CHC43121 Certificate IV in Disability

• Care Assistant
• Community Care Worker
• Disability Support Worker
• Residential Care Worker
• Disability officer – day support
• Employment coordinator (disability)

​Disability services are an integral part of healthcare and are designed to improve the health, wellbeing and independence of individuals living with a disability as well as enabling them to participate in social activities and develop life skills.

The course will cover:

• Facilitating social inclusion and community participation
• How to empower individuals with disability
• How to follow safe work practices
• How to work with diverse people
• Developing and providing person-centred services

• Practical Demonstration
• Short answers and scenarios
• Case study and extended answer
• Workplace logbook
• Presentations
• Clinical observation checklist

Please note that there are no clinical placement requirements for this course. Consequently, students pursuing this program will not be required to undertake any clinical placements.

• We understand that you may already have many skills and areas of expertise that you have obtained in different ways and these are recognised through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process.
• We have developed an RPL application kit for this course.
• The Student Handbook provides more information about our RPL process. Alternatively, you can liaise with our administration staff to gain more information.

• Students are not required to repeat any unit or module in which they have already been assessed as competent, unless a regulatory requirement requires this. If a student provides suitable evidence that they have successfully completed a unit or module at any RTO, then they will be credited for that unit.
• In the case of any non-equivalent units of competency, an analysis will be undertaken to determine the equivalence of the study with the relevant units offered at INT Nurse Training before granting credit.
• Please note that providing credit for previous studies is not recognition of prior learning (RPL). RPL is an assessment-only pathway of determining the competence of a person, while proving credit is recognising the equivalence in content and learning outcomes between different types of learning and/or qualifications previously undertaken and completed successfully.

The duration of the Disability Studies Courses Sydney is 18 months (51 weeks of study + 120 hours of clinical placement), with a requirement to maintain 20 hours contact hours per week in class and/or the workplace.

Language, Literacy and Numeracy

This course involves reading and undertaking a range of written assessments, as well as engaging in group based discussions. Furthermore, the delivery mode relies on the extensive use of written communication. As such, entry to the course requires the successful completion of Language, Literacy and Numeracy testing to the required Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) level.

Host Organisation Requirements

In all cases you will need to obtain a Working with Vulnerable People check as part of a National Police Clearance check, prior to commencing your placement. Our partner facilities will not let people commence placement without having the required clearances. This check can be obtained online. You will also be required to have a current first aid certificate (HLTAID003 Provide first aid). This short course can be undertaken at INT Nurse Training. These requirements will be discussed in detail on Day 1 (orientation day) of your program.

Physical Requirements

You will need to be physically fit as the role may involve a variety of tasks that require physical activity, such as providing direct personal care including showering, transferring and assisting clients with mobility and a range of other manual handling tasks. Please inform staff at enrolment if you have any physical disabilities or limitations as these may restrict you from participating in the practical components of the training and assessment. By advising us it will allow us to make reasonable adjustments to your training and assessment plan.

You may elect to pay the full course fee up front or we can organise payment instalments for you to assist with your circumstances. The option exists for you to make regular payments at set intervals throughout your course. We will need to formalise a payment schedule in that instance. Please enquire with administration for more details (call 1800 046 846 or email info@int.edu.au)