Disability employment services in Melbourne, Victoria
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Melbourne, VIC and 24 othersAlso servesAirport West, VIC · Broadmeadows, VIC · Coolaroo, VIC · Craigieburn, VIC · Cranbourne West, VIC · Dallas, VIC · Doncaster, VIC · Doreen, VIC · Epping, VIC · Hoppers Crossing, VIC · Melton, VIC · Melton South, VIC · +12 more · Regional provider
- Specialises in Allied health
Feelings and Healing is among the highest-ranked NDIS registered providers offering disability employment services in Melbourne, Victoria in our data. They support both NDIS and aged care funding. They are most often contacted for allied health. Support coordinators often connect their participants with them.
How this listing is sourced
Melbourne, VIC and 3 othersAlso servesBendigo, VIC · Chadstone, VIC · Geelong, VIC
- Specialises in Support Workers, Social Support, Other Services
Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Stellar-Rose Services is an NDIS registered provider offering disability employment services. Active on Carevo in the past week.
How this listing is sourced
Melbourne, VIC and 8 othersAlso servesAdelaide, SA · Ballarat East, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Footscray, VIC · Geelong, VIC · Perth, WA · Truganina, VIC · Werribee, VIC · National provider
- 10+ families connected
- Fast responder, usually replies within an hour
- Specialises in Support coordination, SIL
Nurses Caring 4 You is an NDIS registered provider offering disability employment services in Melbourne, Victoria. They have a track record of following through on more than 20 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Families most often connect with them for support coordination and SIL. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Cleaner, Disability Support Worker, Gardener
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Melbourne, VIC and 2 othersAlso servesBrooklyn, VIC · Warrnambool, VIC · Hyperlocal provider
- Specialises in Gardening, Psychology, Personal care
National Coordination Services works across 12 NDIS support categories in Melbourne, Victoria. They focus closely on their local area. They are most often contacted for gardening and psychology.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Melbourne, VIC and 2 othersAlso servesMickleham, VIC · Reservoir, VIC · Hyperlocal provider
- Specialises in SIL, Personal care, Cleaning
JESK Care is an NDIS registered provider offering disability employment services in Melbourne, Victoria. Families most often connect with them for SIL and personal care. Support coordinators often connect their participants with them. Registered across 14 NDIS support categories, including community participation, group and centre activities and high intensity personal care.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Melbourne, VIC and 40 othersAlso servesAberfoyle Park, SA · Adelaide, SA · Adelaide Airport, SA · Ballarat East, VIC · Balwyn, VIC · Balwyn North, VIC · Bendigo, VIC · Box Hill, VIC · Broadmeadows, VIC · Brunswick, VIC · Camberwell, VIC · Chadstone, VIC · +28 more · National provider
- 25+ families connected
- Specialises in Support coordination, Allied health
Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Apex Health Professionals is an NDIS registered provider offering disability employment services. Support coordination and allied health are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 40 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Team includes Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist
Melbourne, VIC and 2 othersAlso servesStrathtulloh, VIC · Sunshine North, VIC · State-wide provider
- 5+ families connected
- Specialises in Allied health, SIL, Cleaning
Better Capacity Access Care is an NDIS registered provider offering disability employment services in Melbourne, Victoria. Families most often connect with them for allied health and SIL. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly. Registered across 13 NDIS support categories, including accommodation and tenancy assistance, Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports and Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Melbourne, VIC and 54 othersAlso servesArtarmon, NSW · Ballarat Central, VIC · Balmain, NSW · Bankstown, NSW · Baulkham Hills, NSW · Belmore, NSW · Bentleigh East, VIC · Blacktown, NSW · Blakehurst, NSW · Brisbane, QLD · Camden, NSW · Campbelltown, NSW · +42 more · National provider
- 50+ families connected
- Specialises in Personal care, Support coordination, Cleaning
NitPlans Care Services works across 8 NDIS support categories in Melbourne, Victoria. They operate across multiple states. They have a track record of following through on more than 50 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. They are most often contacted for personal care and support coordination.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Melbourne, VIC and 11 othersAlso servesBrisbane, QLD · Brisbane City, QLD · Eight Mile Plains, QLD · Glen Waverley, VIC · Ipswich, QLD · Mornington, VIC · Redland Bay, QLD · Seymour, VIC · Shepparton, VIC · Traralgon, VIC · Woodridge, QLD · National provider
