Behaviour Support Practitioner -MELTON & Ballarat

Are you a teacher or allied health professional looking for a career change with flexibility and work life balance? Or are you a current Behaviour Support Practitioner looking for an awesome supportive team? Join our diverse team and come nerd out to all things behaviour!

About us: 
We consider ourselves a  ‘boutique’ Behaviour Support Provider as we are a small but thriving team of individuals that love reflection, sharing, professionalism and a joke on the side. We began with a simple idea: better quality service for people living with a disability.

We are committed to providing the highest quality support to the families and people we work with.

Our Values:

• Empathy
• Inclusion
• Professionalism
• Innovation

Benefits of working with us:

-You are not alone

-We aim for 25 billables hours per week out of the 38 hours full time working week (use the additional 13 hours per week for whatever you need to maintain your wellbeing, ensure participants get the support they need and for ongoing training/support).

-Recieve your salary, plus commission ($90-$150 per hour) for any hours beyond 25 hours per week.

-Recieve in house mentoring, support and supervision along with external supervision

Benefits of the Role:

• Opportunity to work with a variety of different ages and support needs
• Flexibility to distribute your work hours to suit your lifestyle
• Competitive Salary and package benefits
• External and Internal Supervision provided, group training, and ongoing support provided
• Mixture of working from home and on site (community, homes, day programs, hospital, aged care, residential care)
• The ability to work with people in a flexible way that suits their needs and makes a difference
• Flexible Start Dates
• Ongoing perks like social events & weekends away if interested

About the role:

We are looking for someone located around the Melton area. The role initially may include travel to Ballarat and Geelong.

How it works:

-Receive a referral for a participant that is allocated to you

-Conduct a Functional Behaviour Assessment (including open ended assessment, observations, data collections) and determine the function of behaviour

-Develop a Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plan (including preventative strategies, skill building strategies/replacement behaviour strategies and reactive management strategies)

-Train Stakeholders in your recommendations

-Monitor the success with ongoing observations, modelling and data collection

About you:

We are looking for staff who are passionate to provide proactive Positive Behaviour Support to people supporting those with a disability and to those living with a disability.

Required

• Bachelor/Undergraduate degree in either Education/Teaching or Early Childhood, Applied Behaviour Analysis or Special Education. Bachelor or Masters degree in a related Allied Health field is also considered.

Personal and Interpersonal skills required:

-be able to work independently and in a team

-good organisational skills

-good time management

-proactive

-build relationships quickly and effectively

-ability to show empathy and be empathic to those in need

Desirable:

• Experience creating Behaviour Support Plans
• Experience working with people who engage in behaviours of concern and living with a disability
• Knowledge of NDIS Specialised Behaviour Support, writing Functional Assessments and developing comprehensive behaviour support plans
• Master of Education (Applied Behaviour Analysis)

Training Provided:

If not yet undertaken, Ready Steady Achieve will support staff to develop the required training to feel knowledgeable, supported and upskilled in the areas needed including:

• Induction
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module and Infection Control
• NDIS Self Assessment & Registration
• Monash Positive Behaviour Support Short Course
• Gradual Release of Responsibility -Shadowing and working together for the first few participants
• Fortnightly internal supervision
• Monthly on the job shadowing
• Monthly Group Supervision
• BCBA & CBA supervision provided if required

Employee Requirements by commencement date:

• Driver's license & Car
• NDIS worker screening
• Working with Children’s Check

Pay rates:

Beginning practitioners (with no experience with NDIS) - Annual base salary of $90,000+superanuation (+commission of $90 per hour for any billable hours worked beyond 25 hours per week)  plus the following perks:

-Fuel card to fill your car with fuel

-Laptop

-Mobile Phone

-Office materials

-Office space if required including kitchen, tea, coffee

-Cafe on site for all your coffee needs (yes - we are all coffee drinkers, and it is needed when writing reports)

Experienced practitioners (with 2 years+ experience with NDIS and already registered) - Annual base salary of $100,000-$130,000 + superannuation (+commission of $100-$150 per hour for any billable hours beyond 25 hours per week)

Start Dates

-flexible start date based on your availability

How to Apply: 
Do not miss out on this opportunity, click ‘Apply Now’ below. If you would prefer to have a confidential conversation about your career before applying, please call Kerrie [0423 665 100](tel:0423 665 100) Wednesday-Friday. You can also email Kerrie at [email protected]