Behaviour Support Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Gold Coast, Australia United Disability Corporate Link Services Full time

Full time and Part time opportunities available
- Career role in a growth industry
- Opportunities to Develop your skills

**Behaviour Support Practitioner**

**Are you ready for an exciting new opportunity? United Disability Care is seeking a talented individual to join our small but rapidly growing Behaviour Support team. Located either in the Gold Coast, Logan or Brisbane.**

The primary role of the Behaviour Support Practitioner is to work alongside participants and their supports to assist people living with complex behavioural challenges to improve the individual’s overall quality of life.

The Behaviour Support Practitioner uses evidence-based data collection, assessments, and a functional behaviour analysis to inform a Positive Behaviour Support Plan or Behavioural strategies. By using Applied Behaviour Analysis and Positive Behaviour principles for children and adults in the home, community, school and workplace settings we strive to make a positive change.

The Behaviour Support Practitioner works collaboratively and continuously with the participant, their families, allied health providers, and their supports at all levels to ensure a cohesive approach is applied and the full potential of participants is identified and supported.

Training is provided to the individuals supports and continuously monitored and evaluated to ensure effective outcomes for individual through a person-led, strengths-based, least restrictive approach which is always underpinned by the National Disability Services Standards.

Reporting to the Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner, you will be working alongside a supportive professional team to provide behaviour support services. Including but not limited to:

- Undertaking intake and comprehensive functional assessments, including consultation with the relevant stakeholders.
- Developing and communicating positive behaviour support strategies for clients families and support workers to enable them to support clients with PBSPs appropriately.
- Completing ongoing assessments regarding client’s behaviours and make recommendations about appropriate strategies.
- Creating and delivering training to individuals and support teams.
- Providing services with timely advice on how to respond to people with challenging behaviour through the lens of positive behaviour support practices, advice on the least restrictive option, if a practice constitutes a restrictive practice, and how to proceed according to current legislative requirements.

**SKILLS & EXPERIENCE**
- Minimum Bachelor Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Behavioural Sciences, Education or other relevant allied health qualification.
- 2+ years of proven experience within a clinical or practice setting within the Health, Disability or Community Sector.
- Core or Proficient Behaviour Support Practitioner Level (or knowledge and skills necessary to acquire this).
- Demonstrated capacity to analyse and interpret client records, plans and documentation and undertake functional assessments, develop positive behaviour support plans and provide findings and recommendations.
- Demonstrated experience and capability to develop and sustain influential working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and managing and influencing through a contemporary evidence-base.
- Proven analytical, problem-solving, written, report writing, and evaluation knowledge and skills.
- Proven ability to exercise sound judgement and decision-making based on evidence.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a current driver’s license, blue card, criminal history check, NDIS Worker Screening Clearance, evidence of right to work in Australia, and an Australian Federal Police criminal history check.

**ABOUT YOU**:
You must have excellent time management skills, and a desire to learn. But most importantly your values must align with that of our organisation. United Disability are a values
- based organisation and we expect our teams to live and breath these in all that we do.

I - Integrity

C - Collaborative

A - Adaptable

R - Respect

E - Empathy

If you’re looking to enhance your skill set in a role that will change people’s lives. We’d love to hear from you.

**WHY WORK WITH US?**
You’d be joining a well-connected, fun and collaborative culture of people all determined to make a positive impact to the lives of the people we support.

**We can offer you a range of benefits, including**:

- Unrivalled professional support, including clinical supervision and mentorship.
- Salary Packaging
- Flexible Working - Hybrid remote working opportunities to ensure a good work-life balance.
- Discounted shopping cards

**INTERESTED?**
Does this sound like you? Then please attach your resume and a cover letter outlining why you are suitable for this role.
- Current driver’s licence
- Current First Aid & CPR
- Positive Notice Blue Card for Child Related Employment QLD
- Disability Services Positive Notice Card QLD
- Working with Children Check NSW
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