Footsteps is a family owned and operated organisation. We are recruiting for Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioners to support our clients and families throughout their NDIS PBS Plans. Are you passionate about supporting people living with disabilities?

• Ready to join an established and rapidly expanding therapy provider across Australia?
• Looking for a supportive team with a great culture and ongoing training in Positive Behaviour Support?

About You  

We are looking for someone who is:  

• Empathetic and compassionate.
• Well organised, self-motivated, and proactive.
• A creative problem-solver and able to be self-reflective. 
• Passionate, client focused and has high interpersonal skills to build connections. 

Behaviour Support Practitioners play an important role in assisting people with special behavioural or emotional needs. They use their expertise in mental health, counselling, social work, teaching, occupational therapy and social development to implement new behavioural treatment strategies to improve the clients wellbeing, please understand this is not Support Work and will require a high degree of report writing.

• Do you want to work in an organisation that makes a genuine difference to our community?

• Are you able to empower individuals to make real and lasting changes to their lives?

Footsteps Community Services (FCS) deliver innovative and successful high-level of positive support services. We are seeking dedicated Positive Behaviour Practitioners to provide high quality, professional and culturally appropriate services.

Summary of the Position:

As the practitioner you are responsible for:

• The provision of high quality, professional and culturally appropriate behaviour support planning services.
• Deliver training to teams.
• Manage your diary.
• Advocate for your clients, ensuring their human rights are always upheld.
• Create individualised behaviour plans that are holistic, and client focused.
• Provide support and education to clients/carers/family.
• Conduct assessments with clients at the beginning and completion of the plan.
• Build and maintain effective relationships including attending stakeholder meetings.
• Maintain accurate and timely recordings.
• Deliver professional reports as required to external bodies, such as NDIS, Child Safety…The practitioner required to design and deliver appropriate interventions and plans, monitoring updating and evaluating these in line with the NDIS plan and/or individual goals, including monitoring progress and evaluate outcomes. The practitioner will work collaboratively with other Not for Profit agencies/providers in the delivery of services in a collaborative manner

Accountability:

The PBS Practitioner reports directly to the Director of PBS.

Individual attributes:

• Ability to assess the needs of clients within a holistic framework.
• Ability to prepare reports and maintain accurate records.
• Effective communication and crisis intervention skills.
• Interviewing skills.
• Proven ability to engage people and positively influence individuals and outcomes.
• Develop and maintain professional networks.
• Implement service strategies and evaluate results.
• Computer literacy, including proficiency in electronic records and data management tools.
• Resilience and the ability to adapt and respond to work demands.
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team environment.
• Communicate with individuals in a respectful and age-appropriate manner.

Main responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver high quality, professional and culturally appropriate behaviour support services to people with disability and / or significant disadvantage and who have an identified specific support need.
• Design and deliver effective interventions and plans, that are evidence based and meet clients’ needs.
• Monitor, update and evaluate records and plans in line with the NDIS plan and / or individual goals.
• Monitor client progress and evaluate outcomes, providing appropriate update and supports and proactive intervention where appropriate.
• Providing training, advice and / or support to workers involved in the communication and / or implementation of the support plans.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing specialist behavioural support advice clients, their families / representatives and workers delivering these. Communicate plan details in line with consents documented, ensuring that all parties are clear as to expectations and the reasoning for these.
• Be involved in crisis intervention. 

Networking & Professional Development

• Ensure that self needs for support, education and supervision are met
• Ensure that knowledge, skills, and service provision keeps with current practices by accessing the latest literature, attending relevant training and workshops and maintaining awareness of Footsteps Community Services (FCS) policies, procedures and expectations
• Attendance and participation in all individual supervision, team meetings and training opportunities as required.
• Establishing professional and cooperative relationships with relevant agencies and partners
• Provide colleagues and managers with support and assistance when required.

Quality and Administration

• Services are provided in context with attention to quality management processes.
• Ensure day to day administrative requirements are met including file notes.
• Create timely, professional, and appropriate records and reports and ensure plans are reviewed/ evaluated in line with quality standards and organisational requirements.
• Use available technology, resources, systems, and processes to ensure efficient and effective services.
• Ensure accurate recording of hours to facilitate billing and/ or acquittals of funding as appropriate.

Leadership:

• Promote a positive and safe workplace environment.
• Develop self and others.
• Develop brand recognition and awareness.
• Demonstrate integrity in all business activity.
• Resolve conflict appropriately.
• Facilitate information sharing and the development of a knowledge management system.
• Lead the design and development of new services.
• Provide specialist and professional support toward policy development as required.

Essential Requirements:

• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Qualification in Psychology, Behaviour Science, Social Work, Counselling, or related discipline.
• Ability to meet the NDIS Positive Behaviour Support capability framework at a core level or above.
• Current driver’s license and own reliable vehicle.
• National Police Check.
• Relevant state clearances, e.g., Working with Children’s Check, Blue Card, Yellow Card.
• Previous work experience as a Behaviour Support Practitioner (ideal but not essential).
• Knowledge and understanding of the NDIS (ideal but not essential).
• Salary starts at $75,000 up to $110,000 depending on experience, plus super, laptop, uniform, and mobile phone. Footsteps CS has made an application to provide Salary Sacrifice opportunities and this may be available soon.Appreciated:
• Experience in support/youth work
• Understanding of the Criminal Justice System.
• An understanding of the biopsychosocial model.
• Familiarity with the adverse childhood experiences study. (ACE’s)
• An understanding of practice positive behaviour support, evidence-based approaches, and trauma informed practice an advantage.
• Integration and social inclusion principles in own practice
• Understanding of trauma and trauma informed practices and principle.

Why join us:

• We are a friendly family workplace.
• Work laptop, mobile phone, and company perks provided.
• In house supervision and self-care support.
• Strong support from our administrative team to ensure your clients receive excellent customer service.
• Work from home options.
• This role can be flexible to work around family commitments when proficient within your role.

Benefits 

• Superannuation on top of salary.
• The use of work vehicles.
• Work phone and laptop provided.
• 4 weeks annual leave per year.
• Annual professional development allowance.
• Weekly internal supervision. 
• Pay depending on experience level. 

Other positions available:

• Clinical Psychologist (Contract work – 1 -2 days per week)
• Occupational Therapist (Contract work – 1 -2 days per week)
• Speech Therapist (Contract work – 1 -2 days per week)
• Registered Continence Nurse (RN) (Contract work – 1 -2 days per week)

Footsteps Community Services is committed to working with our candidates and clients to increase the numbers of under-represented people in the workplace and we have active equal opportunity and diversity strategies in place. We strongly encourage applications from people of all cultures and demographic backgrounds, and people living with a disability.

During this recruitment drive we have been successful in securing two new PBS employees to join our growing team but we still have vacancies for two more.

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