Disability Employment Services (DES) can help you find and keep a job if you live with:

• disability
• injury
• medical condition.

The people who deliver DES get payments from the Australian Government to help you.

On this page:

• The 3 types of payments DES providers get
• What happens if you change DES providers

DES providers Disability Employment Services (DES) providers can get 3 different types of payments. 

DES providers help people with disability find and keep a job.

These payments come from the Australian Government.

We also call it funding. Funding is money from the government to pay for services and help.

The first type of payment is called a ‘service fee’.

DES providers get a service fee to help you find and keep a job.

They get this payment at the start of every 13 weeks.

The second type of payment is called an ‘outcome fee’.

DES providers get an outcome fee if you work or study in the same place for a certain amount of time.

These amounts of time include:

• 4 weeks
• 13 weeks
• 26 weeks
• 52 weeks.

The third type of payment is called an ‘ongoing support fee’.

DES providers get an ongoing support fee if you need more help to keep your job after 26 weeks.

For more information, you can visit the page about the DES Grant Agreement on the Department of Social Services (DSS) website.

If you change your DES provider, your service fee will go with you to your next DES provider.

For example, you might have 3 weeks left in your payment period.

The money from those 3 weeks will go from your old DES provider to your new DES provider.

It works better for DES providers if you stay with them, to help you during your time in DES.

This means it’s better for them if they support you the way you need.

Taking part in a Disability Employment Services program

Who is eligible for Disability Employment Services

What is Disability Employment Services?