Working in disability services offers challenges but the rewards are personally fulfilling. Your work can directly enhance lifestyle, promote independence and empowerment and encourage people with disabilities to participate in community activities.
Disability Support workers provide provide general household assistance, emotional support, physical assistance, care and companionship for people with a physical or intellectual disability.
Certificate IV in Disability
This course provides participants with the skills to support people with disability to achieve greater levels of independence.
Study a qualification that open doors to a range of job opportunities in the direct care industry, whilst giving back to the community. This formal qualification provides the skills and knowledge to empower people with disability to achieve greater levels of independence.
This qualification builds on the skills and knowledge you would have gained in Certificate III in Individual Support or Certificate III in Disability.
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Good news!
This course is going to transition to a new training package in 2023. This means that students starting in 2023 will transfer during their study to new units developed to meet current and future industry needs.
Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Home and Community)
Launch your career in caring in the home and the community.
Support people that need it the most in a career as an aged care assistant. This course specialises in providing in demand home and community support services and also supports relationships with, a wide range of people, including carers and families.
Want to find out more about this industry?
Students in community services benefit from sharing information about organisations, initiatives and leading expertise in our Community Services Facebook page.
Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability)
Complete this course and be on your way to a career in disability support.
Do you have a passion for helping people and want to build a career around the commitment of supporting people with disability? This course will give you job ready skills to become a professional disability care worker.
This is your chance to make a real difference in your role, supporting and empowering people with disability to reach their full potential and become more independent, whilst improving overall quality of life of your clients through your working relationship and supporting their participation in the community.
Study in specialised facilities
SM TAFE campuses have training facilities which simulate real-life workplace settings and students can gain hands-on practice developing skills to be workforce ready, using industry specific equipment and following safe work practices. Our Rockingham campus has a state-of-the art purpose-built learning facility for disability home care and aged care, with dedicated areas that emulate rooms in a modified residence or aged care facility.
Infection control Skill Set
Delivered at:
Learn to control COVID-19 related infection for direct care workers
In these unprecedented times, new regulations need aged care and disability workers to manage infection control.
Skills can be applied to specific health and care industry needs such as direct client care, community care, community services, in-home care, disability care, and all work environments where you provide support and care to individuals or groups of people.
Gain these skills
- introduction to infection control
- chain of infection and disease transmission
- breaking the chain of infection
- contamination and cleaning
- hazards, risks, responsibilities and reporting
Maintain your ability to work safely and within government requirements; or, prepare your business for compliance by including your staff in training, raising their capability in ensuring the safety of staff and customers in your workplace.