Behaviour Support Practitioner

We are one of the largest providers to the NDIS, supporting over 10,000 participants every year with the care they need, when and where it is needed. We have a multi-disciplinary team approach, building a quality support service around the needs and goals of our participants and their family. #AAA

Ability Action Australia's Western Sydney team are looking for Behaviour Support Practitioners of all experience and suitability levels in Penrith or Blacktown. Whether you are just starting your Behaviour Support career or have suitability levels Core, Proficient or Advanced, we want to hear from you! 

Please note: we will be closed from 20th December until 5 January. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted in January.

In this role you will:

• Assisting NDIS participants, along with their families and/or carers, to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning
• Evaluating, developing and delivering evidence-based support plans within a complex support space
• Developing meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising a positive behaviour support framework, and with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices, in the home and community
• Ensuring individual plans reflect our NDIS participants' goals, passions and strengths
• Building the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support participants in their lives - family, carers, friends, etc
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including mentoring less experienced Behaviour Support Practitioners

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A degree level qualification as an allied health professional 
• Report writing experience
• Excellent time management and organisational skills to manage a varied caseload
• Proactive attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas
• Genuine passion for working in the disability sector

What's in it for you?

• Great benefits including salary packaging, referral bonuses, extra leave purchase options and corporate discounts
• True flexibility to choose the hours and days that suit your lifestyle
• Competitive package with industry-leading salary, kilometre reimbursement, laptop, smartphone, PD allowance and performance rewards
• Balanced work style combining work from home, community visits and access to office and clinic spaces
• Genuine support with weekly supervision, dedicated mentors and senior clinician guidance
• Career growth through tailored training, professional development and pathways across Ability Action Australia and MedHealth

If this sounds like you click on the Apply button or contact Lisa Hodge on 0448 546 107 or [email protected]

Not ready to apply? You can click here to add me on LinkedIn or send me a message. 

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.