Who is Essential Personnel

Essential Personnel (EP) has a history of providing a range of programs in the Illawarra for over 20 years providing Specialist Employment Services to people with a disability.

We are a Specialist Employment Agency providing professional services for people with disabilities including training, employment and life skills programs. EP is an incorporated association with a Committee of Management of eight (8) Directors. It reports to both the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and Department of Fair Trading.

Essential Personnel operate the following programs:

Disability Employment Network (DEN) - (Essential Personnel Employment Agency) Assisting people with disabilities and multiple barriers with job seeking, job placement and 'on the job' support in mainstream employment.

Transition to Work (TTW) Program - Assisting Year 12 school leavers with a disability develop a range of Employability Skills to move them through into mainstream employment.

Community Participation (CP) Program - Assisting Year 12 school leavers with a disability to develop a range of Life Skills by participating in community activities.

Essentra Training - providing professional training by qualified trainers in: Certificate III Aged Care, Certificate III and Certificate IV Disability Work, Certificate IV TAA (Training and Assessment) First Aid and a range of WorkCover accredited Occupational Health & Safety Training.

All profit made through Essentra is put back into EP to meet the needs of people with disabilities.

EP's Quality Assurance and Values & Beliefs are integrated into their Strategic Plan


Offices are located at Bomaderry, Goulburn,  Mittagong, Nowra, Sanctuary Point, Sussex Inlet, Tahmoor, Ulladulla, Wollongong and Yass. For contact details or to send an email to any of our offices go to our Contact Us page.