At a Glance
- Tasks: Make a real difference in the lives of people with disabilities through support and planning.
- Company: Outcomes Connect Australia, a values-led team focused on connection and support.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, health subsidies, flexible scheduling, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Join a diverse team that values inclusivity and supports your growth.
- Why this job: Empower individuals and enhance their quality of life while growing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience with complex behaviours preferred; strong communication and teamwork skills essential.
The predicted salary is between 67500 - 82500 $ per year.
At Outcomes Connect Australia (OCA), we believe people do their best work when they feel connected, supported and inspired. Since 2018, OCA has empowered Behaviour Support Practitioners to build confidence, develop their clinical skills and achieve best practice. Our model combines local delivery and national systems, ensuring consistency, safety and clinical excellence under a strong governance framework.
As a Behaviour Support Practitioner - experienced or entry-level - you will make a real difference in the lives of people living with disability by helping them and those around them. You will focus on enhancing quality of life, reducing behaviours of concern and promoting the rights of people with disability.
You will work as part of a team including practitioners, a team leader and clinical advisors, to support people with evidence-based practice along with developing your own knowledge, skills and experience. You will also benefit from the School of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), in partnership with MedHealth Academy and the University of Melbourne.
As a Behaviour Support Practitioner you will:
- Support our clients (NDIS participants), along with their families and/or carers, to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning.
- Identify meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising The Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework, with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices, in the home and community.
- Develop, deliver and evaluate evidence-based support plans within a complex support space.
- Ensure individual plans reflect our clients' goals, passions and strengths.
- Build the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support our clients - family, carers, friends, etc.
Why You’ll Love Working for Outcomes Connect Australia:
- Supervision and Support: You will receive weekly 1:1 clinical supervision from an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner, plus opportunities to join group-based supervisions from the very beginning.
- Build Your Career: You will prepare an individualised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) plan and Supervision Agreement with your supervisor to plan out your journey from 'suitable' to Core through to Advanced level of suitability as a practitioner.
- Team Culture: You’ll be part of a values-led team that celebrates your wins and supports you through challenges.
- Balance That Works: Flexible scheduling and remote/community-based work with sustainable caseloads that respect your energy and time.
- Benefits That Back You: Competitive salary + super + rewards for outstanding performance, $600 annual Health and Wellbeing subsidy, salary packaging options.
About You:
- Current suitability (i.e. registration) with the NDIS Commission as a Behaviour Support Practitioner is preferred but not essential.
- Considerable practical experience in supporting people with complex and challenging behaviours is essential.
- Demonstrated ability to work positively as a member of a diverse team.
- Outstanding communication, influencing and interpersonal skills.
- Confident computer skills and flawless report writing skills.
- Current Drivers Licence and own reliable vehicle.
Qualifications:
- Degree level qualifications of relevance to providing support to people with behaviours of concern are highly preferred.
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.
Behaviour Support Practitioner in Warrnambool employer: Medhealth Dba
At Outcomes Connect Australia, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that prioritises the growth and wellbeing of our Behaviour Support Practitioners. Located in Warrnambool, our supportive work culture fosters collaboration and continuous learning, offering tailored professional development opportunities and flexible scheduling to ensure a healthy work-life balance. With a commitment to inclusivity and a focus on empowering our team, we create an environment where every practitioner can thrive and make a meaningful impact in the lives of those they support.
