Employment Services Assessment (ESAt)
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An Employment Services Assessment (ESAt) is a test done by Centrelink. This test helps Centrelink decide what kind of employment service you need to help you find and keep a job.
You might need an ESAt if:
- you have medical conditions, or there are other things that stop you working full-time
- you don’t have participation requirements and are choosing to work with a Disability Employment Services (DES) provider or get help from other employment services.
There are two types of ESAt:
- a medical condition ESAt
- a non-medical condition ESAt.
Centrelink will use a medical condition ESAt when you have one or more medical conditions. A medical condition ESAt is a more thorough assessment than a non-medical condition ESAt.
Centrelink will use a non-medical condition ESAt when you don’t have any medical conditions. This ESAt should be simplified to meet your needs.
An ESAt is similar to the Job Capacity Assessment (JCA), which is done when you apply for the Disability Support Pension (DSP).
If your JCA assessor decided you could work 0–7 hours a week, then Centrelink wouldn’t refer you to work with a DES provider. However, if you want to work in open employment anyway, then Centrelink might ask you to do an ESAt so you can work with a DES provider.
Participation requirements are things some people with intellectual disability need to do to keep getting Disability Support Pension (DSP) payments.Read more Disability Employment Services (DES) providers are organisations that help people with disability prepare for, find and keep a job. They also help employers to support employees with disability at work.
Read more A Job Capacity Assessment (JCA) is a test Centrelink uses when people apply for the Disability Support Pension (DSP).
Read more The Disability Support Pension (DSP) is a payment the Australian Government makes to people with a permanent physical, intellectual or psychiatric condition.
Read more Disability Employment Services (DES) providers are organisations that help people with disability prepare for, find and keep a job. They also help employers to support employees with disability at work.
Read more Open employment is when people with and without disability work together in regular jobs.
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