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P12Senior Contributor
I am wondering whether anyone has used a Disability Employment Service and whether you would like to share feedback. I am particularly interested in anyone who has used a service while being employed, to help negotiate and advocate change with an employer, rather than using a service to help find employment.
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AinjouleSenior Contributor
I have only been using a Disability Employment Service to find work so I can't speak to the second part of your question. But in general I would say I have been underwhelmed with the quality of the DES services. There seems to be an incredible amount of staff turnover in the couple of DES services that I have used and generally they are set up for people who are obligated to find work (and not someone like myself who is voluntary to find work). The latest person I have got with the local DES service seems better but I have had a couple of shockers before that.
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MJG017Senior Contributor
@P12I was with one until I was put on a DSP earlier this year. Like @Ainjoule, I was using the while unemployed and I had pretty much the same experience. Underwhelmed and a high staff turn over. It really comes down to how good the person you are seeing at the time as to how helpful they are. To be fair, the one I was seeing when my health too a bad turn was really helpful it helping my through that and helping me apply for 3 month exemptions when I had treatments.
As for negotiating and advocating, the only thing the was ever said to me about that, was talking to an employer about a wage subsidy. Other than the lower mutual required obligations required from me, it was literally no change from when I was on the regular stream.
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