Associate Degree in Disability and Community Practice

Empower your career in disability services with this transformative course. Learn to champion human rights and work collaboratively to promote access, inclusion, and equity. The Associate Degree in Disability and Community Practice is available to students seeking a program which will provide foundation knowledge to support their professional development in the field, it has been designed to provide with the ability to promote the rights of people with disability to inclusive lives and to building an effective and respectful support workforce allied with this aim. Your focus on promoting the positive rights of people with disability will help build an effective inclusive and respectful workforce.

The course is two years of full-time study (or the part-time equivalent) meaning you can head into the workforce with a solid understanding of the disability field and a suite of skills to help people with disability live flourishing lives.

Practical experience

This course equips students with foundational work-integrated knowledge and skills that can be applied to a range of disability and related health and human service environments. One practicum placement is included (in second year), where students will be supervised by a qualified practitioner in a supported environment.

Your career

Graduates have work-relevant foundation skills and knowledge to promote human rights, accessibility, equity and justice for people with a disability in a range of contexts. They have built and applied foundation skills as a competent practitioner in the disability and community service sector, and demonstrated knowledge of the connection between theory and practice.

Graduates can choose to continue studying in our Bachelor of Disability and Community Inclusion (SATAC code 244471) or Bachelor of Disability and Developmental Education (SATAC code 224531) programs with full credit for the Associate Degree.