Welfare Systems and Services in Australia

This report evaluates the welfare systems and services in Australia, specifically focusing on Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) and Disability Employment Services (DES). It explores the case of Clara, a physically disabled girl seeking suitable services. The report discusses welfare payments and supports provided by ADEs and evaluates their services. It also highlights the role of DES in providing employment support for individuals with disabilities.

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Executive Summary
Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) has been recognized as part of a continuum of
employment prospects and acts as an associations and aiding them to increase training as well as
experience to self-assuredly engage into extensive range of work related to packaging, gathering,
construction, recycling, screen printing, plantations, garden preservation and landscaping, clean-
up services, laundry services in addition to food services. Alongside people with disability can
further seek services from DES (Disability Employment Services). The report has evaluated the
case of Clara, a physically disabled girl who has been seeking welfare services to find suitable
services for herself.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) and DES (Disability Employment Services)............3
Welfare payments and supports for Clara through Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs)...4
Evaluation of services of Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs)...........................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Recently, elevating demands can be observed in Australia for the introduction of a recent,
general and continuing tool for financial support for individuals with disability. These demands
have been formed by set of groups as well as individuals from associations, disability
sponsorship groups as well as individuals, from unions and health agencies to carers’ legislative
bodies and people suffering from disability or in a considerate role (AIHW, 2019). The aim of
the report is to evaluate a case of Clara, a physically disabled girl who has been seeking welfare
services to find suitable services for herself.
Discussion
Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) and DES (Disability Employment
Services)
Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) has been recognized as part of a continuum of
employment prospects and acts as an associations and aiding them to increase training and
knowledge to self-assuredly engage into extensive range of work responsibilities related to
packaging, gathering, construction, recycling, screen publishing, plantation nursery, garden
preservation and landscaping, cleaning services and other occupations like laundry services as
well as food services (DSS.Gov.au, 2019). Alongside people with disability can further look for
services from DES (Disability Employment Services).

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Welfare payments and supports for Clara through Australian Disability Enterprises
(ADEs)
Based on the case, Clara disabled individual has been suffering disabilities has been
seeking independence from her disabilities. However, due to her repeated challenges of finding
suitable accommodation she has been developing severe depression. At this juncture, an ADE
can provide support to people with disability like Clara in order to involve them in range of work
tasks. Furthermore, ADE chiefly offer comparable working circumstances as other organizations
in addition to an occasion for disabled individuals in order to donate as well as bond to their local
community (DSS.Gov.au, 2019). It has been noted that ADEs serve a decisive as well as
valuable role in offering employment prospects to people with disability like Clara across
Australia. The Australian Government has committed to supporting supreme quality, long-lasting
and resilient employment outcomes for people with disability in addition to a dynamic as well as
sustainable supported employment sector.
Evaluation of services of Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs)
Drawing relevance from the case, it has been noted that Clara being a 24 years old has
been suffering from disability since the age of two. In addition to this, Clara staying with her
parents has been unable to get proper accommodation which will align to her needs and
requirements. Clara has been experiencing severe monetary issues due to lack of employment
opportunities and financial assistance (DSS.Gov.au, 2019). At this juncture, people with
disabilities like Clara can seek help from the Government which has been investing around $180
million on a wide array of programmes in order to aid ADEs to regulate to the shifting sector
setting which involves offering financial resources in business development to sustain ADE
business capability as well as offer constancy for employees suffering from disability along with

