Disability Employment Network

The Disability Employment Network (DEN) provides specialist employment services to support people with a disability who require ongoing assistance to find and maintain employment or to become self-employed in the open labour market. Services for job seekers include training, job-placement and on-th-job support.

A job seeker can be referred to DEN if they:

• are 15 to 65 years old
• have permanent or are likely to have a permanent disability
• require support for more than six months after placement in employment and/or
• require specialist assistance to build capacity in order to share the financial, social and personal benefits that employment offers.

How do you access a Disability Employment Network (DEN) Service?

Step 1: You must register with Centrelink as 'looking for work'.

Step 2: You will talk with a Centrelink Senior Customer Services Officer. Their job is to decide if a Disability Employment Network service is the right service for you. They will ask you to meet with them or an independent Job Capacity Assessor to assess the level of your disability and what type and level of support you may require. To determine this, you will need to complete a Job Capacity Assessment with them.

Step 3: The outcome of the Assessment will help decide what service you should access. The service may be a DEN Service, Vocational Rehabilitation Service (such as CRS Australia) or a Job Network service.

NOTE: You can approach a DEN Service directly and they will assist you in making an appointment with a Centrelink Senior Customer Services Officer or a Job Capacity Assessor.

Click on this link for the Job Network for further information, including the location of services.