Associate Professor Ellison is currently the Chairperson of The Community Living Project an organisation committed to providing a quality service in the southern region of Adelaide which enables people who have intellectual and/or multiple disabilities to achieve a purposeful and valued community life. The CLP's philosophy and approach places the person living with disability, together with their family and support network, clearly at the centre of all planning and decision making processes and works with each individual person and their family to provide support that reflects their individual needs, aspirations and dreams for the future.

Caroline is a long term member of the Board of Restless Dance Theatre, Australia's leading dance company working with young disabled and non disabled people to create dance theatre and run workshop programs. Restless Dance Theatre is a place where dance is used as a mode of expression which allows people to speak eloquently to everyone and where the art is made by young people for a diverse audience.

For her own leisure Caroline is an original community member of the Tutti Ensemble; a community choir of singers with diverse backgrounds and skills. Tutti is critically acclaimed and has a performance record that includes Womadelaide, Adelaide Fringe and Bundaleer Music Fesitval. Check Tutti Ensemble out on You Tube. Caroline currently sings with the Adelaide Threshold Singers.

In addition Caroline engages in a range of consutancy activities around staff training in various issues around disability such as duty of care, professional development, project and program evaluation and strategic planning.