Employment Services Assessments

Your barriers and ability to work

This assessment helps us understand all of the following:

• your barriers to work
• your capacity to work due to disability, illness or injury
• the best employment services program to suit you, if needed.

We employ qualified health or allied health professionals to do the assessment.

Your appointment

If you need to attend an assessment, we’ll contact you to make an appointment. Your Employment Services provider may refer you to us for an assessment.

Generally, your appointment will be at your local service centre. In some cases, your appointment may take place by phone or video conference.

If you don’t attend your appointment we may stop your payment.

Call us if you can’t attend your appointment. You can call us on the same phone number we give you when we make the appointment.

If you have any special needs you should contact us before your appointment. Let us know if you either:

• have difficulty attending in person – this could be because of mobility issues or illness
• would like your assessor to be of a particular gender because of your cultural or religious beliefs.

What to bring

When you attend your appointment bring any of the following:

• new medical evidence you’ve not already given us, this could include a Verification of medical conditions form completed by your doctor
• aids, equipment or assistive technology you use, such as hearing or visual aids
• a relative, friend or an advocate if you want support.

What will happen

Your assessor will talk to you about all of the following:

• any barriers to work you may have, including any medical conditions
• any recent help or rehabilitation you’ve had
• services to help you find and keep a job, if needed.

They may also contact your treating health professional if they need more details about your condition.

Your assessor may refer you to an employment services program. They’ll tell you which program is right for you. This may include 1 of the following:

• jobactive
• Disability Employment Services
• the Community Development Program if you live in a remote area.

Read more about:

• jobactive on the Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business website
• Disability Employment Services on the JobAccess website
• the Community Development Program on the National Indigenous Australians Agency website.

Once your assessor determines the right employment services program for you, we’ll ask you to choose your preferred provider.

To help you choose a provider, your assessor may discuss all of the following:

• location - where you can find a provider
• transport - what local transport there is for you to get to the provider
• provider services - not all providers offer the same services.

You may want to change provider once you’re registered. To do this, you can call the Employment National Customer Service Line.

You can find out more about these services before your appointment. This includes who the providers are in your area and what services they offer.

You can do this through any of the following:

• on the jobactive website
• by calling the Employment National Customer Service Line to learn more about employment services
• on the JobAccess website or by contacting JobAccess.

After your assessment

Your assessor will write a report about your barriers to work. The report will detail how they may affect your ability to work or participate in employment services.

Tell us if you want a copy of your report. We can usually give you one. In some circumstances you’ll need to make a formal Freedom of Information request.

Your privacy

The law protects your personal information. The assessor will explain how we’ll use your information.

More information

Contact us if you need more information about any part of your assessment. If you still have concerns, you can give us feedback or make a complaint.