Work Based Personal Assistance Fees for Disability Employment Services. Employment Support Service Providers Reader’s guide Work Based Personal Assistance has transitioned to the NDIS. Providers can deliver Work Based Personal Assistance only to Participants who: • received Work Based Personal Assistance from their current Provider prior to 1 July 2019, and • have tested their eligibility for support under the NDIS and been found ineligible for that support. Clause 150 applies only to Participants who meet these requirements for continuity of support. Providers may not deliver Work Based Personal Assistance to any other Participants. Subject to this Agreement, including clauses 150.2 to 150.7, and in accordance with any Guidelines, the Department will pay the Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Service Provider a Work Based Personal Assistance Fee in relation to a Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Service Participant, monthly in arrears, at a standard hourly rate in the amount specified in Annexure B for Work Based Personal Assistance: provided directly by the Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Service Provider; or purchased by the Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Service Provider, as applicable to the Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Service Participant. Work Based Personal Assistance Fees are payable from: the date of Commencement of the Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Service Participant, if the Participant is already in Employment, Unsubsidised Self-Employment, an Apprenticeship or Traineeship; or the date on which a Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Service Participant starts Employment, Unsubsidised Self-Employment, an Apprenticeship or Traineeship, and will continue to be payable while the relevant Participant is in Employment, Unsubsidised Self-Employment, an Apprenticeship or Traineeship in accordance with any Guidelines, and is receiving Work Based Personal Assistance in the workplace. The Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Service Provider is entitled to claim a Work Based Personal Assistance Fee for personal assistance purchased for, or provided to, a Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Service Participant, if the Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Service Provider: provides or purchases Work Based Personal Assistance in accordance with any Guidelines; and completes a Work Based Personal Assistance requirements form, or the form specified by...
