Eligibility for registration

If you apply for registration based on your professional experience, you must show that:

• you have at least 1,440 hours of relevant work experience providing disability services over at least 2 years in the past 10 years.

You will need to enter details of your relevant disability work, including:

• name of employer/s
• months you started and finished in that role/s
• the approximate number of hours you worked in that role/s
• the tasks you performed in that role/s.

You will be asked to provide evidence of your professional experience that shows you meet the requirements above. Evidence may consist of the following (please note you are not required to provide all these documents but the evidence provided must show hours worked and role performed):

• statements of service
• payment slips or summaries
• description of roles where you provided disability services, including hours worked and duties
• letters from employers
• satisfactory performance review
• a letter, email or document from you setting out employer names, role titles, length of employment, hours of work, duties performed.

If you apply for registration based on your qualification you must show:

• you hold a Certificate III or higher in Individual Support, Disability, Aged Care Work or a related field and
• you have relevant work experience providing disability services (may include placement hours completed as part of a relevant qualification) in the past 10 years.

OR

• you have training as a disability worker equivalent to Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability) and
• you have relevant work experience providing disability services.

When completing the online application form, you must provide the following evidence:

• a certificate of completion OR
• an academic transcript showing that the course was completed
• details of your work demonstrating that you provide services that support people with disability (for example; a statement of your experience in the disability sector**) and
• a certificate, extract or other evidence of registration with the relevant professional body (if relevant).

The evidence you upload should clearly show your name, the name of the qualification, the date of the qualification, and the name of the educational institution.

If you apply for registration based on a combination of qualifications and experience, you must show:

• you have a qualification in community services, health or a related field* that is relevant to the worker’s experience providing disability services and
• you have at least 120 hours of relevant work experience providing disability services in the past 10 years.

If you apply for registration based on your qualification you must show:

• you have relevant tertiary qualification* at Diploma level or higher in a professional discipline that supports people with disability, such as allied health or social work and
• you have relevant professional experience providing disability services as a disability practitioner in the past 10 years and
• you hold professional registration (if required to practice the profession in while you are qualified).

*or equivalent training where training rather than a tertiary qualification was required to gain professional registration to practice the profession.

You must provide the following evidence:

• a certificate of completion OR
• an academic transcript showing that the course was completed and
• details of your work demonstrating that you provide services that support people with disability (for example; a statement of your experience in the disability sector**) and
• a certificate, extract or other evidence of registration with the relevant professional body (if relevant)

The evidence you upload should clearly show your name, the name of the qualification, the date of the qualification, and the name of the educational institution.

If you apply for registration based on your professional experience, you must show:

• that you hold professional registration (if required to practice) and
• you have at least 1,440 hours of relevant professional experience providing disability services as a disability practitioner over at least 2 years in the past 10 years.

Relevant professional body means Australian regulators, including all Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) regulated professional Boards. Other regulators will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

You will be asked to enter the details of your work into the online application form, including:

• the name of your employer/s
• the months you started and finished in that role/s
• the approximate number of hours you worked in that role/s
• the tasks you performed in that role/s.

You will also need to provide supporting evidence of your specialist and professional experience that shows you meet the requirements above. Evidence may consist of (please note you are not required to provide all these documents):

• statements of service
• payment slips or summaries
• descriptions of roles where you provided disability services including hours of work and duties
• letters from employers
• satisfactory performance review
• a letter, email or document from you setting out employer names, role titles, length of employment, hours of work, duties performed.
• a certificate, extract or statement of registration.

If you apply for registration based on a combination of qualifications and experience, you must show:

• you have a tertiary qualification at Diploma level or higher in a professional discipline that is relevant to your professional experience providing disability services as a disability practitioner and
• you have at least 120 hours of relevant professional experience providing disability services as a disability practitioner in the past 10 years.