Behaviour Support Practitioner. Permanent Full Time

3 weeks ago


Perth, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 501350

**Employment type**: Full Time

**Location**: Perth

**Categories**: Disability

**About the Organisation**
Empowering people with disability to live life the way _they _choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

**About the Role**
Permanent full time opportunity based anywhere in Western Australia Australia to join a national, collaborative team as a Behaviour Support Practitioner (BSP).

You will be surrounded by support from a National Behaviour Intervention Support team, allowing you to effectively assess, design, evaluate and monitor behaviour support plans and interventions to provide positive outcomes for clients and reduce and eliminate restrictive practices wherever possible.

This role provides flexibility to work from home for the majority of your week. However, as you will hold a case load that includes travel to clients you will be required to travel to areas of Western Australia.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide clinical knowledge, expertise and support to clients in a range of Life Without Barriers Disability programs as well as external providers.
- Registered behaviour support practitioner with the NDIS
- Complete assessments (including data collection and analysis) of risk and behaviours of concern.
- Design, deliver and monitor interventions and strategies for the purpose of supporting people with a disability to achieve a greater quality of life, in those who present with behaviours of concern.
- Work within the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Commission requirements, the NDIA terms of business and any State Based Restrictive Practice Authorisation requirements.
- Provide training and support to staff, teachers, parents and other relevant stakeholders in positive behaviour interventions, behaviour support plans, restrictive practices, risk and safety plans.
- Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders (including family, staff, teachers and other health and allied health professionals) in order to ensure best outcomes for the clients

**Skills & Experience**
- Tertiary qualifications in allied health professions such as Psychology, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or equivalent experience that meets the requirements of the NDIS Commission PBS Capability Framework
- A registered behaviour support practitioner who has self-assessed through the NDIS Commission Capability Framework, preferably at proficient level or above.
- Current driver’s license
- Demonstrated experience in the delivery of behaviour support services to individuals with a range of disabilities, complex support needs and/or trauma. This includes the provision of positive behaviour support approaches and a commitment to reducing and eliminating Restrictive Practice use.
- Experience working in a culturally sensitive manner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and/or a willingness to work and train in culturally appropriate approaches
- Demonstrated working knowledge of the Safeguarding requirements of the National Disability Insurance Agency
- Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

**Benefits**
- Be part of one of Australia’s largest disability service providers and leading social purpose organisations
- Join a national behaviour support team, learning from and being supported by colleagues all over the country
- Regular in-house individual supervision and scheduled professional development sessions
- Monthly communities of practice
- Up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax-free
- Monthly Rostered Days Off
- Discounted private health insurance
- Flexible work location, anywhere in Western Australia including your home
- Professional development opportunities including $500 annual professional development expenditure (post probationary period)

**How to Apply**

**Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 2nd of April, 2023 (AEDT)**

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or



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