Both North and South Office locations available

One of West Australia’s largest community services providers, PeopleKind Group (formerly Nulsen Group) is parent company of a group of organisations – Nulsen Disability Services, Melior Positive Behaviour Support, Pillar Support Coordination, Outcare and Nesti Housing. Our services encompass disability, housing, allied health, justice, child protection and reintegration, supporting 4,300+ people with complex support needs.

Melior Positive Behaviour Support is a growing team of highly experienced positive behaviour support practitioners. We work closely with people with a broad range of disability, as well as their families and support workers, to understand why a person uses behaviours of concern to get their needs met.

At Melior, we provide strategies for life. We’re expanding our services into new areas and are seeking outstanding practitioners to support our growth.

We are accountable to the people we support. We design our services around their needs so we can empower them to live their best life.

The Lead Practitioner – Positive Behaviour Support will be part of the leadership team that enables positive behaviour support (PBS) practitioners to provide high quality, evidence-based services to meet the needs of people with a disability and their families.

Key responsibilities include 

• Provide supervision and professional development to team members.
• Provide positive behaviour support to people with complex behaviours of concern.
• Support team members to meet KPIs.
• Provide consultancy to the Nulsen Group on complex behaviours of concern.
• Develop and provide training in positive behaviour support to disability support workers, families and other stakeholders.
• Participate as a member of the PBS leadership team to promote continuous improvement and development of PBS service provision.

Essential Criteria 

• Tertiary qualification in psychology, occupational therapy, speech pathology or social work and registration/membership with the relevant practice board (AHPRA, SPA, AASW). Registration as a Psychology Board (AHPRA) approved supervisor will be well regarded.
• Must be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of the scientific and philosophical basis of positive behaviour support.
• Significant (5+ years) post graduate experience and skills in the provision of positive behaviour support to people with highly complex support needs. Post graduate qualifications in PBS and/or ABA will be highly regarded.
• Meet the Advanced Practitioner capabilities as described by the Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework (July 2019) of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a transdisciplinary team, with experience in management of human and physical resources.
• Experience in developing and delivering positive behaviour support training, coaching and support to non-clinical staff, service providers and families.

You will also need the following compliances 

• Australian driver’s license
• Working with Children’s Check
• NDIS Workers Screening Check
• First Aid Certificate

What we offer 

• Supervision will be provided by a leadership team consisting of clinical psychologists/psychologists with combined experience that exceeds 50 years and supervision accreditation with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA). The team leaders are clinicians with nationally recognised skills and expertise, who have published in peer-reviewed journals and delivered workshops in areas of specialist practice across Australia.
• Our strong clinical leadership team provides supervision and support locally and onsite.
• A competitive salary 
• Salary packaging of up to $15,900 for general living expenses and an additional $2,650 for entertainment benefits per annum
• Paid Parental Leave
• Ability to purchase additional leave
• Ongoing professional development and in-house training
• Flexible working arrangements including the ability to work from home.
• Laptops and phones provided
• Generous Long Service Leave
• Annual Flu Vaccination Program
• Additional superannuation contributions options available
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program

If you require any further information about the recruitment process, please contact the People & Culture team , on 08 62534700

If you need any more information about the role, please contact the Executive Director of Positive Behaviour Support, Wendy O’Connor on 0438 471 807

Applications close: 4pm, Friday 11th November 2022

Please be advised we may proceed with interviews prior to the closing date.