Behaviour Support Practitioner (Relocation to Australia) - EMACOA04

Emapply; Cape Town; On-site; AUD 70 000 - 90 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Health and Disability industry is seeking a Behaviour Support Practitioner for a full-time role in Sydney, Australia. The ideal candidate will handle complex support activities, lead assessments, and design tailored intervention strategies. This position promotes participant rights and requires collaboration with health professionals. Relocation support is provided.

Benefits

Training

Development

Direct management access

Relocation including visa arrangements

Qualifications

• NDIS registered Behaviour Therapist or eligible for registration.
• Experience with assessments, autism, and intellectual disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead holistic assessments and interventions for participants.
• Design and evaluate support plans aligned with NDIS.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Crisis Handling

Teamwork

Education

Relevant degrees and registrations

Job description

This position is open in South Africa for relocation to Australia.

Role : Behaviour Support Practitioner - Full-time (Sydney, Australia)

Hours : Monday to Saturday, 08:00 am - 5:00 pm AEST - Sydney, NSW, Australia (GMT)

Salary : Australian Award Rates

Scope of the Role : Our client seeks a dedicated Behaviour Support Practitioner to join their expanding team in the Health and Disability industry.

Persons in this role handle complex, specialised support activities, collaborating with health, allied health practitioners, and specialists.

Responsibilities include leading holistic assessments and interventions for participants with challenging behaviours, designing, and evaluating support plans aligned with NDIS, individual needs, and goals.

The practitioner must apply Child Safe Standards in accordance with South Africa's Children's Act and Child Protection Policies.

All practices are participant-focused, promoting their choices, rights, and decisions, and require promoting participant voices, reporting concerns, and addressing issues like discrimination, exploitation, neglect, abuse, or violence.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Follow all policies and procedures, report to management:

• Feedback from participants (positive, constructive, and complaints)
• Changes in participant circumstances or environment
• Work health and safety issues and concerns
• Resource needs
• Concerns of discrimination, exploitation, neglect, abuse, or violence
• Uncertain actions to undertake
• Stressed or anxious feelings

Main Duties (General) :

• Check support plans prior to service provision
• Implement hygiene and infection control procedures as per South African Department of Health guidelines
• Monitor participant distress or apathy
• Record strategies and practices as required

Work Practices :

• Assess service users using positive behaviour support principles
• Use problem-solving for functional assessments
• Assist in formulating and implementing person-centred intervention strategies
• Evaluate and revise care plans regularly, maintaining records
• Prioritise participant needs
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and develop crisis intervention plans
• Develop behaviour monitoring systems with Clinical Advisor
• Attend relevant appointments and participate in reviews
• Monitor health, safety, and welfare, allowing planned risks
• Provide coaching and personal development to colleagues
• Work with Senior Management to innovate practices
• Perform initial evaluations and develop customised behaviour support plans
• Educate staff on support strategies

Occupational Health and Safety : Ensure practices align with OHSA.

Requirements : NDIS registered Behaviour Therapist or eligible for registration, relevant degrees and registrations, experience with assessments, autism, intellectual disabilities, legislative knowledge, current worker screening, membership with relevant Australian psychology bodies, and CPD compliance.

Experience and Skills : Writing assessments, working with complex diagnoses, legislative knowledge, training support workers, managing caseloads, delivering therapy, quality improvement, teamwork, communication, empathy, crisis handling, report writing, independent work, infection control, understanding of NDIS, reflective practices, and stress management.

Benefits : Training, development, direct management access, relocation including visa arrangements.

About the Company : Specialises in disability support, empowering independence, prioritising accessibility, affordability, and tailored support, with a focus on quality services.