Work ability assessment obligation

Clients getting Supported Living Payment have a work ability assessment obligation that requires them, when asked, to attend and participate in:

• Self-Assessments
• Structured Interview
• Work Ability Assessment

A work ability assessment will help show what work a person is capable of doing and what Work and Income can do to help a client find and stay in work.

A work ability assessment will help determine:

• the client's work ability
• what suitable work or work preparation activities are appropriate for the client
• what assistance, services or support Work and Income and/or other agencies should be providing

As a result of a work ability assessment a client's work obligations or benefit entitlement may change.

You cannot require clients to participate in a work ability assessment if they are getting Supported Living Payment and:

• are terminally ill, or have little or no capacity for work, and their condition is deteriorating or is unlikely to improve or
• who have been given simplified access to the Supported Living Payment at application or
• are former Invalid's Benefit clients who have been identified as meeting a similar criteria as based on a current medical certificate or Designated Health Practitioner report