Behaviour Support Practitioner (Proficient)

Company Description

Ability Action Australia is a national NDIS provider delivering Allied Health services across 300+ locations.

Our expert team specialises in Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Behaviour Support, Psychology, Exercise Physiology, and Physiotherapy to support thousands of participants nationwide. #AAA #LI-RS1

We have office hubs across QLD in the key locations of Ashmore, Yeerongpilly, Northlakes, Maroochydore and South Townsville, including satellite offices in Ballina & Ipswich.

Ability Action Australia is also part of the MedHealth Group who support a collection of industry leading health, medical and employment brands here in Australia. MedHealth is part of a global network which includes Australia, the United States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Job Description

Remuneration: $ Negotiable on experience
Hours Per Week: Minimum 3 or 4 x days Per week or full time
Location: Office + WFH 

Ability Action Australia's North Brisbane team are looking for experienced Behaviour Support Practitioners who have current suitability at the Proficient level, as confirmed by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. 

Successful candidates will be providing supports to NDIS participants living in the North Brisbane Region.  

What we offer you:

• Benefits – Professional Development allowance, staff referral scheme, option to purchase additional leave… just to name a few
• Flexibility – You can select the hours and days - full-time or part-time that work best for you
• Excellent remuneration – Industry leading salary + kilometre reimbursement + laptop + smartphone + Performance with Purpose Reward and Recognition Program + salary packaging options
• Work-life balance – Combine the convenience of working from home plus the support of office and clinic hours
• Career progression – Access to ongoing training tailored to your interests and long-term goals combined with professional development opportunities with 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 NDIS participants

Responsibilities will include:

• 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

Qualifications

To be considered suitable you will have:

• Current suitability - confirmed by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission - at the Proficient level as a Behaviour Support Practitoner 
• A degree level qualification as an allied health professional preferred
• 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

To be successful in this role, you will be solution focused, highly organised and possess exceptional people skills.

Additional Information

Want more information?

Click on the Apply button OR call Renee Sinclair for a confidential conversation on  0429 293 152 OR email me via [email protected] 

If your resume is not quite up-to-date, you can add me on LinkedIn for a more informal conversation #LI-RS1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-sinclair-84200a243/

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 4,000 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 LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.