Behaviour Support Practitioner

Company Description

Outcomes Connect Australiais anallied health practice which is committed to delivering best-practice, outcome-focusedservices. We are renowned for the exceptional support we provide and our commitment to ensuring our participants achieve their goals

We are a highly collaborative team who love what we do and support every clinician to thrive in their role. We provide tailored clinical supervision and professional development to support the needs of each individual clinician.

Our Positive Behaviour Support Model encompasses the multidisciplinary expertise of Behaviour Support Practitioners, Occupational Therapists and Speech Pathologists to understand the drivers of behaviours from a communication, sensory and environmental perspective.

Outcomes Connect Australia (OCA) expanded into Queensland from Victoria in 2024. We are excited to announcethat we are continuing our expansion in 2025 and are now building a team in New South Wales. For the NSW team, we are looking for two (2) entry level or early career Behaviour Support Practitioners who live in or close to the suburb of Parramatta.

Wewill consider people who already have an understanding of positive behaviour support under the NDIS or have limited experience working as a registered Behaviour Support Practitioner and a sound knowledge of The Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework for reducing the use of restrictive practices who also have a strong commitment to delivering evidence-based, functional behavioural outcomes.

As a Behaviour Support Practitioner you will...

• Support our clients (NDIS participants), along with their families and/or carers, to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning
• Identifymeaningful goals and practical strategiesutilising The Positive Behaviour Support Capability Famework, with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices, in the home and community
• Develop, deliverand evaluateevidence-based support plans within a complex support space
• Ensureindividual plans reflect our clients' goals, passions and strengths
• Buildthe knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support our clients - family, carers, friends, etc

Why Join Us?

• Fantastic team culture- a fun, supportive and quality-focused team whichworks together to achieve goals
• Generous salary package- above award rates, rewards for outstanding work, great benefits (e.g. $600 annual Health and Wellbeing subsidy), access to salary packaging options and the latest technology to ensure you succeed
• Personal and professional growth- supporting your ongoing professional development and enabling you to do the work you're most inspired by through our professional development program, fortnightly PD sessions and weekly supervision with your Team Lead
• Work-life balance- flexible work arrangements to plan your work to best suit your lifestyle while also meeting the needs of your team and clients

About you

• Current suitability (i.e. registration) with the NDIS Commission as a Behaviour Support Practitioner OR considerable experience providing support to people with behaviours of concern (professionally and/or personally) and confidentthat you will meet all compliance checks to obtain suitability as a Behaviour Support Practitioner for a registered NDIS provider (e.g. obtain a NDIS Worker Screening Check)
• Demonstrated ability to work positively in a multidisciplinary team
• Outstanding communication, influencing and interpersonal skills
• Confident computer skills
• Flawlesswriting skills
• Current Drivers Licence and own reliable vehicle

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• Degree levelqualifications of relevance to providing supportto people with behaviours of concern are highly preferred

If you are interested in arole with our supportiveteam, please submit your application online or contact me - Clare Neal - via 0436 465 647 or clare.neal@abilityactionaustralia.com.au with any queries.

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.