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Disability Services Instructor

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Disability services instructors assess training needs, conduct training programs, and organise employment or recreation and leisure activities for people with intellectual and/or physical, sensory, social or emotional disabilities.

Disability services instructors may perform the following tasks:

  • work out the needs of people with disabilities, including those needs which may be met through training or work experience
  • plan, develop and implement education and/or training programs and check on how well they have worked
  • talk to parents, residential care workers, community groups, employers and other interested people.

Specialisations:

Disability services instructors may specialise in one of the following service areas:

  • Competitive employment: places people with disabilities in jobs and provides intensive on-the-job training and continued monitoring.
  • Life education: teaches independent living skills to people with disabilities, as well as providing literacy and numeracy skills, communication and vocational training, community orientation training, and how to cope with daily living activities.
  • Recreation and leisure: establishes recreation and support networks and provides recreation and community orientation training.
  • Supported employment (integrated): negotiates with employers to obtain long-term employment placements and provides on-the-job training and continuing supervisory support.
  • Supported sheltered employment: negotiates work contracts for small business operations, manages the business aspects of the operation and provides occupational training and ongoing support.

Disability services instructors may be required to work outside normal business hours. This depends on the nature of the training involved and could include a wide variety of tasks, such as organising a paper round or recreation and leisure activities.

Personal Requirements:

  • understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities
  • good communication, organisational and leadership skills
  • enthusiastic and self-motivated
  • patient and flexible.

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