Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

ORS Group; Wollongong City Council; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Resources to work from home

Own calendar

Part-time or reduced hours

Job summary

ORS Group is expanding its Positive Behaviour Support division and seeking a clinician to join a national team delivering clinical PBS services to NDIS participants across ages 0-65.

You will work with clients across early intervention to adult services, partnering with families, teachers and health professionals to increase skills and reduce restrictive practices, while promoting quality of life and independence.

Qualifications

• Qualifications as listed: Psychology, Counselling, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, BCBA, Teaching, Social Work, Social Sciences, Criminology, Childhood Education & Care, Health Science, Allied Health or Nursing.
• NDIS Registration as a Behaviour Practitioner (or the ability to become registered)
• Experience working with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other complex diagnoses (desirable)

Responsibilities

• Assess and observe participants' challenging behaviours to guide intervention.
• Collaborate with allied health practitioners, support workers and families to achieve outcomes.
• Develop PBS plans and provide training, follow up and review.

Skills

Driver's licence

Education

NDIS Registration as a Behaviour Practitioner

Qualifications in Psychology/Counselling/OT/Speech Pathology/BCBA/Teaching/Social Work/Health Science

Job description

The ORS Positive Behaviour Support division is expanding and we are seeking our next clinician to join us! You will join a national team of 300+ Positive Behaviour Support Practitioners providing clinical services to NDIS participants aged 0-65. You will work across early intervention, school age, adolescent and adult services with clients who have various presentations, diagnoses and disability types.

You will get to work with an amazing group of clients over a period of months or even years. You will play an integral part in their personal growth and development, working together to meet their goals. You will form a close bond with your clients and celebrate their achievements together, every step of the way.

Your day to day duties will involve working with allied health practitioners, support workers and family members to achieve the best possible outcomes for your clients. You will assess and observe participants challenging behaviours and work towards increasing skills, improving emotion regulation and introducing replacement behaviours to reduce the use of restrictive practices.

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) plans and assessments focus on increasing a person’s quality of life including improving their skills and enhancing their independence. You will develop a plan and implement with training and regular follow up and review.

Work Life Balance

The ORS executive team really believes in the benefits of a healthy work life balance. Many of us have families and lead busy lives outside of work so we know how important it is for our staff to maintain a balanced lifestyle. For this reason we:

• Provide the resources for our staff to be able to work from home
• Aim to allocate clients close to your home
• Give you ownership of your own calendar so you can book appointments to suit your schedule
• Give you the ability to work part time or reduced hours

A few requirements:

• Qualifications in Psychology, Counselling, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Board-Certified Behaviour Analysts (BCBA), Teaching, Social Work, Social Sciences, Criminology, Childhood Education & Care, Health Science, Allied Healthor Nursing
• NDIS Registration as a Behaviour Practitioner (or the ability to become registered)
• Experience working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, and other complex diagnoses (desirable)
• A car and licence
• A National Police Clearance, Working With Children/Working with Vulnerable People Check & NDIS Worker Screening Clearance or able to get one for a client facing role (or willingness to obtain one before commencement)

A bit about us:

We are one of the largest and fastest growing family owned and operated national allied health and workplace rehabilitation providers in Australia, with a proven track record and reputation for providing high quality evidence-based, and client-centred services for over 30 years!

Due to our incredible culture, passion for excellence, stability, and gratitude for being able to see the potential and recognise the strengths of every individual it’s easy to see why our workforce has grown 1200% in 4 years and why we are the allied health services provider of choice!

For further information on ORS Group, we encourage you to visit our website to read more about our extensive services, our detailed employee profiles, video library & company values.

The ORS Group is a multicultural, diverse, supportive and flexible employer, specifically encouraging applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, working parents, LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities.