What is Assist Access/Maintain Employment?

Assistance to Access and Maintain Employment or Higher Education. This is a Capacity Building support under the NDIS category Finding and Keeping a Job.

It helps participants:

  • Prepare for work

  • Find suitable employment

  • Keep a job once they have one

  • Access further education or training linked to employment goals

It focuses on building the participant’s skills, confidence, and capacity.

Key Supports Included

Job Customisation

Discovering interests, strengths, and suitable job options; developing a career plan

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Person holding a transgender rights sign under a large flag

Job Preparation Skills

Resume writing, cover letters, job applications, interview practice

Identifying and managing disability-related barriers to employment

Overcoming Barriers

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a person typing on a laptop next to a book
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white track field with white ramsp
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The word jobs in colorful block letters
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person writing on white paper
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a woman in a wheel chair working on a computer

Career Exploration & Planning

Transition Support

Further Education/Training

Adapting or carving roles to suit the participant’s abilities

Support to access training or study that leads to employment

Moving from school to work, or from supported employment to open employment

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Elderly man with cane crossing busy street
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Woman in wheelchair watering plants in garden.
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two people holding hands on table in comfort

Who This Support is For

  • Working-age participants (including school leavers)

  • People wanting to start work for the first time

  • Participants who want to return to work

  • Those who need help to keep their current job

  • Clients exploring self-employment or micro-enterprise

  • People transitioning from school or supported employment

How This Aligns with InclusiveAussie

InclusiveAussie focuses on Daily Living Support and Community Participation for adults with physical and psychosocial disabilities.

Assist Access/Maintain Employ complements these services by:

  • Building practical life and work skills that increase independence

  • Supporting community and economic participation

  • Helping clients achieve meaningful goals around work and contribution

  • Creating smoother pathways from daily living support into employment-related goals

Example Support Activities InclusiveAussie Could Deliver

  • Career discovery and goal-setting sessions

  • Resume and application support

  • Mock interviews and workplace expectation training

  • Public transport training for getting to work

  • Building routines and time-management skills

  • Mentoring during the first weeks of a new job

  • Linking clients to Disability Employment Services (DES) or other mainstream supports when appropriate