Behaviour Support Practitioner - Core Or Proficient Or Advanced

Medhealth Group; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellbeing subsidy

Salary packaging options

Competitive salary + super

Job summary

Outcomes Connect Australia (OCA) is seeking a Behaviour Support Practitioner at Core, Proficient, or Advanced endorsement level to support people with disabilities. You will assess needs, develop person-centred plans and work with families to promote rights and reduce restrictive practices.

Join a team including clinicians and leaders in Adelaide with flexible scheduling. The role focuses on evidence-based practice, ongoing professional development, and a pathway from Core/Proficient to Advanced

Qualifications

• Proven communication and interpersonal skills essential.
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse team.
• Current Australian Driver's Licence and access to a reliable vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Assess client needs and plan person-centred supports.
• Identify goals and practical strategies under PBS framework.
• Develop, deliver and evaluate evidence-based support plans.
• Ensure plans reflect client goals, interests and strengths.
• Support families and carers to build capacity.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Driver's license

Education

Relevant degree in support for behaviours of concern

Job description

Job Description

Behaviour Support Practitioner - Core or Proficient or Advanced

• Full-time
• State: SA
• Job Status: Full Time

At Outcomes Connect Australia (OCA), we believe people do their best work when they feel connected, supported and inspired.

Since 2018, OCA has empowered Behaviour Support Practitioners to build confidence, develop their clinical skills and achieve best practice. Through genuine connection, collaborative learning and purposeful practice, practitioners' careers have transformed and thrived.

Our model combines local delivery and national systems, ensuring consistency, safety and clinical excellence under a strong governance framework.

If you're looking for a workplace where your ideas are heard, your development is prioritised and your wellbeing truly matters, we'd love to hear from you.

As an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner (i.e. with endorsement at the Core or Proficient or Advanced level of suitability), you'll make a real difference in the lives of people living with disability by helping them and those around them. You will focus on enhancing quality of life, reducing behaviours of concern and promoting the rights of people with disability.

You will work as part of a team including practitioners, a team leader and clinical advisors, to support people with evidence-based practice along with developing your own knowledge, skills and experience.

Youlive in Adelaide.

As a Behaviour Support Practitioner you will:

• Support our clients (NDIS participants), along with their families and/or carers, to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning
• Identifymeaningful goals and practical strategiesutilising The Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework, with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices, in the home and community
• Develop, deliverand evaluateevidence-based support plans within a complex support space
• Ensureindividual plans reflect our clients' goals, passions and strengths
• Buildthe knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support our clients - family, carers, friends, etc

Why You'll Love Working for Outcomes Connect Australia

Supervision and Support:

• you will receive weekly 1:1 clinical supervision from an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner, plus opportunities to join group-based supervisions from the very beginning
• you will be supported by our experienced team of clinical leaders to ensure that your work is guided and supported every step of the way
• you will participate in our national best practice onboarding and learning program, with a focus on understanding the role, the context of positive behaviour support (PBS) and the best ways to support participants
• you will participate in fortnightly learning prepared by Advanced and Specialist practitioners focusing on every aspect of our work, plus have access to our learning library of over 100 resources

Build Your Career:

• you will prepare an individualised ContinuingProfessional Development (CPD) plan and Supervision Agreement with your supervisor to plan out your journey from Core or Proficient through to Advanced level of suitability as a practitioner
• you will be supported by your clinical advisor and clinical leadership team to advance in practice specialisation, leadership, case management or any aspect of your work you see as your focus area
• you will be welcome to apply for one of the regular internal leadership positions, short-term secondments or adjunct roles that are available within our team

Team Culture:

• you'll be part of a values-led team that celebrates your wins and supports you through challenges
• we believe everyone contributes to our culture, from our newest team members to our most senior practitioners

Balance That Works:

• flexible scheduling and remote/community-based work
• sustainable caseloads that respect your energy and time
• space to rest, recharge and enjoy life outside of work

Benefits That Back You:

• competitive salary + super + rewards for outstanding performance
• $600 annual Health andWellbeing subsidy
• salary packaging options

About You

• Current suitability (i.e. registration) with the NDIS Commission as a Behaviour Support Practitioner is essential, as too is experience working as a Behaviour Support Practitioner for a registered provider of positive behaviour support and endorsement at the Core or Proficient or Advanced level
• Demonstrated ability to work positively in a diverse team
• Outstanding communication, influencing and interpersonal skills
• Current Drivers Licence and own reliable vehicle

#OCA

• Degree levelqualifications of relevance to providing support to people with behaviours of concern are highly preferred

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.