Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner

About the role:

We are looking for registered Senior Behaviour Support Practitioners who have experience working with Indigenous peoples and complex presentations, to join us in supporting those vulnerable groups in rural and remote Western Australia.

Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner:

• This position involves flying out to towns (from Perth) within Western Australia to Broome, Derby and surrounding communities to provide face-to-face culturally safe behaviour support and psychological services to those with complex behaviours of concern, in most cases, with trauma as a preceding factor.
• Each month you will be responsible for providing high quality behaviour support services for 8 days of the month (broken up into 4 days each fortnight).
• This role offers flexible working conditions and you can work from our office, your home, up north (when providing face-to-face services), or most likely a mixture of all three. There is no traditional 9am to 5pm work week and as long as you meet your monthly responsibilities (outlined in your Job Description Form), you are encouraged to work to a schedule that best suits your lifestyle (and of course, the clients you work with).

What this role looks like:

In addition to providing outreach services, you will possess the skills to work independently to meet a billable target of which these can be billed at any point during the month, adhering to the flexible working arrangements. The above may look like:

• Completing Behaviour Support and Initial Assessments with a young person and working with their supports to up skill their ways of preventing and responding to complex behaviours.
• Working to provide face-to-face behavioural therapy and training to participants with complex and persistent mental and physical disabilities.
• Drafting robust Behaviour Support Plans and speaking in Authorisation Panels to speak about any restrictive practices you may recommend.
• Providing Telehealth services from Perth (or anywhere that has a reliable internet connection) to vulnerable young people in Karratha, Port Hedland and/or Broome.
• Communicating any progress, barriers, and supports required in multidisciplinary team meetings in an assertive and respectful manner in ways that everyone can understand.
• Engaging in regular clinical supervision with an intent of bettering your critical reflective capacity and developing your professional identity.

You may like this role if:

This role may not apply to everyone. A successful candidate would prefer to work flexibly and autonomously with emotional and practice support provided as they require. You will also:

• have experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders in a culturally promotive and safe way.
• You live in Perth and enjoy flying out to rural and remote areas of Western Australia and learning about different ways of working.
• Genuinely collegially oriented and comfortable working in a workplace that values diversity
• Strong critical thinking, active listening, communication, and reflection skills
• Have experience in conducting assessments including risk assessments, behaviour support assessments, functional behaviour assessments (FBAs), and psychosocial assessments
• Have experience in positive behaviour support strategy development and/or psychological case formulation (at least 12 months experience)
• Have confidence and competence to write interim, standard, and comprehensive reports that are person-centred, meaningful, and meet internal and external quality standards (at least 12 months experience)

What we offer:

For the amazing service you will be providing and the regular flying, we offer a take home annual package of:

• $100,000 - $120,000 per year + super (depending on role)
• A generous bonus structure that allows you to earn an additional $30,000 per year.
• Flexible working arrangements that allow you to work where you want and from what times you want, (as long as you meet your monthly professional responsibilities).
• Opportunities for progression as the team grows and we service more locations around the Goldfields and Midwest.
• The training and support you require to build your PBS professional identity and enhance your scope of practice.
• Strong clinical management support, cultural and collegial support
• Transparent and well-structured career progression trajectory – we are proactive in supporting your professional goals and development

What you'll need:

• Registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission with as a "Proficient" practitioner
• Bachelors degree in Allied Health, Social Sciences, Education or Behaviour related disciplines.
• Extensive knowledge of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a culturally safe manner.
• A current WWCC
• Police clearance
• NDIS Worker's Clearance
• NDIS Practitioner's ID
• Driver's license and own transport (when choosing to work within metro areas)

If you feel that this role is for you, email your CV to - with a short paragraph about which role works for you. Following this, we will send you the positions' Job Description Form (JDF) with successful applicants offered an interview.