- 5+ families connected
- Specialises in Home Modifications, Occupational Therapy, Other Services
Diversey Care works across 14 NDIS support categories in Melbourne, Victoria. Active on Carevo in the past week. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers. They operate across multiple states.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
Melbourne, VIC and 26 othersAlso servesBallarat North, VIC · Berwick, VIC · Beveridge, VIC · Caroline Springs, VIC · Craigieburn, VIC · Cranbourne, VIC · Cranbourne East, VIC · Cranbourne West, VIC · Dandenong, VIC · Endeavour Hills, VIC · Epping, VIC · Ferntree Gully, VIC · +14 more · State-wide provider
- 10+ families connected
- Fast responder, usually replies within 2 hours
- Specialises in Personal care, Respite care, Cleaning
Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Southern Star Care is an NDIS registered provider offering disability employment services. Personal care and respite care are among their most-requested supports. They have a track record of following through on more than 15 enquiries from families who connected through Carevo. Registered across 13 NDIS support categories, including community participation, group and centre activities and daily personal care.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
- Business address on file
- Team includes Cleaner
About Disability Employment Services in Melbourne
This guide compares disability employment service providers in Melbourne, ranked by verification status, employment outcomes, and scope of support. The 10 providers listed here all service Melbourne and surrounding areas.
How we rank providers
Rankings in Melbourne are based on real outcomes between providers and families on our platform. They are recalculated daily and cannot be purchased or influenced by advertising.
- How this list is built. Providers shown here are registered with the NDIS for Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education and Specialised Supported Employment, or offer employment support and related disability and aged care services. Generalist providers who only mention this service in passing are excluded, so the list reflects genuine, demonstrated capability.
- Outcomes with families. We measure what happens after a family contacts a provider. Providers where families report positive outcomes rank higher. Multiple signals are weighted across a rolling window.
- Service match. Providers are ranked by how closely their registered services and capabilities match what you are searching for.
- Registration and compliance. NDIS registered and government-approved aged care providers are weighted for meeting quality and safeguards standards.
- Local presence. Providers confirmed in Melbourne rank above those covering only the broader region.
What "Trusted" means. The Trusted badge is awarded to providers with a consistent record of positive outcomes with families on our platform. It is based on multiple behavioural signals and family feedback, and it cannot be purchased.
280
providers in Melbourne
32,111
providers nationally
How to check a provider's credentials
Carevo lists the registration details a provider reports and links you to the official Australian registers so you can confirm them yourself. Here is what each listing shows and where to check it. A listing on Carevo is not an endorsement.
NDIS registration
Listings show whether a provider reports being NDIS registered. You can confirm a provider's current registration and approved support types yourself on the NDIS Commission's public provider register.
Source: NDIS Quality and Safeguards CommissionAged care approval
Listings show aged care approval where it is recorded. You can check a provider's current approval and the services they deliver on the Australian Government's My Aged Care find a provider service.
Source: My Aged Care (Department of Health and Aged Care)ABN you can check
Most listings include the provider's Australian Business Number, shown on the profile. You can look it up on the Australian Business Register to confirm the business is registered and active.
Source: Australian Business RegisterComplaints process
If you have a concern about any provider, you can lodge a complaint with the NDIS Commission or the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission at any time. We also accept complaints via our own channel.
Source: NDIS Commission / Aged Care CommissionCare demand in Melbourne
In the last 90 days, families in Melbourne made 268 care requests through Carevo, and 35% were marked urgent. The funding mix was 40% NDIS, 53% Home Care Package or aged care, and 6% privately funded.
Based on real requests submitted to Carevo. Updated each build.
