Behaviour Support Practitioner

Better Rehab is a clinician-founded, clinician-led practice focused on flexible, sustainable careers. They understand what clinical work is really like and design roles that offer genuine autonomy along with real support. The Behaviour Support Practitioner position is a hybrid role based in Canterbury, with a mix of clinic, community and home visits, and the chance to shape your diary around your energy and priorities. If you value outcomes and quality care over rigid targets, this role should feel like a good fit.

In Canterbury, you’ll join a team of 11 clinicians, including five occupational therapists, two physiotherapists, two speech pathologists, one behaviour support practitioner and one allied health assistant. Your caseload will be diverse, managed through referrals and supported by an experienced intake and clinical leadership team. The role gives you the opportunity to build long-term relationships with participants and see the progress your work helps create, across homes, clinics and community settings. You’ll have solid supervision, including one-to-one support and monthly group sessions, plus a multidisciplinary team ready to back complex cases and your ongoing development.

Making your days count in Canterbury

Day to day, you’ll support NDIS participants across a varied and meaningful caseload allocated through referrals, with the Canterbury office backing you up through a capable intake and clinical leadership structure. You’ll spend time in participants’ homes, at clinics and in community settings, building lasting connections and tracking the positive changes your interventions enable. You’ll be supported by regular 1:1 supervision, monthly group supervision, and a multidisciplinary team that helps you manage complex cases and continue growing as a practitioner.

What you’ll need to bring and what would help

• PBS registration with proficient suitability as the minimum
• A background in fields such as psychology or social work is considered an ideal fit for this space
• A valid driver’s license and access to a personal vehicle
• An NDIS check, Working with Children Check, and Police Check, or a willingness to obtain them
• A minimum of four years’ experience in Behaviour Support

• A background in psychology or social work is a plus, especially if you’ve worked in allied health contexts or with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience working with NDIS participants in varied settings or with complex case loads
• Ability to operate autonomously while collaborating with an intake and clinical leadership group

Pay, benefits and practical details

The role comes with clear development paths and realistic KPIs that focus on quality outcomes rather than volume. The base is competitive, with additional rewards and extra leave options, along with a structured PD budget to support ongoing learning. Specifically, you’ll have a personal development budget of up to $2,500 per year to allocate toward study leave or external courses, or a mix of both. Travel is paid at 1.17c per kilometre, and there are eight weeks of paid parental leave. The Better Rewards Program adds bonus pay, extra leave, and more, and there are national opportunities and support across 30+ Australian locations. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to structure your diary with options across community, clinic and work-from-home settings, and you’ll be part of a Canterbury team that prioritises autonomy alongside supportive supervision.

Other practical details include the hybrid work arrangement and the chance to work across a team that blends clinical leadership with hands-on supervision. The Canterbury office itself hosts a multidisciplinary setup designed to support complex cases and ongoing professional development, with a commitment to flexible, outcomes-focused care.

Advice for applicants

Lead your resume with your PBS registration and your four years of Behaviour Support experience, then show how you’ve used those skills in real settings with NDIS participants across different environments.

Illustrate your must-have capabilities with concrete examples: describe a case where you coordinated with an intake team and clinical leaders to design and implement a plan, and how you balanced autonomy with supervision to achieve positive outcomes.

Prepare for interviews by talking about how you manage a varied caseload across homes, clinics and community settings, and how you maintain quality while meeting realistic KPIs. Bring a short story that shows your ability to build long-term relationships with participants and their support networks.

Ask a smart question about the role’s development opportunities, such as how the PD budget has funded recent courses or certifications, and how the Canterbury team collaborates with the 30+ Australian locations for professional growth and knowledge sharing.