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CHC30408 Certificate III in Disability and/or CHC50108 Diploma of Disability
What can expect to learn when I enrol?
Once enrolled in one of the above courses student engage in studies and practical experiences that
will qualify them to join and work effectively in the disability industry and community service
sector in Australia.
The Australian government in cooperation with Disability support providers has developed a
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). NDIS is a new way of providing individualised
support for eligible people with permanent or significant disability, their families and carers and
involves reasonable and necessary supports, information, referral, and connecting with mainstream
services and community based activities. The NDIS was introduced on the 01 July 2013 and is
introduced across the Australian states and territories in stages. For more information on the NDIS
please go to www.ndis.gov.au.
Ten-point Plan for implementation of National Disability Insurance Scheme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seKGBCY89a4
Disability in Australia
Disability is part of human diversity. One in five Australians has one or more disabilities. This
proportion is increasing with the ageing of the population.
In Australia, the rights of people with disability are protected within the legal system and are
legislated in a number of legislations, laws and national standards that protect them. For example:
The National Standards for Disability Services 2013:
Standard 1: Service Access
Standard 2: Individual Needs
Standard 3: Decision making and choice
Standard 4: Privacy, Dignity and Confidentiality
Standard 5: Participation and Integration
Standard 6: Valued Status
Standard 7: Complaints and Disputes
Standard 8: Service Management
Standard 9: Employment Conditions
Standard 10: Training and Support
Standard 11: Staff Recruitment, Employment and Training
Standard 12: Protection Human Rights and Freedom from Abuse
The Disability Discrimination Act (1992) defines disability as:
 Total or partial loss of a person’s bodily or mental functions
 Total or partial loss of a part of the body
 The presence in the body of organisms causing disease or illness
 The malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of a person’s body
 A disorder or malfunction that results in a person learning differently from a person without
the disorder or malfunction
 A disorder, illness or disease that affects a persons’ thought processes, perception of reality,
emotions or judgement, or that results in disturbed behaviour.

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Other legislations that are relevant to working in the disability and community service industry
and you will learn more about during your studies are:
 Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993 No 2
 Community Welfare Act 1987 No 52
 Child Protection (Offenders Prohibition Orders) Act 2004 No 46
 Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Amendment Act 2007 No 87
 Child Welfare (Commonwealth Agreement Ratification) Act 1962 No 28
 Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 No 157
 Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment (Permanency Planning) Act
2001 No 91
 Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1998 No 158
 Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987 No 54
 Children (Community Service Orders) Act 1987 No 56
 Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 No 55
 Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 No 57
 Children (Interstate Transfer of Offenders) Act 1988 No 85
 Children (Protection and Parental Responsibility) Act 1997 No 78
 Children’s Court Act 1987 No 53
 Disability Services Act 1993 No 3
 Aboriginal Housing Act 1998 No 47
 Housing Amendment (Community Housing Providers) Act 2007 No 48
 Young Offenders Act 1997 No 54
 Youth and Community Services Act 1973 No 90
Out of the many people who currently have a disability some were born with disability. Others may
have spent much of their lives without disability and acquired their disability through for example a
workplace incident or a car accident, or may have acquired a disability as they age.
83.9% Physical Disability
11.3% Mental illness
4.8% Intellectual/Developmental Disability
A disability may be:
Visible OR Hidden
Permanent OR Temporary
Minimal impact OR Substantial impact
on a person’s abilities, and affect:
 Mobility
 Ability to learn
 Ability to communicate

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There are many different types of disability. A disability can be the result of an accident, a genetic
condition, an illness or an accident, and includes:
 Acquired brain injury (ABI), i.e. Impaired Cognition, Impaired Speech
 Developmental disability, i.e. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Auditory Processing
Difficulty
 Dual disability, i.e. Impaired Cognition and Behaviours of Concern
 Intellectual disability, i.e. Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy
 Mental illness/problem, i.e. Eating Disorder, Schizophrenia
 Neurological impairment, i.e. Alzheimer’s Disease, Tourette Syndrome
 Physical disability, i.e. Amputation, Arthritis
 Sensory disability, i.e. Vision Impairment, Hearing Impairment
 Any combination of these
Who are people with disability?
You will find people with disability in every part or section of our community:
 Men
 Women
 Children
 Employers
 Employees
 Students
 Teachers
 Indigenous
 Non-Indigenous
 Customers
 Citizens
What distinguishes a person with disability from those without disability is that they may be unable
to do certain things in the same way people without disability do them without some form of
adaptation or alteration that will assist and support them to overcome the effects of disability.
No two people with the same disability experience disability in the same way.
How to work with people with disability
Therefore, treatment, assistance and support vary from person to person. Some disabilities can be
effectively treated others will affect a persons’ life permanently.
Despite increased community awareness many myths, misunderstandings, negative stereotypes
and attitudes continue to surround people living with a disability. These prejudices and sigma
discriminate and isolate people living with a disability, their families and carers, despite
legislations implemented to change public attitudes and misconceptions. The changes brought
about by the implementation of the NDIS, will encourage greater inclusion and access to
mainstream services, community activities and other government initiatives and allow those
working to support and assist people with disability to work with greater effectiveness.
Working With Disability
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GptdXjYnFOQ
Supporting People With Disabilities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSpkJNPtdys

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Where can I expect to be employed?
Students once deemed qualified may work in a range of disability services in a range of settings,
under direct supervision or responsible for the coordination, management and management of
agencies delivering services to people with disability.
Work carried out within the disability and community service industry includes activities of the
following nature:
 Maintain personal care and/or activities of living
 Activities related to individualised plans
 Working with local communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI)
groups
 Engaging and maintaining networks with relevant stakeholders
 Coordinating and managing agencies delivering services to people with disability
 Supervise staff and/or volunteers
Possible vocational outcomes depending on the qualification you aim to achieve are:
 Accommodation support worker  In-home respite care worker
 Assessor  Local area coordinator
 Care assistant  Local support coordinator
 Case coordinator  Manager
 Case manager  Nursing assistant
 Client assistant  Program/service coordinator
 Client service assessor  Personal care assistant
 Community access coordinator  Personal care giver
 Community care worker  Personal care worker
 Community house worker  Residential aide
 Community support worker  Residential care officer
 Coordinator  Residential care support worker
 Disability support officer  Senior disability worker
 Disability support worker  Support facilitator
 Disability service office  Support worker
 Family support worker  School support officer (working with
children with disabilities) Home care assistant
Disability Services Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew10n2SYj30
Introduction to Disability Care Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwGGso24PyM
References:
 Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003, Disability, Ageing and Carers: Summary of Findings,
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra.
 https://www.adhc.nsw.gov.au/sp/quality/standards_in_action
 http://www.dfc.sa.gov.au/pub/tabId/265/itemId/636/moduleId/986/AZ-disability-resources.aspx
 http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/mental-pubs-w-whatmen-
toc~mental-pubs-w-whatmen-help
 http://www.ndis.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Handout_Disability_Service_Standard
s_2013.pdf