Behaviour Support Practitioner - Proficient Level

Summary

Join Ability Action Australia's Western Sydney team as a Behaviour Support Practitioner, delivering Allied Health support in over 300 locations across Australia. This role offers flexibility, excellent remuneration, and career progression opportunities.

Requirements

• Current suitability - confirmed by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission - at the Proficient level as a Behaviour Support Practitioner
• Completed a degree level qualification as an allied health professional
• NDIS Report writing experience
• Excellent time management and organisational skills to manage a varied caseload
• Proactive attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas
• Genuine passion for working in the disability sector

Responsibilities

• 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
• Acting as an advocate and role model for best practice

Benefits

• Professional Development allowance
• Staff referral scheme
• Option to purchase additional leave
• Industry leading salary + kilometre reimbursement + laptop + smartphone + Performance with Purpose Reward and Recognition Program + salary packaging options