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Get equipped for a rewarding career in the disability support industry

Melbourne Polytechnic’s courses teach how the Australian disability sector operates and provide hands-on experience with NDIS participants.

If you’re passionate about making a difference in the lives of people with a disability, Melbourne Polytechnic’s NDIS courses can equip you with in-demand skills. You’ll have hands-on experience helping people with a disability and train with active, industry experts.

Learn about how the NDIS works, how to support an NDIS participant to achieve their stated goals, completing and processing necessary documentation, and how to use a human rights framework to ensure NDIS participant personal safety.

Melbourne Polytechnic provides NDIS courses suited to those wanting to embark on a career in the disability sector as a direct support worker under the NDIS or for those already working in the disability, aged care, childcare, or health industries who want to learn more about the NDIS.

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I wanted to work in a sector that valued people's age and experience and not hold it against them. Disability need quality staff and age should not determine people's ability, so that was just a natural fit for me.
Catherine Giles
Certificate IV in Disability Graduate and Outstanding Human Services and Education Vocational Education Student of the Year 2022
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