- Description
- Specifications
The Employment Assistance Fund provides financial assistance to eligible people with disability and mental health condition or their employers for workplace modifications, equipment and services. The Employment Assistance Fund is available to people with disability who are about to start a job or who are currently working, as well as people who need help to find and prepare for a job. It is also available to people with disability who are self-employed, and jobseekers who need Auslan assistance, or special work equipment to look for and prepare for a job.
This paper gives an overview the Employment Assistance Fund and has been written under the following headings:
- Introduction
- Objective
- Who Can Apply?
- Eligibility
- Activities
- Workplace Modification Assessment
- Ownership, Maintenance and Replacement of Modifications
- Auslan Interpreting Services
- Workplace Assistance and Support Services
- Circumstances where Assistance will not be Approved
- Applying
- Approval and Reimbursement Process
- Documentary Evidence Requirements
- Professional Advice