Career pathways

The Career pathways tool is for people seeking to enter the community and disability sector and for existing people working in these sectors.

The tool helps you to find information about the training available to support your career paths in the community services sector.

Effective community service work, including the ability to progress in the sector, relies on workers continuing to grow their knowledge and skills through work experience and ongoing training. Ongoing training should be seen as a lifelong process and may be accessed in the form of on-the-job professional development and formal education.

Entry-level qualifications listed in this document are not intended to convey a sense of arrival, but rather a beginning point for working in the community services sector.

For those already working in the sector you may have skills and education that is transferable across client groups and job roles or be able to reduce the duration of further education through recognition of previous experience or learning. As the information provided by the tool is general advice, you would need to contact your chosen educational institution to get specific information on recognition of prior learning.