Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

**Do you want to build ongoing relationships with your clients and their families?**:

- **Are you curious about working in the community rather than a clinic?**:

- **Do you want the security and support of a well-established organisation with a proven track record?**:

- **Do you want to work for a profit-for-purpose organisation with great values?**:

- **Based in Sutherland and surrounding areas**

**About Aspect**:
At Aspect we recognise a different brilliant®, where we seek to understand, engage and celebrate the strengths, interests and aspiration of people on the autism spectrum.

**About the role**:
We aim to support and empower individuals on the spectrum and their families to bring about meaningful change based on functional goals. We work in partnership with the individual and their support network to identify strengths, areas of need, and develop support strategies that build capacity and work with participant's interests. We meet participants in their community setting to work on transferrable skills that relate to their everyday lives.

During induction, we support registration or continuation of registration with the Quality & Safeguards Commission as a Registered Behaviour Support Practitioner with a very strong individualised support and supervision structure that assists in development of learning & career goals.

**What we offer**
- **$74.8k to $111.3k p.a.** FTE salary package range - (inclusive of superannuation and pro rata for part time/contract term) + **phone + laptop + **reimbursement of daily work kms travelled + tolls
- **Tax-effective salary packaging** opportunities including $15,899 each year tax free, increasing the value of your take-home pay
- **3 month **induction program that supports you as you gradually build your caseload
- A versatile working day with 4.25 current daily billable hours, **supporting three to four people each day**:

- Excellent internal and external **professional development opportunitie**:

- **Leave entitlements** including parental leave, study leave and generous sick/carers leave
- **Technology** including phone and laptop
- A **variety of work options** including full and part time, permanent and maximum term contracts depending on experience
- Discounted **Fitness Passport** membership options
- Perkbox App that offers access to a wide range of discounts on everyday retail, household and lifestyle purchases

**The not negotiables**
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant allied health discipline (Psychology, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work etc.) or Education
- Current driver’s licence, use of own vehicle for business purposes (reimbursed per kilometre) and willingness to travel across your local LGAs
- NDIS Worker Screening Check clearance for paid employment
- NSW Working with Children Check for paid employment
- Completion of the mandatory NDIS Worker Orientation Module ‘Quality, Safety and You’ is also required. If you have not already completed this free module, click here to access it.
- You may be required to provide an international police clearance

Click here to view the Position Profile

**To apply**

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

COVID-19 Vaccination is a condition of employment for all staff in Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect). For some roles, covered by Public Health Orders, the requirement is for staff to have two doses and the additional COVID-19 Booster. As part of the recruitment/interview process Aspect is collecting information related to your vaccination status to ensure we are in compliance with all government orders and directives.

**Enquiries should be directed to**:
Jessica Degrassi, PBS & Safeguarding Manager, 0438439992.

**_Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) is committed to providing an environment free from abuse, neglect and exploitation of the people we support._