Positive Behaviour Support Manager

Community Living Options; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging benefits (up to $15,-

Discounted Gym Memberships

Discounted Health Insurance

Job summary

Community Living Options is seeking a strategic leader to head its Positive Behaviour Support and Allied Health services. The role provides clinical leadership, mentoring, and expert guidance to deliver evidence-based, person-centred care and strong governance across PBS, nursing and allied health teams.

You will drive performance, workforce capability and sustainable growth by embedding human rights, active support and person-centred practices, while building referral pathways and governing

Qualifications

• Proven leadership across PBS, Allied Health and nursing teams.
• Experience embedding person-centred practice and active support.
• Ability to use data and benchmarking to improve outcomes and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Allied Health, PBS, and nursing services to high quality, evidence-based care.
• Oversee service performance, utilisation, and financial outcomes using data.
• Develop and lead a high performing multi-disciplinary team with strong capability uplift.
• Embed clinical governance and ensure compliance with safeguarding and report requirements.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen services and grow referrals and access.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

People management

Data-driven decisions

Education

Tertiary qualifications in PBS/related field

Eligible to register as Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Job description

Who we are:

We are a values-focused organisation, who put the people we support, first. Established in 1982 by a group of local parents who wanted respite and accommodation for their now adult children, we have expanded exponentially because our participants love our services.

At Community Living Options we provide an inclusive environment where people are valued and supported. We welcome applicants with lived experience, all abilities, cultural background, gender, sexuality, age and spirituality.

About the Role

Lead and inspire CLO's Positive Behaviour Support services. Working closely with the Chief Strategy and Specialised Services Officer, you will provide clinical leadership, mentoring, and expert guidance to deliver high-quality, evidence-based behaviour support. You'll champion person-centred practice, support the Allied Health team, and drive positive outcomes for the people we support.

You will:

• Lead and manage the Allied Health, Community Nursing and PBS function, ensuring services are high quality, evidence based, person centred, and aligned to CLOs strategic, operational, and growth objectives.
• Oversee service performance, utilisation, and financial outcomes, using data and benchmarking to improve participant outcomes, reduce restrictive practices, and strengthen service effectiveness.
• Develop and lead a high performing multi-disciplinary team, with accountability for performance management, supervision and capability uplift across PBS, Allied Health and Community Nursing services.
• Strengthen organisational capability by embedding PBS, active support and person-centred practices across clinical and operational teams through leadership, coaching and training.
• Identify and implement opportunities to strengthen and expand PBS, Community Nursing and Allied Health services, including building referral pathways, improving service accessibility, and supporting sustainable growth.
• Work collaboratively across clinical and operational leadership to deliver coordinated, efficient, and scalable services that meet participant needs and organisational objectives.
• Embed and maintain strong clinical governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with quality, safeguarding, and restrictive practice requirements, including oversight, monitoring, and reporting obligations.
• Ensure participants and families have input into the planning and development of all support plans and behavioural interventions.
• Maintain expertise of a range of models such as the Human Rights framework and person centred/active support principles and strategies to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions that influence development and behaviours of concern.
• Provide expertise, advice, and input regarding the impact of sector and state issues on specialist, behavioural and developmental support service delivery.
• Manage performance, professional development and workforce planning for the PBS, Community Nursing and Allied Health team, including recruitment, retention and succession planning in partnership with the People and Culture team.
• Utilise effective measures to record objective achievements and provide reports as required. Identifying and applying benchmarking data to results where possible and relevant.
• Develop, implement and monitor the Allied Health, Community Nursing and PBS operational plan, ensuring progress against key strategic, operational and financial objectives.

You'll be someone who:

• Provides inspiring leadership across Positive Behaviour Support, Allied Health, and Community Nursing services.
• Champions person-centred, evidence-informed approaches that enhance quality of life and achieve positive outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and supporting a team within an Allied Health environment.
• Uses data, insights, and continuous improvement practices to drive service excellence and sustainable growth.
• Builds capability across teams through coaching, mentoring, and the promotion of Positive Behaviour Support, Active Support, and Human Rights principles.
• Maintains strong clinical governance, ensuring services are safe, compliant, and focused on reducing restrictive practices while empowering participants and their families
• NDIS Worker Screening Clearance
• SA Working with Children Check
• A current Driver's License
• Tertiary qualifications or above that meet NDIS requirements for a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner and current registration including but not limited to Disability, Developmental Educator, Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Health Science, or similar professional stream that is eligible to register as a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner with the Quality and Safeguards Commission.

Joining CLO, you will be provided with:

• Supportive and inclusive team environment
• Ongoing training and development support
• Salary Packaging benefits (up to $15,899 p.a tax-free)
• Position with purpose whereby you will be making a difference.
• Discounted Gym Memberships
• Discounted Health Insurance

Our Values

• Trust: We are open and honest. We act with integrity.
• Kindness: We support each other, we are compassionate.
• Inclusion: Embracing value in diversity and breaking down the barriers.
• Learning: In learning we will grow
• Connection: We work together to achieve our goals

Community Living Options (CLO) was founded in 1982 in Victor Harbor by a passionate group of local parents who wanted their children to have access to quality respite and accommodation – and, most importantly, the chance to thrive in their own community.

Fast forward to today; CLO has grown into a leading NDIS provider, with over 800 dedicated staff supporting participants across Metro Adelaide, the Fleurieu Peninsula, Adelaide Hills, Kangaroo Island and Tasmania. This incredible growth is a testament to the trust our participants place in us and the quality of care we deliver.

Community Living Options (CLO) was founded in 1982 in Victor Harbor by a passionate group of local parents who wanted their children to have access to quality respite and accommodation – and, most importantly, the chance to thrive in their own community.

Fast forward to today; CLO has grown into a leading NDIS provider, with over 800 dedicated staff supporting participants across Metro Adelaide, the Fleurieu Peninsula, Adelaide Hills, Kangaroo Island and Tasmania. This incredible growth is a testament to the trust our participants place in us and the quality of care we deliver.