Positive Behaviour Support Practitioners, come join our team!

• Flexible full-time and part-time roles available
• Rewarding career in an innovative organisation providing disability and allied health support services to people across the Sunshine Coast region
• Above industry award pay, salary sacrifice, access to fleet vehicles plus more!

We are seeking psychologists to join our Positive Behaviour Support team on the Sunshine Coast.

About Your Best Life Disability and Health Services Ltd. 

Your Best Life Disability and Health Services Ltd (YBLDHS) is a not-for-profit organisation that provides person-centred services across three businesses

• Community Services
• LevelUp Independent Living (LUIL), and 
• Your Choice Plan Management (YCPM).

Our psychologists sit under the Community Services arm, which supports the following programs 

• Children’s and Teens’ Therapy Services
• Mindcare Mental Health Services
• The Allied Health Collaborative and,
• WorkFit and Wellness (EAP).
   

About the role 

We are seeking Positive Behaviour Support Practitioners to be based in one of our three community centres in Morayfield, Nambour and Gympie and provide therapeutic supports in the home, school, community and via telehealth to children, teens and adults. 

You will:

• Utilise evidence-based strategies and client-centred supports that address the needs of the person with a disability and the underlying causes of behaviours of concern.
• Safeguard the dignity and quality of the life of the people with disability who require specialised behaviour support.
• Create individualised positive behaviour support plans for people with disability that are responsive to the person’s needs.
• Reduce and eliminates the need for the use of regulated restrictive practices.
• Plan interventions and evaluate outcomes.
• Work in collaboration with families and the therapy team.
• Deliver evidence-based assessments and therapeutic interventions, including behavioural, developmental, cognitive, and family systems pedagogies.
• Maintain client records including goals, assessments, interventions, and outcomes.
• Adhere to the NDIS Code of Conduct and Professional Code of Ethics and Conduct.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate the following attributes and qualifications:

• Relevant tertiary level qualifications in Psychology and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration. 
• Demonstrated experience in the provision of Psychology to children, teens’ and adults including to NDIS participants.
• Extensive knowledge of, or ability to acquire knowledge of, assessment tools to support clinical reasoning.

Mandatory requirements 

• Working with Children’s Check Blue card
• Current driver’s license
• NDIS Workers Screen
• National Police Check
• COVID vaccination
• NDIS Practitioner number (or ability to acquire)
• Current AHPRA Registration 
• Medicare Provider number (Generalist) 
• Must be registered or eligible for registration as a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner through the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (for PBSB role)

What we offer

• Professional development days and allowance
• Opportunity for career advancement
• Ongoing coaching, supervision, and mentoring 
• Opportunity to learn from leading industry experts 
• A friendly and supportive team culture 
• Support from Centre Coordinators and Finance team for appointments and invoicing
• Above industry award pay, salary sacrifice, access to fleet vehicles plus more!

Apply now!

Click “Apply for this Job” and upload your current resume with a cover letter stating which role, workload and location you are applying for.

Other roles available, visit Work with Us – Your Best Life Disability and Health Services (ybl.org.au) for a full list of vacancies.

For further information, please phone Emma Burke, General Manager (Community Services) on 0416 232 099.

Want to know more about us?

We have centres in Maroochydore, Nambour, Kawana, Caboolture, Morayfield, and Gympie. Telehealth services are also provided across the region and beyond. Our services provide supports to NDIS participants and other clients with disabilities and health conditions, including mental health conditions, to live as independently as possible in the community.

We are committed to growing and diversifying to meet the real, expressed needs of NDIS participants and other clients needing services and supports through a personalised approach that puts people before profits. 

YBLDHS is leading the development of diverse and inclusive disability support services in the region. We are: 

• client-led
• open to great ideas
• innovative, and collaborative.

YBLDHS is NDIS-registered and is accredited under the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. As a not-for-profit company, we invest surplus funds into new or expanded services in accordance with our purpose to help people overcome life’s challenges and live their best lives.

We support individuals whose goal is to optimise independent living, community participation and supports people impacted by a mental health condition. We also see private, WorkCover, National Injury Insurance and Medicare funded clients, as well as clients referred by organisations such as; North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Health, and Department of Children, youth and Multicultural Affairs. 

Your new role will provide you with the rare opportunity to work with clients across the life cycle and apply your area of specialty. You will work alongside a team of industry leading experts in a friendly and supportive team with a friendly and positive culture.