About Melbourne
Population 65+
9,100 (8.8%)
State avg 15.8%
NDIS participants
1,020
Active support recipients
Aged Care beds
278
Residential care capacity
Home Care Packages
523 active
In-home support
Average wait time
3-5 weeks
State avg 4-6 weeks
Nearest hospital
Royal Melbourne Hospital
1.5km away
GP clinics
52
Within 5km
Public transport
Free Tram Zone
Pharmacies
Chemist Warehouse Bourke Street • Priceline Pharmacy Melbourne Central
Community support
City of Melbourne Seniors Festival • Multicultural Hub programs
Australia's most multicultural city. Diverse international communities including Greek, Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Indian.
Flat CBD grid with excellent tram accessibility. Free City Circle tram. Most buildings have lift access.
Language support in Melbourne
Melbourne has a large Mandarin-speaking community (8.4% of residents), so finding disability employment services in a shared language matters here. These are the main languages spoken at home locally (ABS Census 2021). When you get matched, ask providers which of their staff speak your language and whether they can keep that worker as your regular. Interpreters are free through TIS National for NDIS appointments, and My Aged Care can arrange them for aged care assessments.
Speaker counts are persons using the language at home in this postcode. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (table G13). Carevo connects families with providers and does not deliver care itself.
Disability Employment Services at a glance
- Funding
- Australian Government (Department of Social Services) - free for eligible participants
- Availability
- Weekdays
- Wait time
- Usually within 1 week
- Cost
- Free
- Hours
- Business hours with flexible appointments
- Median response
- 3 minutes
How Much Do Disability Employment Services Cost in Melbourne?
Disability employment services in Melbourne are largely government-funded, meaning most participants pay little or nothing for access to core employment support. The main programs are free to job seekers. For NDIS-funded employment-related supports, costs are governed by the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits.
Disability Employment Services (DES) funded by the Australian Government are provided at no direct cost to job seekers. DES providers receive government funding based on employment outcomes. Participants can access job readiness support, resume and interview preparation, workplace modifications, and ongoing in-employment support through these programs.
For NDIS participants who need employment-related Capacity Building supports outside the DES program, such as work experience preparation, social skills development, or vocational assessment, these are funded through NDIS Capacity Building under Finding and Keeping a Job. Rates for these supports typically range from $100 to $190 per hour.
Specialist employment consultants engaged privately, or additional supports beyond what DES provides, may involve private fees. Confirm whether a service is government-funded or privately charged before engaging.
| Time | Indicative rate |
|---|---|
| DES (Disability Employment Services) - government funded | Free to participant |
| NDIS Capacity Building - employment supports | $100 - $190/hr |
| Vocational assessment | $150 - $250/hr |
| Job readiness coaching (NDIS funded) | $100 - $190/hr |
| Workplace modification support | Free via Employment Assistance Fund |
DES is funded by the Australian Government and free to eligible job seekers. NDIS employment support rates are set by the NDIS Pricing Arrangements. The Employment Assistance Fund (EAF) covers workplace modifications and equipment for employees with disability. Confirm funding eligibility before engaging services.
How to Pay for Disability Employment Services in Melbourne
Most disability employment services in Melbourne are funded through government programs, making them accessible at no direct cost to participants.
Disability Employment Services (DES): DES is an Australian Government program providing free employment support for people with disability, injury, or health conditions. To access DES, you register with Services Australia (Centrelink). DES providers offer services including job search assistance, resume and interview preparation, on-the-job training support, and post-placement follow-up. Providers receive outcome-based funding from the government.
NDIS Capacity Building (Finding and Keeping a Job): NDIS participants can use their Capacity Building budget to fund additional employment-related supports. This may include vocational assessment, work experience preparation, social and communication skills development, and support worker assistance during work experience placements. These supports complement, rather than replace, DES.
Employment Assistance Fund (EAF): Employees with disability and their employers can access the EAF for workplace modifications, equipment, Auslan interpreting, Deafness support, and other adjustments that enable a person to perform their job. The EAF is administered by JobAccess and is free for eligible applicants.
JobAccess Advisory Service: The free JobAccess service provides telephone and online advice to job seekers, employees, and employers about workplace adjustments, DES, and other employment support options. This can be a useful first step in identifying the right program for your situation.
What to Expect from Disability Employment Services in Melbourne
Disability employment services help people with disability prepare for, find, and keep paid employment. The specific support you receive depends on your goals, your disability, and the program you are accessing.
