Your opportunity
Our Behaviour Support Practitioners are Human Rights warriors! They work in a multi-disciplinary model with a range of allied health professionals to understand customer needs and goals and provide tailored support to meet these. Not only do you have your own caseload, providing both assessments and therapeutic interventions, but you will also assist in the clinical support of graduate and core and proficient level practitioners.
A day in the life of a Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner…
- Assist customers, their families and a team of BSP’s to identify individual needs through assessment and planning, developing meaningful goals.
- Provide consultation advice and support around significant life transitions for customers in Aruma placements.
- Consult and liaise with clients, hospital and community staff, carers/family members, relevant agencies and government departments, as appropriate.
- Mentor and train your team to exercise independent clinical judgment concerning the selection and application of principles, methods and techniques of clinical assessment and/or therapy.
- Write your own Positive Behaviour Support Plan’s (PBSP) as part of a small caseload, as well as monitor and approve all PBSP’s prepared by your team.
About you
- Relevant Tertiary Qualification in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Disability or Social Sciences – Undergraduate, part qualified encouraged to apply
- Knowledge in Positive behaviour support capability framework
- Experience in Allied Health / Behaviour Support / completed student placements and willing to learn
- Good knowledge of NSW Legislation in relation to restrictive practices
- Have explicit knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support principals including functional behaviour assessment, development of behaviour support plans, implementation processes.
- A current Australian Drivers’ Licence with willingness to travel
If you wish to know more about this role, please contact James Dooley on 0478 303 064 or at [email protected]
Only applicants with the right to work in Australia will be considered. Successful candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment checks.
- Current Working with Children Check
- NDIS Worker Check (NDISWC) Clearance
- Be willing to provide a confirmation record of COVID-19 vaccination (dose 1, 2 & booster)
- Be willing to undergo a national police check
What we offer
- We offer the benefits of flexibility and professional learning and development opportunities.
- As a charitable organisation, our staff benefit from some Fringe Benefit Tax exemptions through salary packaging up to $15,900 p.a + up to $2,650 p.a on meal & entertainment.
- Salary package living expenses (i.e., mortgage, loan, credit card repayments) meal and entertainment (dining out), a car (new or used)
- We offer employees and their immediate family members access to a confidential, impartial, and professional counselling service.
- Corporate health plans with Bupa.
- Fitness Passport for NSW, QLD, and ACT staff members.
Culture
People love to work at Aruma because they get the satisfaction of knowing they are Supporting people to live a great life, the life they want, the way they choose. Aruma is also BRAVE. That’s what makes us a trailblazer, being part of our team means you need to meet our BRAVE behaviours (Bold, Respectful, Authentic, Value Teamwork, Excellent) Find out more at www.aruma.com.au
Aruma is a Child Safe Organisation and an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. To this end, we invite applicants to answer optional questions around Diversity and Inclusion as part of the application process. The information provided will be treated in strictest confidence in accordance with Aruma’s Privacy Policy.
To ensure the safety and well-being of our people and customers, this role requires the successful candidate to be vaccinated against Covid-19. However, please speak to us if you have any questions about this based on your individual circumstances.