Behaviour Support Practioner

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MedHealth is hiring a Behaviour Support Practitioner in Saint Albans as part of Ability Action Australia. You’ll evaluate, develop and deliver support plans, set goals in a positive framework, build capacity in families and support workers, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and champion reduction of restrictive practices. The ideal candidate holds a degree in OT, Speech Pathology, Psychology, Social Work or similar, lives within 20 minutes of Melton, and has experience designing or reviewing behaviour plans and working with challenging behaviours. In return you’ll enjoy flexible locations, remuneration, benefits and clear progression, plus a supportive culture. To apply, tailor your resume to show outcomes and collaboration, and note accessibility needs.

Company Description

Welcome to Ability Action Australia!

We are a national therapy services provider. Every day and in many ways, we are here to help NDIS participants – children, adolescents and adults (0-65 years) – get more out of life today! Help us help others to improve their access, development, independence, and overall health and wellbeing, and function.

Job Description

As a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner, you will be responsible for providing support to participants, carers and families int he followign ways.

You’ll be doing things like:
✨ Evaluating, developing & delivering evidence-based support plans
✨ Creating meaningful goals using a positive behaviour support framework
✨ Building capacity in the people who support our participants, families, carers, friends, support workers
✨ Working alongside a brilliant multidisciplinary team
✨ Championing the reduction (and elimination!) of restrictive practices

And, because we like to keep it real:
👉 This is NOT a stepping stone to becoming a psychologist.
👉 It’s a meaningful, legitimate, highly skilled career all on its own.

🙌 About You

You’ll thrive with us if you:
✔ Have a degree in OT, Speech Pathology, Psychology, Social Work or similar
✔ Live within a 20 minute radius of either Melton
✔ Have experience reading or creating, implementing or reviewing behaviour support plans
✔ Have a genuine passion for disability support
✔ Have experience working with challenging behaviours
✔ Love working with humans AND are competent with writing reprots (Yes, there will be paperwork)

🎁 What’s In It For You?

Oh, we look after our people, big time.

🌈 Flexibility: you can work from community, clinic and home and in a way that works for you
💰 Excellent remuneration: Generous salary, car allowance, laptop, phone + salary packaging
📚 Career progression: PD, growth, pathways within Ability Action Australia & our MedHealth family
💙 Feel-good culture: Purpose-driven team, uplifting vibe, great banter

Feeling Excited? Because We Are!

Additional Information

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 4,000 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 LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

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