Behaviour Support Practitioner - Proficient or Advanced

Hanrahan Health; Goulburn; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Weekly supervision

Career progression opportunities

Above award salary

Flexible work hours

Access to lifestyle amenities

Team volunteering initiatives

Employee discounts and programs

Job summary

A multidisciplinary therapy provider in New South Wales is seeking a Behaviour Support Practitioner to deliver exceptional, evidence-based support to NDIS participants. The role includes assessing needs, developing support plans, and mentoring team members in a flexible and supportive environment. Ideal candidates should have relevant qualifications, excellent communication skills, and a passion for disability support. You'll benefit from professional development opportunities, career progression, and a vibrant team culture in a picturesque rural setting.

Qualifications

• Current suitability as a Behaviour Support Practitioner at Proficient or Advanced level is essential.
• Considerable experience providing support to people with behaviours of concern.
• Valid drivers licence and access to a reliable vehicle.
• Genuine passion for working in the disability sector.

Responsibilities

• Assist NDIS participants to identify their needs through assessment.
• Evaluate and deliver evidence-based support plans.
• Build knowledge and capacity of those who support participants.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Develop goals and strategies using a positive behaviour support framework.

Skills

Behavioural support expertise

Excellent communication skills

Flawless report writing skills

Team collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in an allied health discipline

Job description

Hanrahan Health, which belongs to the MedHealth group of companies, offers multidisciplinary therapy services across the lifespan – toddlers through to aged care. We work in a range of clinical settings including our beautiful clinic spaces, private hospital, residential aged care facilities, schools, homes and via telehealth. We love our diverse client population and our mixed caseloads.

Our vision is to inspire, empower and support our team and our clients to reach their full potential.

We are passionate about creating opportunities and experiences for our team and our clients to make a difference in their lives.

Job Description

Hanrahan Health are excited to announce that we are expanding the range of supports we provide to our clients by adding positive behaviour support!

We are looking for an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner with current suitability at the Proficient or Advanced level who is driven to provide an exceptional standard of evidence-based, person-centred and outcome-focused positive behaviour support to NDIS participants.

On a daily basis you will be:

• Assisting NDIS participants, along with their families and/or carers, to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning
• Evaluating, developing and delivering evidence-based support plans within a complex support space
• Developing meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising a positive behaviour support framework, and with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices, in the home and community
• Ensuring individual plans reflect our NDIS participants’ goals, passions and strengths
• Building the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support participants in their lives – family, carers, friends, etc
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including mentoring less experienced Behaviour Support Practitioners

Benefits for you

• PD opportunities (in-house) – regular and ongoing professional development sessions + in-house leadership development programs
• Supervision – paired with a dedicated supervisor for 1 hour of weekly 1:1 supervision
• Career progression – opportunities to ‘step up’ into supervisory and leadership roles
• Salary – above award rate of pay
• Flexibility – full-time or part-time position, varied work hours to suit different lifestyles, and flexible work environments
• Lifestyle and our beautiful surroundings – rural setting within easy access to wineries, galleries, waterfalls, bush walking trails, country markets, camping… what more could you want!
• Vibrant team – passion for inspiring, empowering and supporting both participants and each other
• Diverse clinical caseloads – develop and expand upon your skills across all age groups in a range of settings
• Volunteering – giving back to local communities (i.e. ‘Clinic for Good’)
• Other perks as an employee of a company which belongs to the MedHealth group, discounts on private health insurance and travel, access to a FREE Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a 'Fitness Passport' program, salary packaging (including novated leasing) and much more!

About you

• Current suitability at the Proficient or Advanced level as a Behaviour Support Practitioner is essential and MUST be able to provide the documentary evidence to prove this
• Considerable experience providing support to people with behaviours of concern (professionally and/or personally) is essential
• Flawless report writing skills
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills and interpersonal skills
• Valid drivers licence and access to a reliable motor vehicle
• Genuine passion for working in the disability sector

Qualifications

• Completion of a degree level qualification in an allied health discipline is strongly preferred

Additional Information

• We strive to make a difference every day
• We show compassion and kindness in everything we do
• We follow through on what we say we will do
• We serve our clients with passion
• We inspire each other to be the best we can be
• We embrace growth and learning.

If this opportunity sounds like the right one for you, Apply now or contact Vanessa Dias via 0448374024 or [e-mail] for enquiries.

We are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 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 LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

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