Associate Degree in Disability and Community Practice

Become job ready, faster. Equip yourself with work-relevant skills and knowledge to help people with disability live flourishing lives. This Associate Degree 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.

Flinders' city campus at Festival Plaza is a place where potential meets possibility. Offering a broad range of study areas, this unique, modern space in the heart of Adelaide is designed for collaborative learning, interactive teaching and industry engagement. Positioned adjacent to the Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace and central to trams and buses, Festival Plaza provides students with greater connection, convenience and accessibility when selecting their preferred study location.

Please note only Year 1 topics of this course will be available in 2024. If you have been granted credit transfer or wish to apply for credit transfer for this course on the basis of previous study and you are granted credit, this may mean you will not be able to enrol in Year 2 or higher year topics, nor able to enrol on a full-time basis until 2025.

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.

On completion of the course students will be able to work in alliance with people with disability, their families and advocates to promote inclusion and quality in life, recommend and teach functional skills such as social, self-care, recreation, communication and language, and employment skills and support people with disability to access and maintain meaningful employment.

Graduates can choose to continue studying in our Bachelor of Disability and Community Inclusion (SATAC code 284261) or Bachelor of Disability and Developmental Education (SATAC code 284271) programs with full credit for the Associate Degree.