Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Permanent full-time role in a supportive and dedicated team
- Bring your experience and keep learning new skills
- $45 to $55/hour + Salary packaging + Super

Gateways Support Services’ vision is to help provide support for children and adults with a disability and their families to maximise their quality of life.

Our staff are made up of mountain bike riders, comedians, skiers, surfers, video game superstars, movie buffs, musicians, cat people, dog people and moreAt Gateways you’ll all have one thing in common, the passion to support people with a disability and make every day a better day.

**The role**:
Gateways Support Services are excited to be seeking a
**Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner** to join our team in
** Geelong.**

As part of our amazing Positive Behaviour Support Team, you will deliver individualised strategies for people with disability.

Focusing on responsiveness and increase in the quality of life of our clients, you will aim for reducing the occurrence and impact of behaviours of concern and make everything to limit the use of restrictive practices.

Joining our PBS Team, you will be playing an essential part in supporting their mission:
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_Our number one goal is to improve people’s quality of life by using the principles of positive behaviour support and always use the least restrictive option; increasing the capacity of all Gateways staff and the wider community, through education, culture and support in understanding the principles of positive behaviour support and current best practice"._

**What's in it for you?**
- Attractive remuneration
- Salary packaging
- Flexible working arrangements
- Working with a supportive, caring passionate team
- Making a difference by supporting and empowering people with a disability
- Training on the job
- Onsite wellbeing activities
- Learning about developing strategies for people with behaviours of concern
- Professional development, working with our clients, your teammates, other departments within the organisation and liaising with external providers.

**To be successful in this role you will need**:

- Tertiary qualification or currently studying either Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Diploma Community Services or have at least 5 years’ experience developing or overseeing behaviour supports as outlined in the PBS Capability Framework
- Clinical knowledge and expertise in providing functional behaviour assessments and demonstrate comprehensive behaviour support planning skills.
- Experience providing services to people and children with disability with complex behaviour needs.
- A working knowledge of the NDIS Commission Behaviour Support Rules and relevant disability legislation.
- A sound knowledge of best practice positive behaviour support, evidence-based approaches and trauma informed practice.
- Commitment to improving the quality of life of people with a disability and demonstrated passion to reduce restrictive intervention.
- A ‘can do’ attitude with the highest regard for others.
- Strong communication skills including effective interpersonal, conflict negotiation and resolution skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, train, mentor and support others to effectively deliver behaviour support.

Successful applicants will be required to supply a current NDIS Workers Screening Check and Working with Children Check for an employee. If you have lived outside of Australia for more than 12 months in the last 10 years, you will be required to supply an international police check from the country where you lived. Employment cannot commence until this check is received and assessed.

Shortlisted applicants will also be required to undertake the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission online Worker Orientation training module called ‘Quality, Safety and You’ prior to attending induction. This is a pre-employment requirement and if not completed, employment will not proceed.