Registered Behaviour Support Practitioner

Ability Action Australia; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility

Excellent remuneration

Work-from-home options

Career progression

Culture and values

Job summary

Ability Action Australia is seeking a Registered Behaviour Support Practitioner to help NDIs participants across ages. You will evaluate and deliver evidence-based support plans, setting meaningful goals within a positive behaviour support framework and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to improve access, development and wellbeing.

The role emphasizes flexibility, community-based work, and opportunities for professional development across our national team, with a supportive culture

Qualifications

• Registration as a Suitable or Core NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner.
• Experience creating, implementing and reviewing behaviour support plans.
• Experience working with disability and challenging behaviours.
• Passion for working in the Disability sector.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, develop and deliver evidence-based support plans.
• Develop meaningful goals and practical strategies using a positive behaviour support framework.
• Build knowledge, capacity and strengths of supporters (family, carers, friends).
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

NDIS Practitioner Registration

Behaviour support experience

Disability sector experience

Collaborative teamwork

Education

Degree in allied health or related field (OT/Speech/Social Work/Psychology)

Job description

Registered Behaviour Support Practitioner

We are a national therapy services provider. Every day and in many ways, we are here to help NDIS participants – children, adolescents and adults (0-65 years) – get more out of life today! Help us help others to improve their access, development, independence, and overall health and wellbeing, and function.

You will support vulnerable members of the community by acting as an advocate and role model. On a daily basis, you will be...

• Evaluating, developing and delivering evidence-based support plans
• Developing meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising a positive behaviour support framework, and with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices
• Building the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support participants in their lives - family, carers, friends, etc
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team

Welcome to Ability Action Australia!

We are a national therapy services provider. Every day and in many ways, we are here to help NDIS participants – children, adolescents and adults (0-65 years) – get more out of life today! Help us help others to improve their access, development, independence, and overall health and wellbeing, and function.

You will support vulnerable members of the community by acting as an advocate and role model. On a daily basis, you will be...

• Evaluating, developing and delivering evidence-based support plans
• Developing meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising a positive behaviour support framework, and with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices
• Building the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support participants in their lives - family, carers, friends, etc
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team

About You

To be successful you will have:

• Registration as a Suitable or Core NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner
• Completed a degree level qualification as an allied health professional or similar related field (Eg. OT/Speech/Social Work/Psychology)
• Experience creating, implementing and reviewing behaviour support plans OR
• Experience working professionally and/or personally with disability and challenging behaviours
• A genuine passion for working in the Disability sector

What's in it for you?

As you support many, we support you! We offer:

• Flexibility – Choose your hours and days
• Excellent remuneration – Generous base + car allowance + phone + laptop + salary packaging (inc. novated leasing)
• Work-life balance – Ability to work from home, office/clinic + out in the community (New office now open in Preston)
• Career progression – Access to professional development and career growth opportunities within Ability Action Australia and our parent company, MedHealth
• Passionate and uplifting culture – You will be part of a purpose and values driven team focused on delivering outstanding service to our clients

Additional Information

You 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.