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their families whilst the sector alteration to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Moreover, as per the report of authors, these initiatives have been delivering their services since
2015 for improving the conditions of ADE to be well-equipped for the roll-out of the NDIS in
2019. However, the strategies chiefly take in progress and sharing of a commerce capability
self-assessment means meant for providers to establish their existing business as well as
monetary position, salary supplementation to endow with financial aid to ADEs as they regulate
to latest wage planning in favor of supported workers and case management grants in order to aid
supported human resources with restricted work competence who show willingness to explore
non-employment options. Furthermore, reports have claimed that funding of ADEs is regularly
transitioning to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Moreover, NDIS chiefly supports inhabitants with undying and major disability to attain
greater number of alternatives, options and regulation. Thus, people with disabilities like Clara
must seek welfare services like ADE to enhance current status of their lives and attain substantial
independence in life like others with no disabilities. It is vital to note that there are approximately
20,000 disabled individuals engaged in over 600 Australian Disability Enterprises across
Australia (WWDA, 2019). It has noted that the Australian Disability Enterprises are recognized
as businesses which have been facilitating people like Clara who has been suffering from
disability issues in a range of industries and can live their lives at par with the mainstream
populace of the society. Employees hired through ADE have exhibited significant contentment
with the equivalent working situation as those in the common workforce (Parliament of
Australia, 2019).
Evaluation of services of DES (Disability Employment Services)

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Alongside people with disability can further look for services from DES (Disability
Employment Services). Such a welfare services has been proficiently delivering considerable
employment support for employment seekers with disability. DES is delivered by a range of
agencies around Australia. These agencies tend to serve a professional role in facilitating
disabled individuals, wound or deteriorating health provisions develop willingness and zeal to
seek employment services and sustain employment, thus offering a range of supports to attain
individual needs (WWDA, 2019). Significant proportion of Australians have been encountering
disadvantages which have been impacting their physical as well as mental health, and further
their involvement in education, employment and social activities. Disability Employment
Services tends to be uncapped, with the intention that all eligible people with disability can attain
direct access to individually adapted as well as comprehensive services that includes capacity
building, training, and work experience in addition to other interventions in order to help
participants like Clara to get hold of and sustain suitable employment.
Disability Employment Services show the capacity to commit to early intervention
affiliations with schools as well as other services in order to ensure employment assistance has
availability as soon as a person with disability shows willingness to partake in employment
services (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2019). While evaluating the case of Clara and
her issues, it can be noted that the Supported Wage System is identified as a process that
facilitates employers in Australia to pay yield based wages to citizens whose work productivity is
drastically lower due to issues related to disability. Thus, by means of the Supported Wage
System, the Australian Government funding competent evaluators can help to establish
efficiency level of employee with the ensuing earnings being paid by the company. Thus, it is
significant to note that individuals with disability like Clara can be employed under the

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Supported Wage System provisions in order to assess their work efficiency on a yearly basis.
Such an evaluation can accurately measure productivity and output level of the employees.
Conclusion
Therefore, from the above discussion it can be concluded that as the Supported Wage
System offered by DES chiefly functions across federal as well as state workplace relations
regulatory frameworks, it can be highly effective and suitable for Clara to receive adequate
employment services which will suit her needs and receive proper welfare services designed for
disabled individuals.

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References
AIHW. (2019). Australia's welfare 2017: in brief. Retrieved from:
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-welfare/australias-welfare-2017-in-brief/
contents/disability-and-carers
Australian Human Rights Commission. (2019). Welfare to Work submission. Retrieved from
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/welfare-work-submission
DSS.Gov.au. (2019). Australian Disability Enterprises. Retrieved from:
https://www.dss.gov.au/disability-and-carers-programmes-services-for-people-with-
disability/australian-disability-enterprises
DSS.Gov.au. (2019). Australian Disability Enterprises. Retrieved from:
https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/
Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BriefingBook43p/disabilitysupport
DSS.Gov.au. (2019). Employment for People with Disability. Retrieved from:
https://www.dss.gov.au/disability-and-carers-programs-services-for-people-with-
disability/employment-for-people-with-disability
DSS.Gov.au. (2019). For people with disability. Retrieved from: https://www.dss.gov.au/our-
responsibilities/disability-and-carers/program-services/for-people-with-disability
Parliament of Australia (2019). Funding support for people with disability. Retrieved from:
https://www.dss.gov.au/disability-and-carers-programmes-services-for-people-with-
disability/australian-disability-enterprises

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WWDA. (2019). Employment Programs for People With Disabilities. Retrieved from:
http://wwda.org.au/govtdis/govtdisprogram/employprog1/