Company Description
Welcome to Ability Action Australia!
We are a national therapy services provider who deliver NDIS services in Tamworth.
Help us help others to improve their access, development, independence, and overall health and wellbeing, and function.
Job Description
Ability Action Australia's Tamworth team are looking for an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner who has current suitability at the Core or Proficient level - as confirmed by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.
What's in it for you?
Benefits – Professional Development allowance, staff referral scheme, Fitness Passport… just to name a few
Flexibility – You can select the hours and days - full-time or part-time - that work best for you as an individual
Excellent remuneration – Industry leading salary + kilometre reimbursement + laptop + smartphone + Performance with Purpose Reward and Recognition Program + salary packaging options
Work-life balance – Combine the convenience of working from home with the social interaction of working in the community plus the support of office and clinic hours
Career progression – Access to ongoing training tailored to your interests and long-term goals combined with professional development opportunities with Ability Action Australia and our parent company MedHealth
Passionate and uplifting culture – You will be part of a purpose and values driven team focused on delivering outstanding service to NDIS participants
Responsibilities will include:
Assisting NDIS participants, along with their families and/or carers, to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning
Evaluating, developing and delivering evidence-based support plans within a complex support space
Developing meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising a positive behaviour support framework, and with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices, in the home and community
Ensuring individual plans reflect our NDIS participants' goals, passions and strengths, as well as ensuring they get more out of life
Building the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support participants in their lives - family, carers, friends, etc
Acting as an advocate and role model for best practice
Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
Qualifications
To be considered suitable you will have:
Current suitability - confirmed by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission - at the Core or Proficient level as a Behaviour Support Practitioner
Completed a degree level qualification as an allied health professional
Report writing experience
Excellent time management and organisational skills to manage a varied caseload
Proactive attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas
Genuine passion for working in the disability sector
Does this role excite you? If so, I'd like to hear from you!
Click on the Apply button OR call me - Benita Kempton - 0476 795 843 OR email me via email bkempton@medhealth.com.au.
If your resume is not quite up-to-date, you can add me on LinkedIn for a more informal conversation - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benita-kempton-07850024b/
You are welcome here.
Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 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 LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.
We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.
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