You might be able to get support from government services while you:

• look for a job
• work
• travel to a job.

On this page:

• Income support
• Support while you are at work
• Support for transport to work
• Support for apprentices

Income Your income is the money you earn from working. support payments can help support you:

• while you look for work
• if you can only work a short time each week.

There are different kinds of income support.

They support people:

• for different reasons
• at different times in their lives.

Each support payment has rules about who can use them.

The rules are often about:

• how old you are
• if you are Australian
• what all the things you own are worth.

The JobSeeker payment supports people while they look for a job.

Youth Allowance can support young people in many ways.

For example, it can support young people between 16 and 21 years old to look for a job.

Young people can also get support to work as an apprentice. An apprentice learns how to do a job while they are at work. For example, as a builder or hairdresser.

The Disability Support Pension (DSP) supports people if they have:

• a sickness
• an injury
• disability.

You might get DSP if this:

• will last more than 2 years
• means you can work 15 hours or less a week.

The Youth Disability Supplement supports people with disability who:

• are younger than 21 years old
• get DSP.

It also supports people with disability who:

• are younger than 22 years old
• get another income support payment, like Youth Allowance.

Centrelink will work out if you can get income support.

And which support is right for you.

Centrelink is part of Services Australia.

To get started you can visit the page about Living with disability on the Services Australia website.

You can also visit the Payment and Services Finder.

You can book an appointment at a Centrelink office near you.

You can also call Services Australia.

If you get the DSP, you can call 132 717.

Everyone else can call 132 850.

Work Based Personal Assistance supports people who need personal care at work.

Personal care can include help to:

• eat meals
• use the toilet
• take medicine.

Work Based Personal Assistance might repay your money after you pay for personal care.

You need to have a DES provider Disability Employment Services (DES) helps people with disability find and keep jobs. DES providers deliver services to help people with disability do this. to use this support.

You can talk to your DES provider to find out if you can use Work Based Personal Assistance.

If you also take part in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), you might get this support in your plan.

Mobility Allowance supports people when their disability makes it hard to use public transport without help.

This support can help you pay for transport:

• to work – including volunteer When you are a volunteer, you work but you don’t get paid. Volunteers usually do work that helps other people. work
• when you are looking for work.

You can talk to your employment Employment means you have a job, go to work and get paid. services provider to find out more.

You can also visit the page about Mobility Allowance on the Service Australia website.

Disability Australian Apprentice Wage Support (DAAWS) is a payment to support Australian apprentices who have a disability.

If you can get this support, the payment helps your employer. An employer hires people to work for them.

You can talk to an Australian Apprenticeship Support Network (AASN) provider to find out more.

You can also talk to your DES provider.

You can find out more about how to become an apprentice on our page about Support to do an apprenticeship.

Government services to help you find and keep a job

Other government disability services programs

How Disability Employment Services can help