Behaviour Support Practitioner

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About us..

At Royal Rehab LifeWorks Community, we're redefining health and wellbeing.

As part of the Royal Rehab Group, a leading charity with over 125 years of innovation in rehabilitation and community support services, we are committed to empowering individuals to achieve their health goals through evidence-based care and lifestyle medicine.

We deliver a comprehensive range of allied health services, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, dietetics, psychology, exercise physiology, and more.

With a strong presence across the eastern seaboard, we are proud to provide innovative, multidisciplinary care tailored to individual needs.

We offer a vibrant, inclusive culture the values your expertise.

About the role..

An exciting role exists for a highly motivated Behaviour Support Practitioner within our Penrith team.  This role involves being a key member of our multidisciplinary team and facilitating high quality, efficient and person-centered services to our customers.

In this role you will work with a range of stakeholders to ensure customers from diverse backgrounds, with complex support requirements are provided with the support and skills they need to participate in their community. Outcomes are achieved by working with NDIS participants and their communities to ensure customers receive tailored services that are individualised, and outcomes focused.

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with a range of stakeholders within a positive behaviour support framework
• Ensuring customers receive tailored services that are individualised, person centred & strength based in line with the values and principles of positive behaviour support.
• Apply a customer centric model to develop, implement and review Individual Behaviour Support, plans and behaviour management strategies with customers, family, carers, and their service providers.
• Conduct relevant therapeutic, functional assessment and data gathering with customers developing the resulting behaviour support plans.
• Coach those implementing a behaviour support plan, involve the customer, carers and other relevant people in assessment and intervention.
• Develops & implements new resources & activities to enhance the experience & outcomes of our customers.
• Record accurate and timely notes & billing
• Meet customer acquisition and clinical activity targets.

About you..

We seek a self-motivated, passionate, and energetic professional with the ability to engage with our customers.  You will be confident in your abilities to deliver supports to a complex customer base whilst focusing on achieving quality outcomes for our customers.   

Essential Criteria:

• Tertiary Allied Health Qualification - Social Work, OT, Psychology, Speech Therapy
• Current peak body registration- AHPRA, AASW
• NDIS Practitioner Status – Core or Proficient
• Current understanding of NDIS positive behaviour support capability framework and ability to apply for core practitioner status.
• Experience working with people with a disability who may have a range of complex and challenging behaviours
• Demonstrated knowledge in the development and implementation of behavioural intervention strategies, risk management strategies and skills development plans
• Strong written & verbal communication skills including the ability to develop interim and comprehensive behaviour support plans.
• Driver's License

Your Royal Rewards...

• Salary Packaging: Up to $18,550 salary packaging benefits (lower your taxable income and increase your take home pay)
• Benefits: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts
• Maxxia Rewards: Enjoy a huge range of discounts through our salary packaging partner
• Career growth: Genuine career opportunities
• QLeave: Access to portable long service leave for eligible candidates
• Work life balance: Flexible work arrangements
• Salary: Competitive remuneration
• Leadership: Supportive and experienced leadership team
• Culture: Friendly and close-knit team environment

We know diversity makes Precision Health Care a great place to work, and we are committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the people we serve. We encourage applications from all members of our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQA+ individuals, people with disability, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

If you require any adjustments to participate equitably in the recruitment process, or to support you in the workplace should you be successful, please let us know. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment where all individuals can thrive.

What's next..

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, address the essential criteria in your cover letter and APPLY NOW to start your journey with us

Please note, only applicants that address this essential criteria will be considered.

Visit our Royal Rehab LifeWorks careers page for more information: 

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The successful applicant will be required to provide and undergo pre-employment checks including but not limited to a current criminal record check, working with children check, employment history, driver's license and referee checks. Vaccination against infectious diseases is strongly encouraged.