Inclusive Employment Australia can help you find and keep a job if you live with disability, injury or health condition.

Am I eligible for Inclusive Employment Australia

You may be eligible for Inclusive Employment Australia if you are looking for work and are:

• living with disability, injury or health condition
• at least 14 years old but younger than Age Pension age
• an Australian resident, or have an eligible visa
• able to work less than 30 hours per week

To find out if you are eligible for Inclusive Employment Australia, go to the Inclusive Employment Australia provider search page and contact an Inclusive Employment Australia provider.

How do I register for Inclusive Employment Australia?

You can register directly with an Inclusive Employment Australia provider, if you are not already with an employment services provider:

• go to the Inclusive Employment Australia provider search page
• contact a provider and ask to register.

Otherwise, you may be referred to Inclusive Employment Australia when you register through Services Australia for income support and help looking for work. To register through Services Australia, you can either:

• call the Centrelink employment services line on 132 850
• visit a Services Australia service centre.

You usually need to have an Employment Services Assessment (ESAt) before you can receive support. If you need an ESAt, it will be arranged when you register with your Inclusive Employment Australia provider or with Services Australia.

An ESAt helps to understand:

• your medical barriers to work and support needed
• your capacity to work due to disability, illness or injury
• what type of employment services program is best for you.

Services Australia can complete it over the phone if that suits you.

A qualified health or allied health professional does the assessment.

You may need to give medical evidence. Medical evidence provided for your ESAt must include medical practitioner diagnosis and the details of who made the diagnosis.

Medical evidence for ESAts can be prepared and collated by a medical practitioner, registered nurse, nurse practitioner or a registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner.

You can find out more about the ESAt process on the Services Australia website.

Finding and choosing a provider

If an ESAt assessor says Inclusive Employment Australia is best for you, they will tell you which Inclusive Employment Australia providers are close to where you live.

You choose the Inclusive Employment Australia provider you want to be referred to.

You can make a better choice by researching Inclusive Employment Australia providers. It is suggested you contact a few providers to see who you feel most comfortable with and talk to them about how they can help you.

To find an Inclusive Employment Australia provider go to the Inclusive Employment Australia provider search page.