Behaviour Specialist Lead

Full-time -Permanent

Camberwell, VIC

About Us

At Baptcare, we care. Our Mission and Vision are lived through our WE CARE Values: for our residents, customers, clients, partners, and supporters; with the very young through to the very old, the vulnerable, with families through all of life’s stages and challenges.

Baptcare is a purpose driven organisation working across Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. Focused on providing residential and community care for older people and support to children, families, and people with disability, financially disadvantaged people and people seeking asylum.

Our Values are Wellbeing, Ethics, Co-creating, Accountability, Respect and Effectiveness.

About the Role

The primary purpose of this role is to lead the Living Well Together program and to support the Aged Care Services to guide the implementation and maintain the new model of care across Baptcare sites. The Living Well Together program is a person-centered, evidence-based approach that supports people to live their best lives, and role will ensure that the new model encompasses compliance, and evidence-based practice ensuring that care standards are being monitored and improved.

This position supports the investigation, management and reporting of behaviour related externally reportable events.

Travel to residential Baptcare sites is required to oversee and support The Living Well Together and Montessori staff training and coaching.

Key Duties
- Act as a conduit between services, operations and Quality and Practice teams to ensure the Living Well Together model is successfully implemented and supported.
- Liaise with Aged Care transformation team to ensure alignment.
- Ensure LWT project runs efficiently and to schedule on a day-to-day basis.
- Assess and communicate risk where decisions have potential impact on the business, consumers or other stakeholders and ensure appropriate actions are taken accordingly.
- Ensure that the new model encompasses compliance, evidence-based practice ensuring that care standards are being monitored and improved.
- Guide the process in ensuring staff are recruited, trained, assessed, and equipped to deliver the expected outcomes required by consumers in line with the Living Well Together model and the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
- Work to improve operational excellence in critical areas such as quality, cost, consumer service and sustainability in safety and environmental performance.
- Assist with the development and direction of a program which educates care staff specifically on Dementia, Montessori, Behaviour Support Planning and Restrictive Practice

**You will ideally bring the following**:

- Proven leadership capability in a similar role and experience in Aged Care.
- Qualification(s) in specialised dementia care or equivalent work experience.
- Detailed understanding of legislation, quality standards and clinical operating procedures in an aged care facility.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal & interpersonal) with ability to promote a consumer
- focused service internally & externally.
- Ability to lead and encourage staff in the provision of quality outcomes in both individual performance & consumer care and promote a culture of self-development and develop suitable options to deliver education with measurable outcomes.
- Computer literacy (Microsoft Word & basic Excel)
- Ability to have a positive, flexible approach to the role according to the daily challenges and aligned to the Baptcare values.

**Essential**:

- Registered Nurse (AHPRA) qualifications
- Experience and further education in Dementia Care

Desirable
- Graduate education or training qualifications or clinical equivalent
- Minimum 1 year of work experience in Baptcare Residential Aged Care (preferred)

Baptcare is focused on living our values, not just talking about them. You will find the culture at Baptcare is one of genuine respect, support, and positive intention. We work hard to achieve results through change, continuous improvement, and ongoing focus on providing the best service delivery to our stakeholders.

A competitive salary, plus access to the tax benefits of salary packaging and novated leasing.

Access to confidential counselling and support services.

Be part of an organisation and a team that is driven to make a difference to the lives of our vulnerable community members.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

The successful applicant will be required to undergo a National Criminal History check.

Must have had or be willing to get a COVID vaccination

Baptcare is committed to building a respectful and inclusive workplace, appointing the best person for the role, and supporting diversity. We welcome applicants who may require adjustments.

Baptcare is dedicated to the safety, empowerment and participation of all children. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to a t