Self Employment Assistance Program

Self Employment Assistance Program

Helping people start and run a small business!

Do you have a business idea? Or perhaps you have a start-up business and need some help to make it viable?  

BUSY At Work is contracted by the Australian Government’s Workforce Australia to deliver the Self-Employment Assistance Program.

Under this no-cost program, we work with eligible participants to finesse their business idea to become a viable reality.

You can find out more or contact us below. You may also consider joining one of our upcoming ‘Exploring Self Assistance’ workshops to see if this program is for you!


Join one of our Workshops to find out more

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About Self-Employment Assistance

Self-Employment Assistance can help you start and run a small business by helping you to:

  • Learn about and consider being self-employed
  • Decide on a business idea and check if it will work
  • Develop a business plan
  • Get a business up and running, or
  • Adjust your own business to keep it viable.

What Self-Employment Assistance offers

Self-Employment Assistance offers 6 free services. You can do them all or only select the ones you want to do.

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Exploring Self Employment Workshops

Provides information about self-employment, and then helps you to generate and test business ideas. These workshops usually involve 5 sessions delivered over one or two weeks. The workshops will help you make an informed decision about whether you want to pursue self-employment. 

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Provides information about self-employment, and then helps you to generate and test business ideas. These workshops usually involve 5 sessions delivered over one or two weeks. The workshops will help you make an informed decision about whether you want to pursue self-employment. 

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Small Business Training

Provides you with the skills you need to start and run a small business. You can access accredited training and choose to do a shorter skillset or a longer Certificate III or IV in Entrepreneurship and New Business.

Micro Business Skill Set

This accredited course – Micro Business Skill Set BSBS00102 – is an eight week course that will provide participants an introductory overview of the skills and knowledge required to both investigate and plan for the development of a new micro business.

It’s ideally suited to those establishing or operating a business providing self-employment, as well as those establishing a new venture as part of a standalone or larger organisation, this course provides an overview of business functions including:

  • Investigation of business opportunities
  • Research required to formulate business plans
  • Development of business plans for achieving goals and objectives

New Business Venture Course

Once you start the Self Employment Assistance program, you can undertake our New Business Venture Course which assists you to gain the skill set and knowledge to plan and develop a new business venture, whether for self-employment or to expand an existing organisation or company. If you’re considering starting a new business, this course is ideal professional development for you.

Develop New Business Ventures is an online professional development course that will provide the skills and knowledge required to plan and implement a new business venture.

In this professional development course, you will explore how to investigate new business opportunities by analysing market information and trends, gathering essential data and sourcing information that supports business ideas and concepts.

You will discover the key to developing and presenting professional business proposals, communicating risks to stakeholders and understanding legislation, standards, codes of practice, policies and procedures, and financial and resource requirements.

On completion of this course, you will have gained the skills and knowledge required to plan, present and implement new business ventures confidently.

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Provides you with the skills you need to start and run a small business. You can access accredited training and choose to do a shorter skillset or a longer Certificate III or IV in Entrepreneurship and New Business.

Micro Business Skill Set

This accredited course – Micro Business Skill Set BSBS00102 – is an eight week course that will provide participants an introductory overview of the skills and knowledge required to both investigate and plan for the development of a new micro business.

It’s ideally suited to those establishing or operating a business providing self-employment, as well as those establishing a new venture as part of a standalone or larger organisation, this course provides an overview of business functions including:

  • Investigation of business opportunities
  • Research required to formulate business plans
  • Development of business plans for achieving goals and objectives

New Business Venture Course

Once you start the Self Employment Assistance program, you can undertake our New Business Venture Course which assists you to gain the skill set and knowledge to plan and develop a new business venture, whether for self-employment or to expand an existing organisation or company. If you’re considering starting a new business, this course is ideal professional development for you.

Develop New Business Ventures is an online professional development course that will provide the skills and knowledge required to plan and implement a new business venture.

In this professional development course, you will explore how to investigate new business opportunities by analysing market information and trends, gathering essential data and sourcing information that supports business ideas and concepts.

You will discover the key to developing and presenting professional business proposals, communicating risks to stakeholders and understanding legislation, standards, codes of practice, policies and procedures, and financial and resource requirements.

On completion of this course, you will have gained the skills and knowledge required to plan, present and implement new business ventures confidently.

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Business Plan Development

Can help you prepare a viable business plan to help your business succeed. A comprehensive business plan will help you to identify strategies for success and forecast your business cash flow for 2 years into the future.

Your Self-Employment Assistance Provider can then assess your business plan and provide independent feedback on the likely viability of your business.

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Can help you prepare a viable business plan to help your business succeed. A comprehensive business plan will help you to identify strategies for success and forecast your business cash flow for 2 years into the future.

Your Self-Employment Assistance Provider can then assess your business plan and provide independent feedback on the likely viability of your business.

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Business Advice Sessions

We can offer targeted advice relating to your business idea or existing business.

Each session is delivered over the course of an hour and you can access two sessions a year.

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We can offer targeted advice relating to your business idea or existing business.

Each session is delivered over the course of an hour and you can access two sessions a year.

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Business Health Checks

Can help business owners assess how their existing business is running to find ways to improve its viability.

A Business Health Check is delivered over 3 hours in a one-on-one session, and you can access one Business Health Check each year.

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Can help business owners assess how their existing business is running to find ways to improve its viability.

A Business Health Check is delivered over 3 hours in a one-on-one session, and you can access one Business Health Check each year.

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Small Business Coaching

Provides business mentoring for up to 12 months. Over the course of a year, you’ll be connected to a business mentor who will give you guidance, coaching and other business support.

You can receive a $300 reimbursement to assist with your eligible business costs (such as business insurance).

If you’re eligible, you can also receive a Self-Employment Allowance for up to 39 weeks, and Self-Employment Rental Assistance for up to 26 weeks.

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Provides business mentoring for up to 12 months. Over the course of a year, you’ll be connected to a business mentor who will give you guidance, coaching and other business support.

You can receive a $300 reimbursement to assist with your eligible business costs (such as business insurance).

If you’re eligible, you can also receive a Self-Employment Allowance for up to 39 weeks, and Self-Employment Rental Assistance for up to 26 weeks.

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Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for the program you must be:

  • at least 18 years of age,
  • not be an undischarged bankrupt,
  • an Australian citizen or have working rights in Australia.

Contact us today to discuss your small business idea

Where we deliver the Self Employment Assistance Program

Throughout North Queensland and Sunshine Coast Queensland, we can support your small business dream. See our Office Locations below.


Call us today: 1800 161 335

Shop 2/1 Cook Street, Atherton QLD 4883
2/6 Barolin Street, Bundaberg West QLD 4670
99 Sheridan St Cairns, Cairns QLD 4870
19 Bingera Terrace, Caloundra QLD 4551
206 Mary Street, Gympie QLD 4570
17, 19-21 Torquay Road, PIALBA QLD 4655
1/6 Cornish Street, Kingaroy QLD 4610
1 Wilkinson Street, Manunda QLD 4870
2/21-23 First Avenue, Maroochydore QLD 4558
20 Mill Street, Mossman QLD 4873
Graham House Community Centre, 21 Taylor St E, Murgon Queensland, 4605
CA 6-10, Noosa Civic Centre/28 Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville QLD 4566
6-8 Mowbray Street, Port Douglas QLD 4877
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