Behaviour Support Practitioner

4 weeks ago

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia Illawarra Mercury Full time
Company Description

Welcome to Ability Action Australia

We are one of the largest providers to the NDIS, supporting over 10,000 participants every year with the care they need, when and where it is needed. We have a multi-disciplinary team approach, building a quality support service around the needs and goals of our participants and their family.

Help us help others to improve their access, development, independence, and overall health and wellbeing, and function.

Job Description

Ability Action Australia are looking for Behaviour Support Practitioners of all experience and suitability levels. Whether you are just starting your Behaviour Support career or have suitability levels Core, Proficient or Advanced, we want to hear from you

Successful candidates will be providing supports to NDIS participants (depending on where you live) living in Caringbah, Wollongong & surrounding areas.

What's in it for you?

As You Support Many, We Support You. We Offer
  • Benefits – Professional Development allowance, staff referral scheme, Fitness Passport… just to name a few
  • Flexibility – You can select the hours and days - full-time or part-time - that work best for you as an individual
  • 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 with the social interaction of working in the community 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 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, as well as ensuring they get more out of life.
  • Building the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support participants in their lives - family, carers, friends, etc.
  • Acting as an advocate and role model for best practice.
  • Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

To be considered suitable you will have:
  • Current suitability - confirmed by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission - at the Proficient OR Advanced level as a Behaviour Support Practitioner.
  • Solid experience working as a Behaviour Support Practitioner.
  • Completed a degree level qualification as an allied health professional.
  • 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. You will be passionate about what you do and pride yourself on delivering exceptional customer service.

Additional Information

Click on the Apply button OR contact Amie Gargan on 0491 388 *** or email ********@abilityactionaustralia.com.au

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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.
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