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Clients who have a health condition, injury or disability

Clients who have a health condition, injury or disability can receive extra or specialist assistance by way of purchasing services or wage subsidy (or both) to assist them to:

  • take up paid employment or self-employment
  • return to paid employment or self-employment
  • retain paid employment or self-employment

There are two types of assistance a client may receive. These are purchase of services and a wage subsidy.

Purchase of services

Purchase of services provides extra or specialist assistance and includes (but not limited to):

  • health services
  • disability services
  • modifications to the workplace or equipment
  • additional transport costs
  • mentoring
  • workplace support

Wage subsidy

Wage subsidy is the purchase of an employment placement for a client with a health condition, injury, or disability to gain employment skills and to obtain unsubsidised employment

Note a client can receive both the purchase of services and a wage subsidy.

Payment

The type of assistance a client is receiving will determine how this assistance is paid.

Purchase of services

The amount paid for actual and reasonable costs for the purchase of services is generally reduced dollar for dollar by any amount of publicly funded assistance for the same or a similar purpose available to the client.

Wage subsidy

The amount paid as a wage subsidy is a weekly amount of not more than the amount of the person's wage or salary calculated on a weekly basis before the deduction of income tax.

Note all amounts paid to purchase services and wage subsidies are GST inclusive.

For more information see:

For more information programmes and services see:

Legislation

  • Extra or specialist assistance for eligible people with health condition, injury, or disability schedule (7) Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme
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