN)
  5. Inclusive Neighbourhoods
  6. Inclusive School Communities
  7. My Home My Way
  8. Our Voice SA
  9. Quality Support Worker Project
  10. Regional Employment Project
  11. Road to Employment
  12. SKILL SA
  13. Together We Learn
  14. Tourism Local Navigator Pilot Project
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Finance and Professional Services

Finance and professional services organisations often want to improve disability inclusion but are unsure where to start.

Our Finance Community of Practice is made up of change-makers across the sector, including people with disability, HR leaders, recruiters, and industry bodies. Together, we:

• Break down recruitment barriers.
• Promote diversity as a driver of business success.
• Build pathways into finance careers for people with disability.

Download our flyer [accessible PDF] about the Finance Community of Practice.

Finance Industry Community of Practice

“Thank you for the opportunity to learn from those with lived experience and to really realise how simple disability inclusion can be.”

Community of Practice member

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Aged Care

We have a well-established network of aged care employers and partners committed to leading change across the sector.

We’ve redesigned our approach to meet the needs of a busy industry. A co-design group, including people with disability and aged care experience, guides our work. Our goals are to:

  • Increase awareness of disability and the benefits of inclusion.
  • Build provider capacity through training and mentoring.
  • Develop resources on inclusive employment practices.
  • Achieve more employment outcomes for people with disability.

Recent achievements include:

  • Creating the ‘Aged Care Employer Guide to Disability Inclusive Employment’.
  • Delivering a traineeship program and pre-vocational program for people with disability.
  • Implementing guidance from Aged Care Co-design on AI in recruitment and intersectionality.
  • Running educational events, training, and business mentoring for providers.
  • Influencing the recruitment of over 50 people with disability into aged care roles.
Aged Care Community of Practice

“The CoP support has been instrumental in turning good ideas and good intentions into time-driven actionable steps resulting in tangible outcomes.”

Aged Care Community of Practice member

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Local Government

Local councils play a key role in disability inclusion, including through their Disability Access and Inclusion Plans. Our Local Government Community of Practice focuses on supporting councils to become more inclusive employers.

Achievements include:
• Building a network of 20 councils committed to change.
• Delivering workshops on recruitment and disability employment.
• Connecting councils with Disability Employment Service providers.
• Supporting tailored business mentoring for six councils.

We also celebrate inclusion through events such as the International Day of People with Disability, and share Stories of Change from within the sector.

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