Our Profile

Essential Personnel is a specialist employment agency for people with a disability established in 1989. The service began with an office in Northam where Essential Personnel's head office is still located. There are now also outreach offices in Midland, Merredin and Moora providing a service to people in the Avon Valley, central Wheatbelt, Midland and Hills areas.

We believe that people with a disability have a right to work in open employment regardless of the extent, or severity of their disability. In our opinion, people with a disability and their families are in the best position to actively plan their careers and make the necessary choices to further their careers.

We have been operating since 1989 and are now the longest serving employment agency in the Central Wheatbelt area. Since 1999* we have assisted over 600 people in 780 jobs. 30% of our current workers are placed in jobs with either large business, or the public sector. We are an incorporated society and are funded through the Commonwealth DEEWR. Our staff members offer an extraordinary range of skills and experience to ensure successful employment outcomes for people with a disability.

We are an incorporated not-for-profit organisation and are funded through the Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. Our organization is governed by a Board of Management, which is elected by the membership of Essential Personnel at the Annual General Meeting. Our staff members offer an extraordinary range of skills and experience to ensure successful employment outcomes for people with a disability.

* No data available before 1999.