Disabilities Services Officer - ANZSCO 411712
- Assessment Authorities: ACWA
Disabilities Services Officer works in a range of service units which provide education and community access to people with intellectual, physical, social and emotional disabilities.
Disability services officer may perform the following tasks:
- determine the needs of people with disability, including those needs that may be met through training or work experience
- plan, develop and implement education and training programmes and check on how well they have worked
- liaises with community groups, parents and residential workers in the development of training programs for community orientation, independent living skills, daily living activities, literacy and numeracy, communication and vocational training
- liaises with employers and employment agencies to place clients in jobs and provide intensive on-the-job training and continuing monitoring in competitive or integrated supported employment programs
- may establish recreation and support networks and provide recreation and community orientation training for their clients
- may negotiate work contracts, manage the business aspects of the operation and provide occupational training and on-going support in segregated supported employment programs
This occupation belongs to Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) . STSOL consists of the list of the occupations which are high in demand in Australia. If you want to apply for Australia sponsored Permanent Residency (subclass 190) your occupation must be listed in the relevant STSOL list and you must have an invitation/sponsorship from the state government. This list is also a part of the Australia Point system. If eligible, you can live and work in Australia for an indefinite period of time.
If your occupation is on STSOL, you may be eligible to apply for the following visa subclasses:
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
- Training visa (subclass 407)
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - State or Territory nominated
- Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) - Short-term stream
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 494)
Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Disabilities Services Officer?
The assessment authority for this occupation is Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) and the ACWA skills assessment will assess if your educational qualifications and work experience are at a professional level and closely related to your nominated occupation for migration purposes.
You are required to receive a positive assessment for your qualifications and work experience from Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) if you are planning to migrate to Australia through skill migration program.
English Language Proficiency
All applicants are required to demonstrate proficiency in English when they apply for skills assessment for migration as a Welfare Worker.
The following English language tests are acceptable:
- IELTS (General or Academic)
- TOEFL iBT®
- PTE ACADEMIC
- Advanced (CAE)
The following table indicates the minimal scores for each module:
Please note that there are some exemptions may be granted to the English language requirement.
If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Disabilities Services Officer, please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.
