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Work placement for school students with disability

These resources include guidelines for employers that were developed from a pilot program based on best practice CDL for students with disabilities at University of Tasmania. The guidelines are aimed at employers either currently hosting or considering hosting school-based VET students with disability in work-based learning placements.


Guidelines for Employers/Workplace Hosts

These guidelines are based on interviews with employers who host school-based VET students with disability for work placements and their school coordinators, expert input from an Advisory Group and other literature.

Messages from employers - Hosting students with disability in your workplace (pdf)


Case Study

The Case Study of Best Practice reports the findings and recommendations from the pilot program and will be of interest to employers, school VET supervisors, educators, academics, researchers.

Download: Case study for Work placement for school students with disability (doc 2MB)

Download: Case study for Work placement for school students with disability (pdf)


Schools, Employers and Work Placements

The CDL Hub Symposium, held in February 2023, shared the outputs of their research project, with staff from across the sector sharing their experiences of designing and implementing programs. 

Download the transcript: Schools, Employers and Work Placements (doc)