Workforce Australia
Online and provider-led services that help people prepare for, find, keep, change or create work.
Mainstream employment services reform is underway
- Official publisher
- Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- Sources last reviewed
- 6 August 2026
- ServiceCite coverage
- Official links reviewed
- Official overview
- Open publisher page
The umbrella program-family profile records reviewed official links. Within this family, ServiceCite reproduces Part A: Universal Guidelines, which applies to every Workforce Australia service, and the Part B guidelines for Workforce Australia Services, Self-Employment Assistance, Transition to Work, Career Transition Assistance and Employability Skills Training, all searchable. The other services’ Part B guidelines are not included in policy search.
Search currently covers IEA Guidelines Parts A and B, Workforce Australia Part A, and the Part B guidelines for Workforce Australia Services, Self-Employment Assistance, Transition to Work, Career Transition Assistance and Employability Skills Training.
Services in this catalogue
These services have separate public source sets. A family link does not make their rules interchangeable.
- Workforce Australia Services
Workforce Australia Services
Provider-led support for people who need help to prepare for, find and keep work.
View service: Workforce Australia Services - TtW
Transition to Work
Intensive pre-employment support for young people aged 15 to 24 to enter work, apprenticeships, training or education.
View service: TtW - CTA
Career Transition Assistance
Practical support for mature-age participants to build confidence and job-search skills.
View service: CTA - EST
Employability Skills Training
Practical job-search, workplace, digital and industry-specific skills training linked to local labour markets.
View service: EST - SEA
Self-Employment Assistance
Workshops, business planning, training, advice and coaching for people developing a viable small business.
View service: SEA
Reform underway
The Australian Government is designing a future mainstream employment service. Current Workforce Australia material remains a separate, time-bound source set.
DEWR employment services reformOfficial sources and reviewed links
Use the linked publisher page as the authority. Source-specific dates, notices and copyright terms take precedence over this profile.
- guidance
Guidelines Part A: Universal Guidelines
The current official DEWR Part A publication record.
Publisher: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Open source: Guidelines Part A: Universal Guidelines - guidance
Guidelines Part B: Workforce Australia Services
The current official DEWR Part B publication record.
Publisher: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Open source: Guidelines Part B: Workforce Australia Services - guidance
Workforce Australia information for providers
The official current index of Workforce Australia Guidelines and Deeds.
Publisher: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Open source: Workforce Australia information for providers - reform
Employment services reform
Official information about the design of future mainstream employment services.
Publisher: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Open source: Employment services reform - data
Employment services data
Official current and historical employment services datasets.
Publisher: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Open source: Employment services data
Related programs
- Replaced jobactive
jobactive
Workforce Australia replaced jobactive from July 2022.
This profile is a ServiceCite summary of the linked public sources. ServiceCite is not an Australian Government service and is not endorsed by Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.