Job Capacity Assessment (JCA)

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The test works out:

1. If you don’t have any recent medical reports, then the JCA will see if you meet the DSP medical rules. For people with intellectual disability, the JCA is usually an IQ and functional assessment test. It helps them decide if they think that your disability or medical condition stops you being able to work.
2. What your future work capacity is. Centrelink will decide how many hours a week it thinks you’re able to work without any support. It will decide if you can work either 0–7 or 8–14 hours a week.
3. If Centrelink thinks employment support will help you.
   • If you’re assessed as able to work 0–7 hours a week, Centrelink will ask if you want to work in an Australian Disability Enterprise (ADE). But you can ask to be referred to a Disability Employment Service (DES) instead.
   • If you’re assessed as able to work 8–14 hours a week, you’ll be referred to a DES.

Disability Support Pension (DSP) medical rules are one set of rules Centrelink uses to assess if you’re eligible for the DSP.
Read more → close X Intellectual disability describes a range of impairments, experiences and characteristics. It can involve difficulty with communication, memory, understanding, problem solving, fine and gross motor skills, and everyday life skills.
Read more → close X Work capacity is Centrelink’s assessment of how many hours of work you can do a week without support. Future work capacity is Centrelink’s assessment of how many hours you could work if you got Disability Employment Service (DES) support for up to two years.
Read more → close X An Australian Disability Enterprises (ADE) is a type of employment support for people with disability who need significant support to work.
Read more → close X Disability Employment Services (DES) is the Australian Government’s employment service that can help people with disability find work and keep a job in open employment.
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