Youth Vocational Assessment
Understand your strengths. Explore your options.
Plan your steps with confidence.
A vocational assessment is a person-centred, work-focused assessment that goes beyond job skills. Delivered online by a vocational assessor, it helps you understand what matters most, what you can do, and the environments where you thrive, so your next step into work, study, or volunteering is the right one for you.
At Everyday Independence, we don’t start with jobs. We start with you.
How a Vocational Assessment Helps
Finding the right pathway isn’t about fitting into a job. It’s about finding work that fits you.
A vocational assessment helps you get clear on your strengths, your interests, and what actually works for you in real life. It supports you to make informed decisions about your future, with pathways that are practical, meaningful, and achievable.
You’ll walk away with direction, confidence, and a clear plan, so you’re not guessing what comes next.
What We Explore Together
At the end of your assessment, we’ll bring everything together into a personalised, strength-based profile that clearly outlines:
- Your key skills and capabilities
- The work conditions where you are most likely to succeed
- Your motivators, interests, and what drives you
- The supports and workplace strategies that set you up for success
- Potential employment pathways aligned to your goals
This profile becomes a practical guide used by you, your support network, employment providers, and workplaces to ensure job matching is tailored, meaningful and sustainable.
Enquire About a Vocational Assessment
Who Can Benefit From a Vocational Assessment?
This assessment is for you if you want to explore work, training, study, or volunteering in a way that suits your life. It’s for anyone looking to understand their skills, build confidence, and plan next steps with support that fits around you.
Whether you’re starting out, changing direction, or seeking new opportunities, it helps you make decisions that match your abilities and goals.
We’re Ready to Get You Started
If you’re ready to take the next step towards create positive life changes, we’re here to work alongside you.
Submit an enquiry now and our team will take you through the next steps.
One Team Around You
Our vocational assessment can be taken on its own, alongside other employment supports, or together with therapy services.
If you choose to take therapy services, you’ll be supported by a youth team who works together on your work and life goals, guided by a youth lead practitioner.
With everyone on the same page, you’ll receive clear direction and consistent support to help you make the most of your NDIS funded supports.
Why Starting Early Matters
It’s common to feel like work or study can wait, especially if you’re not feeling ready yet. A vocational assessment helps you identify your strengths, develop confidence, and understand what employers are looking for, so you can start gaining relevant experience earlier. This also helps you avoid feeling like you’re catching up later.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a vocational assessment?
A vocational assessment explores your strengths, interests, and support needs to help identify suitable work or study pathways and next steps.
Who completes the assessment?
Your assessment is delivered by a vocational assessor who can be a degree qualified psychologist, occupational therapist or counsellor.
How long does it take?
The full assessment is delivered online and takes 7 hours. It includes your assessment, time for the assessor to write your report, and a counselling session.
Who is eligible for the vocational assessment?
NDIS participants aged 15 – 25 who have an employment or vocational goal in their NDIS plan can access a vocational assessment.
We can offer the assessment to people 26 years and older if they have the correct funding.
How is the vocational assessment delivered?
We deliver the vocational assessment online for flexibility and accessibility.
What funding can be used?
For a vocational assessment you need either Finding and Keeping a Job (Employment Related Assessment, Counselling and Advice) or Improved Daily Living Funding (Assessment, Recommendation, Therapy or Training).
What will I receive at the end?
You’ll receive a personalised vocational report that brings everything together. Your strengths, real-world skills, interests, and preferences, along with the environments and work conditions where you’re most likely to succeed.
It outlines potential job options, study pathways, and clear recommendations for job development, workplace supports, and next steps.
You can share your report with your support team to guide planning, align everyone around your goals, and take the next step toward meaningful employment.
What is the cancellation policy for vocational assessment sessions?
We understand that plans can change. To keep things fair and make sure appointments are available for others, we ask for at least 48 hours’ notice if you need to cancel or reschedule your vocational assessment session.
Cancellations made within 48 hours may be treated as a short notice cancellation.
What areas do you deliver vocational assessments?
We provide our vocational assessments online to people living across VIC, NSW, QLD, SA, ACT and TAS.
What other youth employment services do you provide?
Our youth employment services include an employment program, psychosocial recovery coaching and support to help you access employment funding.
Our Youth Services
We offer a range of employment supports and therapy services to support young people on their journey towards adult independence.
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