Bachelor of Disability and Community Inclusion

Empower your career in disability services with our transformative course. Learn to champion human rights and work collaboratively to promote access, inclusion, and equity. Enhance the well-being of people with disabilities through advocacy, negotiation, and person-centered planning. Develop case management skills to navigate complex systems and apply research, problem-solving, and evaluation techniques to your practice. Graduates of this course make a meaningful impact and drive positive change in the lives of people with disabilities.

The Bachelor of Disability and Community Inclusion is grounded in a human rights approach and is focused on promoting the rights of people with disability to inclusive lives and to building an effective and respectful support workforce allied with this aim. The degree provides students with work-relevant skills and knowledge they can apply in a wide range of contexts in disability, health and human services fields. The multidisciplinary focus of the program scaffolds student learning from multiple perspectives, including special education, psychology, philosophy, sociology, and health.

Practical experience

This degree equips students with work-integrated knowledge and skills that can be applied to a range of disability and related health and human service environments. Two practicums are included (one in second year and one in third year), with placements provided across a number of settings including schools, disability and community services Aged care.

Your career

On completion of this degree students will be able to understand and activate human rights in the lives of people with disability and work in alliance with people with disability, their families and advocates to promote inclusion and quality in life. Students will be able to promote the physical and emotional well-being of people with disability by recommending and teaching functional skills such as social, self-care, recreation, communication and language Employment skills.

This degree prepares graduates for careers in disability and community services. Potential occupations may include NDIS support coordinator, disability employment consultant and skilled disability practitioner; potential employers may include disability services, government sector (NDIS) or self employment.