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Appendix 12: Government services for employment for people with disability<br />

DES providers can also support students with disability who are in their final year of secondary school<br />

to find employment where they are defined as having a ‘significant disability’. 18<br />

Australian Disability Enterprises<br />

Australian Disability Enterprises provide supported employment to people with disability.<br />

The Department of Social Services describes Australian Disability Enterprises as ‘not-for-profit<br />

businesses that provide supported employment for people with moderate to severe disability who face<br />

barriers to working in the open employment labour market.’ 19<br />

In 2015, there were 186 Australian Disability Enterprises providing supported employment to over<br />

20,500 people with disability across Australia. 20<br />

Individuals working for an Australian Disability Enterprise are covered by the Supported Employment<br />

Services Award 2010, which provides for the payment of a ‘pro-rata wage’ to those employees, based<br />

on an assessment of their productivity in the job. 21<br />

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