Behaviour Support Practitioner

Ability-Action-Australia; Wollongong City Council; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership

Salary packaging

Flexible hours

Competitive package

Hybrid work

Mentorship

Career development

Job summary

Ability Action Australia is seeking a Behaviour Support Practitioner to work with NDIS participants, families and carers, delivering person-centred assessments and plans.

You will lead assessments, develop evidence-based support plans, drive meaningful goals, and work within a multidisciplinary team while mentoring less experienced practitioners.

We offer flexible hours, salary packaging, annual leave options, and a supportive environment to grow in the disability sector.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification as an allied health professional.
• Experience in report writing.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied caseload.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach, with a drive to improve outcomes and test new ideas.
• A genuine passion for working in the disability sector.

Responsibilities

• Supporting NDIS participants and families to identify needs through assessment and person-centred planning.
• Owning the assessment, development and delivery of evidence-based support plans within a complex support environment.
• Driving meaningful goals and measurable outcomes using a positive behaviour support framework.
• Ensuring plans reflect each participant’s goals, strengths and what matters most to them.
• Building the capability, confidence and understanding of those supporting participants in their day-to-day lives.
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including mentoring less experienced practitioners.

Skills

Report writing

Organisational skills

Self-motivated

Disability sector passion

Education

Allied health degree

Job description

We are one of the largest providers to the NDIS, supporting over 10,000 participants every year with the care they need, when and where it is needed. We have a multi-disciplinary team approach, building a quality support service around the needs and goals of our participants and their family.

Help us help otherswith life changing support that canimprove their independence, access, development, health and wellbeing, and function.

Job Description

#AAA Nowrateamis seeking a Behaviour Support Practitioner ofall experience and suitability levels.Whether you arejust startingyour Behaviour Support career or have suitability levelsCore, Proficient or Advanced, this is an opportunity to make a real impact, take ownership of your work, and continue building your capability in a supportive environment.

If you enjoy solving complex challenges and seeing tangible progress in your work, you’ll thrive here.

In this role you will:

• Supporting NDIS participants, along with their families and carers, to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning
• Owning the assessment, development and delivery of evidence-based support plans within a complex support environment
• Driving meaningful goals and measurable outcomes, using a positive behaviour support framework and a commitment to eliminating restrictive practices
• Ensuring plans reflect each participant’s goals, strengths and what matters most to them
• Building the capability, confidence and understanding of those supporting participants in their day-to-day lives
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including mentoring less experienced practitioners

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A degree qualification as an allied health professional
• Experience in report writing
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied caseload
• A proactive, self-motivated approach, with a drive to improve outcomes and test new ideas
• A genuine passion for working in the disability sector

What's in it for you?

• Ownership and impact,manage your own caseload and see the direct difference your work makes over time
• Great benefitsincluding salary packaging, referral bonuses, extra leave purchase options and corporate discounts
• True flexibilityto choose the hours and days that suit your lifestyle
• Competitive packagewith industry-leading salary, kilometre reimbursement, laptop, smartphone, PD allowance and performance rewards
• Balanced work stylecombining work from home, community visits and access to office and clinic spaces
• Genuine supportwith weekly supervision, dedicated mentors and senior clinician guidance
• Career growththrough tailored training, professional development and pathways across Ability Action Australia and MedHealth

Additional Information

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 4,000 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.