Work Integrated Social Enterprise (WISE)

A work-integrated social enterprise or jobs-focused social enterprise focuses on creating meaningful employment for disadvantaged Australians. According to the FASES report, nearly 7,000 of all social enterprises in Australia have employment-based support or employment creation as their main focus.

The two traditional models:

1. Transitional employment (outcome to exit ratios measurements) 

2. Destination employment (they employ people from certain categories intentionally

Resources

• Jobs Focused Social Enterprises and the new Employment Services Model (2022).

• White Box Enterprise Payment By Outcomes (PBO) information

• Work Integrated Social Enterprises (WISE) White Box

• Skilling Queenslanders for Work (SQW) program

• WISE Employment 

• Social Enterprises: Spaces for Wellbeing

Articles

• Employment social enterprises are helping young people, but struggle without support

• Employment-focused social enterprise proves itself.....with little support.

• How social enterprises are creating jobs

• Report by The Circular Jobs Initiative finds the circular economy will benefit from social enterprises becoming better integrated and more widespread.

• Is being in work good for wellbeing? Work Integration Social Enterprises in regional Australia

Reports

• Social Enterprise Report - Centre for Social Impact

• Improving health equity among young people: The role of social enterprise

• WhiteBox Rate Card Report 

• Westpac/CSI Employment Service Report 

Research papers

• Barraket, Jo (2013) Fostering wellbeing of immigrants and refugees? Evaluating the outcomes of work integration social enterprise. In Denny, Simon & Seddon, Frederick (Eds.) Social Enterprise : Accountability and Evaluation around the World. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon.