Are you a teacher looking for a career change with flexibility and work life balance? Becoming a Behaviour Support Practitioner might be for you!
About us:
Ready Steady Achieve are a boutique Behaviour Support Provider that 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 the Role:
- Opportunity to work with a variety of different ages and support needs
- Flexibility to distribute your work hours flexibly to suit your lifestyle
- Competitive Hourly Rate
- 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
About the role:
-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. Must be willing to commit to a minimum of 25 hours per week.
Required
- Bachelor/Undergraduate degree in either Education/Teaching or Early Childhood, Applied Behaviour Analysis or Special Education
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
- Fortnightly external supervision
- Monthly Group Supervision
- BCBA supervision provided if required
Contractor Requirements by commencement date:
- Drivers license & Car
- Laptop
- Home office materials
- ABN
- NDIS worker screening + Professional indemnity and liability insurance
- Working with Children’s Check
Pay rates:
- Between $90-$120 per hour depending on experience inclusive of Super plus GST
- Rate increase after each successful performance review up to $120 per hour
Start Dates
-flexible start date based on your availability, however, looking for someone to be ready to begin in March, with training & registrations completed end of Jan/Feb
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. You can also email Kerrie at [email protected]