Behaviour Support Practitioner

Employment: Permanent Full Time (part time minimum 3 days per week will be considered)
Office Location: Turramurra

Behaviour Support Practitioner

We are looking for an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner (Core, Proficient or Advanced) to join our Behaviour Support Team in Northern Sydney. This role will be supporting clients around Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai as well as some of Ryde and Parramatta.

Responsibilities:

• Engage in collaborative goal setting with families and complete Functional Behaviour Assessments to identify areas of need and support the development of practical evidence-based support strategies.
• Develop person centred Behaviour Support Plans that uphold the rights of people with disability, improve quality of life and reduce the use of restrictive practices.
• Work with a varied caseload alongside a team of experienced allied health professionals including speech pathologists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.
• Build the capacity and confidence of families, teachers and support workers to implement positive and proactive strategies and skill building programs through direct coaching and mentoring support.
• Continue to develop your expertise through high levels of supervision and support to progress through the NDIS Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework practitioner levels.

You may have:
Qualifications

• Minimum experience of 1 year as an NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner at Core, Proficient or Advanced level
• Experience and/or interest in using person and family centred, strength-based approaches

Essential

• Valid Working with Children’s Check (WWCC) Clearance (or willingness to obtain)
• Valid NDIS Worker Screening Check (NDISWC) Clearance (or willingness to obtain)
• Fully vaccinated for the Covid-19 Virus (3 doses) or accepted medical exemption certificate
• Current driver’s licence and use of own car