Disability Recruitment

Contrary to common misconceptions, many people with disability have completed tertiary education, or attained vocational or other professional qualifications and skills. Employing people with disability is likely to attract new skills and bring new and valuable perspectives to your business.

Some key facts about employing people with disability

• People with disability generally take fewer days off, take less sick leave and stay in jobs longer than other workers.
• Employment costs for people with disability can be as low as 13 per cent of the employment costs for other employees*.
• Workers’ compensation costs for people with disability are as low as four per cent of the workers’ compensation costs for other employees*.
• Once in the right job, people with disability perform as well as other employees.
• People with disability build strong connections with customers.
• People with disability boost staff morale and enhance a sense of teamwork.
• Hiring people with disability enhances an organisation’s image in the general community.

* Graffam, J, Shinkfield, A, Smith, K, and Polzin, U 2002, ‘Employer benefits and costs of employing a person with a disability’, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 17, pp. 251-263.

If your budget does not suit our comprehensive fee-based recruitment services, we provide a quality Job Placement service.

As a licensed Job Placement Provider, we can offer a standard recruitment service that gives you access to candidates who are eligible for the Community Development Programme or Disability Employment Services (DES) at no cost.

Our experienced consultants will:

• Quickly identify and match job ready candidates
• Advertise your position on a national vacancy database accessed by thousands of candidates each day, saving you advertising costs
• Shortlist candidates against the competencies needed for the role
• Arrange interviews and send an agreed number of short-listed candidates for your final selection
• Deal with the sensitive and time-consuming task of informing unsuccessful candidates
• Provide in work support for both employer and employee for up to 26 weeks, making your new staff member a success

We are proud to be a provider of Disability Employment Services. Over the past 6 years, we’ve worked with many employers to place people with disability into employment. We work with our candidates to understand their strengths and what they want to achieve. While we acknowledge their disability, our focus is their ability and what they can offer. When you employ someone with disability, your business can access generous wage initiatives.

• Wage Subsidies
• PaTH Internships
• National Work Experience Programme
• Workplace Modifications
• Pre-employment training

Subsidies are available for most full-time, permanent part-time and casual roles. Employers are required to pay the relevant award wage rates, comply with all Award conditions. Wage Subsidy payments cannot cover 100% of an employee’s wages.

If you are interested or would like further information, please contact Complete Personnel on 08 8682 1698 or email

Many people with disability simply need an opportunity in the workforce to prove their worth. The Complete Personnel (Wage Subsidy) is a wages subsidy program that provides greater access to employment for our Participants. Under the program, employers receive subsidy payments to assist with covering the costs of training and development of new staff. This subsidy is available to employers employing someone with disability and who is registered with Complete Personnel. The government also offers a range of Wage Subsidies that Complete Personnel administrator on behalf of the government. These include:

• Restart Programme – wage subsidy available for mature workers aged 50 years and over
• DES Wage Subsidy Scheme – This subsidy is available for all Australian citizens or permanent residents who are registered with a DES provider

DES Wage Start Subsidy – this subsidy is available to help employers take on people who have been receiving DES support for at least 12 months and can work at least 15 hours per week, or have been offered a job with their host employer after completing a Youth PaTH Internship.

The Australian Government Funded Employment Assistance Fund (EAF) is designed to cover the costs of making workplace modifications. This can often include buying equipment and accessing services like communications technology, Auslan (Australian Sign Language) interpreting, disability awareness training, and specialist support for people with mental health conditions or learning disorders.

Complete Personnel can provide full support with organising a workplace assessment though Job Access.

PaTH Internships are short placements in the workplace that give young people an opportunity to demonstrate their skills to a potential employer, develop vocational skills and improve their employment prospects. At the same time, employers can trial young candidates in a structured work experience environment, to see if they are the right fit for their business.

Contact us on (08) 8682 1698 or email for more information.

Being a National Work Experience Program (NWEP) employer provides an opportunity to give a participant the chance to show they could be the right fit for your business.

Employers who offer participants ongoing employment after the placement may also be eligible for a Wage Subsidy.

Being an eligible employer

An NWEP placement can be undertaken in businesses run for profit, not-for-profit business, local, state and Australian government agencies.

You cannot host an NWEP placement if:

• You have downsized your workforce in the previous 12 months, or plan to downsize during the placement
• The placement would result in the reduction or replacement of any existing paid staff and/or any paid staff hours of work

You can help determine if a work experience placement is right for your business.

What being a host employer involves

To assist a participant to gain real work-like experience your role as an NWEP employer will involve:

• Providing a work experience placement for up to four weeks
• Providing supervision, on-the-job training and monitoring attendance
• Ensuring the placement meets all relevant work health and safety requirements

You will also confirm there is the potential for paid employment following completion of the placement. However, there is no obligation for you to hire a participant following the placement if they do not meet your business needs.

Participants continue to receive assistance from Complete Personnel during their NWEP placement.

How we support host employers

Complete Personnel will work closely with you to ensure your needs are met. This may include assisting participants to complete any necessary workplace specific training before commencing and resolving any issues that may arise.

Should you decide the participant is a good fit for your business, Complete Personnel will work with you to finalise the recruitment process. Support is available over the first few months of the participants employment to assist with any ongoing support or training they may need.

Complete Personnel can also advise if you are eligible for a Wage Subsidy for hiring and retaining the participant.

For more information, contact our Advisors on 08 8682 1698 or email

Complete Personnel’s Pre-employment Training programs are designed to assess candidate needs and support them so they are job ready.

For more information, telephone (08) 8682 1698 or email for more information.