Making a job plan

When you meet your IEA provider you will make a job plan together.

A job plan says

• what you will do in IEA to meet your employment goals

• what your IEA provider will do to support you.

There are 2 kinds of job plans:

• meaningful engagement job plan
• detailed job plan.

You only have one of these plans.

Most people in IEA will have a meaningful engagement job plan.

A meaningful engagement job plan says

• how you want to be supported by your IEA provider

• how you choose to stay in contact with your provider

For example online or in person.

• how often you will meet with your provider

• any other activities you want to do to help you find and keep a job

For example doing a First Aid training.

You can make changes to the meaningful engagement job plan.

You can have 2 days to think about your job plan before you agree.

You can ask for more time if you need it.

You can be moved to the detailed job plan if

• you have participation requirements and

• your IEA provider thinks you are not following the meaningful engagement job plan without a good reason.

The detailed job plan has more activities that you must do to keep getting your Centrelink payment.

For example contacting employers or going to job interviews.

If your IEA provider thinks you are not following the detailed job plan your Centrelink payment might stop or go down.

Your IEA provider must always tell you first.

If you need help with understanding participation requirements and your job plan you can

• talk to your IEA provider
• talk to an advocate.

There is more information about advocates in the Your Rights in IEA section. 

Once you get a job you can get ongoing support from your IEA provider.

This means extra support to help you keep your job over time.

You can get ongoing support for as long as you need it.

To get ongoing support you will have an ongoing support assessment.

This means you will meet with an assessor to talk about the support you need to keep your job.

Assessors work as part of the National Panel of Assessors.

This is an Australian Government program.

Your IEA provider will give you information about the assessment.

You can choose the time and place for your assessment.