The Victorian disability sector has seen the introduction of the Victorian Disability State Plan 2002 -2012 and other legislation. An outcome of this is that many of the services that organisations deliver now occur in the community, resulting in support workers increasingly working remotely from their organisation of employment. Organisations undertaking this new approach need to find new ways to engage with their workforce to prevent them feeling isolated from colleagues, supervisors and their workplace.

Throughout 2010 and 2011 field has worked on the Colleagues Connect Project, which has investigated the use of Web 2.0 technologies to support organisations to engage and connect with these workers. This presentation will provide an overview of the project, the learnings and information about the Web 2.0 technologies used.