These instructions show you how to complete an online Employment Assistance Fund application. It assumes that you have logged on to the secure JobAccess site.
Step 1 – Privacy Notice
After you have logged on to the JobAccess secure site, the Privacy Notice page will appear. On the Privacy Notice page click on Proceed.
The next page to display is the Welcome page. Click on the Apply for Employment Assistance Fund link to take you to the Application List page.
Step 2 – Starting an Employment Assistance Fund Application
On the Application List page click on Create New Application. This will take you to the Employment Assistance Fund Application Creation page.
On the Employment Assistance Fund Application Creation page select how you will be lodging the application from the dropdown list.
Clicking create will display the next page in the application sequence i.e. the Terms and Condition page.
If you agree to the terms and conditions tick the Check Box to confirm and click Next to display the Service Provider Details page.
If you are a Disability Employment Services Program Provider or Job Services Australia Provider you will need to enter your site ID and select retrieve. Your organisation and site details will populate automatically based on the information recorded in ESS Smartclient. You will need to enter contact details manually to let the JobAccess Provider know who they should contact to discuss the application.
Step 3 – Entering the Details of an Individual/Employee, Nominee and Employer
The next page to display is the Individual/Employee Details page. If “No” is selected as a response to the question “Is the individual who is seeking assistance currently employed?” the Employer Details page of the application process will not display.
The next page is the Nominee Details page.
Selecting “Yes” will expand the page to allow entry of the Nominee details.
The next page to display is the Employer Details page
Enter details and click Next.
Step 4 – Selecting Items, Modifications or Services
The next page to display is the Items/modifications page.
The selection menu contains the following Item choices:
The
“Other Items” item dropdown menu covers all Workplace Modications items.
To add an item select the item and click “Add Item” the page display will expand to allow entry of item details. All item cost amounts are added on a per instance basis not as a total maximum amount of expenditure. For example, Auslan 1 is entered as each instance of interpreting is required not as a total upfront request for $6000.
Enter item cost and select an option from the Reimbursement dropdown list to indicate who will receive payment for the item.
When an “other items” is chosen from the items list select an option from the Ownership dropdown list to indicate who will own the item.
Step 5 – Saving and Certifying the Application
Click Save after adding an item. The item will display on the Items, Modification and Services list.
The final screen in the application process is the Certification page.
Tick the box to confirm that you have read, understood and agree to the conditions and click Submit. A confirmation message will display to notify to user of the successful lodgement of the application
This is the end of the Application submission process.
The online Employment Assistance Fund application can continue to have items added for 12 months from its initial creation date.
If you would like assistance submitting an Employment Assistance Fund application please contact a JobAccess Adviser on 1800 464 800 or through and online enquiry form: