NESA
NATIONAL
CONFERENCE
22-23 AUGUST 2017 | PULLMAN MELBOURNE ON THE PARK, 192 WELLINGTON PARADE MELBOURNE
About our Event
Forging the Future...through inclusive employment services
Celebrating our 20th anniversary
of dedicated commitment to the sector!
The 2017 NESA National Conference is all about
“Forging the Future through inclusive employment services”
This conference has something for everyone in the employment services sector. Delegates will have the opportunity to attend plenary and workshop sessions that explore current issues, global trends and the broader policy environment shaping the sector. The programme will be relevant to all employment services and will include a focus on the future reform and purchasing of DES and CDP.
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Available Presentations
Tuesday 22nd
Morning
- Opening Address (full text): Sally Sinclair (CEO, NESA)
- Address by Assistant Minister The Hon Jane Prentice MP
- Job Seeker Compliance: Ty Emerson (Branch Manager, Department of Employment)
- Responding to Serious Incidents: Ali Jalayer (Branch Manager for Specialist Programmes and Policy Branch, Youth and Programmes Group, Department of Employment)
- Innovation in employment and inclusion: Jessica May (CEO, Enabled Employment)
- Innovation in employment and inclusion: Paul Brown (General Manager, Jigsaw)
- Innovation in employment and inclusion: Nick Pearce (Co-founder, HoMie’s)
- Remote employment and participation services: Bronwyn Field (Acting First Assistant Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet)
- (Joining the dots: Collaborations that work) Transition to Work: Niamh McTiernan (Principal Advisor, Brotherhood of St Laurence)
- (Joining the dots: Collaborations that work) National Workforce Network: Renae Lowry (Executive Director, Matchworks)
- (Joining the dots: Collaborations that work) Youth Transitions: Brendan Bourke (Head of Client Services, yourtown Community Services)
- Retaining and building frontline capability: Annette Gill (Principal Policy Advisor, NESA)
- 2016 Remuneration Survey: Paul Maguire (Director, Maguire Consulting)
Afternoon
- Real Safety for Real People: Tony Horton (Real Safety)
Wednesday 23rd
Morning
- Frontline skills in a consumer centred market: Julie Graham (Executive Director, Karingal)
- Case management fundamentals: Matt Eldridge (Managing Director, Controlled Chaos)
- (Where are we headed?) International evidence and best practice: key trends and developments: Benedikte Jensen (Group Manager, Labour Market Strategy, Department of Employment)
- (Where are we headed?) Frontline perspectives from the UK and Australia: what’s changing?: Dr. Paul McGann (ARC Research Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne)
- (Where are we headed?) New public management and the rule of economic incentives: Dr. Nguyen Phuc (Research Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne)
- The future of DES: Chris D’Souza (Director, Policy and Provider Team, Disability Employment Services Policy Branch, Department of Social Services)
- (Employer engagement and promoting diversity: Michael Cooper (Training and Compliance Manager, Fletcher International Exports)
- Writing winning tenders and proposals: Annette Gill (Principal Policy Advisor, NESA)
- Governance for an agile organisation: Jodie Willmer (Board Succession and Diversity Strategist)
**Please note, these are the only presentations of which we have received PDF copies. If there is another presentation you would like to see here, contact us, and we will see if we can obtain it.
Workshops Included:
The Future of DES
Writing Winning Tenders & Proposals
Indigenous Employment: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Heading?
Innovation in Employment and Inclusion
Remote Employment and Participation Services
Collaborations that Work
Employer Engagement and Promoting Diversity
Governance for an Agile Organisation – Stratregic Directions and Culture/Values
Where are we headed? National and International Perspectives of Future Directions and Best Practice Delivery of Employment Services
Responding to Serious Incidents
Frontline Skills in a Consumer-Centred Market
Retaining and Building Frontline Capability
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