For DES, the process begins with an intake assessment. Your DES provider will talk with you about your work history, skills, goals, and any barriers to employment. They will develop a Job Plan with you that outlines the steps and supports for your job search. From there, you will work with a consultant who assists with resume writing, job applications, interview preparation, and connecting with employers.
Once you start employment, your DES provider continues to support you and your employer. This post-placement support is a key feature of DES and helps address any issues that arise in the early weeks and months of a new job. Support continues for up to two years after you start work.
For NDIS-funded employment supports, the process is more tailored. Your support coordinator or NDIS planner can help you identify the specific supports you need and connect you with providers who offer vocational assessments, skills development, or supported work experience. These supports are designed to address specific barriers that DES alone may not fully address.
You should expect employment service providers to work at your pace and respect your employment goals, not push you into roles that do not suit you. If a provider is not meeting your needs or not listening to your preferences, you have the right to change providers.
Care Services Available in Melbourne
Provider counts by service type in Melbourne
Most popular care requests in Melbourne
Based on 261 actual requests from participants and families in Melbourne on Carevo.
- 1 Domestic assistance
Real care requests submitted by people in Melbourne through Carevo. Updated each build from inquiry records.
Victoria Regulations & Compliance
In Victoria, NDIS providers must be registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission and comply with the NDIS Practice Standards. Aged care providers operate under the Aged Care Quality Standards. Victoria also maintains its own Disability Worker Registration Scheme, requiring disability workers to meet additional state-level standards. All providers are subject to regular audits by the NDIS Commission.
Frequently Asked Questions
How quickly do providers respond to enquiries in Melbourne?
Based on 653 real provider connections on Carevo in Melbourne, providers respond with a median of 3 minutes. 78% of enquiries are connected with a provider within 1 hour, and 94% within 24 hours.
How many disability employment service providers are there in Melbourne?
There are currently 10 disability employment service providers serving Melbourne listed on Carevo. These include DES-registered providers, NDIS Capacity Building employment specialists, and vocational rehabilitation services.
How much do disability employment services cost in Melbourne?
DES is free to eligible job seekers. NDIS employment-related Capacity Building supports range from $100 to $190 per hour. Workplace modifications funded through the Employment Assistance Fund are free to eligible employees and employers. Confirm funding eligibility before engaging any paid service.
Am I eligible for Disability Employment Services?
You are eligible for DES if you have a disability, injury, or health condition that creates a barrier to employment, you are of working age (15 to 64), an Australian resident, and either on an income support payment or assessed as eligible by Services Australia. DES is not restricted to NDIS participants.
Can I work and receive the Disability Support Pension at the same time?
Yes, within limits. DSP recipients can work up to a certain number of hours per fortnight without losing their pension. Income support is reduced progressively as earnings increase. Centrelink can advise on the specific thresholds that apply to your situation. DES providers are also familiar with the interaction between DSP and employment income and can help you plan your work arrangements accordingly.
What is the difference between DES and NDIS employment supports?
DES is an Australian Government program focused on job search, placement, and post-placement support. It is free and available to eligible people regardless of NDIS participation. NDIS employment supports under Capacity Building address specific skill-building goals that prepare a participant for employment, such as communication skills, travel training, or work experience support. The two programs are complementary and can be accessed simultaneously.
What workplace modifications can I access?
The Employment Assistance Fund provides funding for workplace modifications including accessible furniture, ergonomic equipment, assistive software, screen magnification, Auslan interpreting, and physical access improvements. Your employer applies for EAF funding through JobAccess. The modifications must be reasonably necessary to enable you to perform your job.
Can I choose my own DES provider?
Yes. You can choose which DES provider you work with in Melbourne and can change providers if you are not satisfied with the service. When choosing a provider, ask about their employment outcomes, experience with your specific disability or condition, industry connections in your area of interest, and the level of ongoing support they provide after job placement.
What support is available if I lose my job?
Your DES provider continues to support you for up to two years after you start work. If you lose your job within that period, contact your DES provider as soon as possible. They can assist you with next steps, help resolve any workplace issues if relevant, and support you into a new role. If your DES period has ended, you can re-register with DES or access other employment programs through Centrelink.
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