About the Organisation
Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
Permanent full time (or part time 4 days per week) Behaviour Support Practitioner position where you will be surrounded by support from a National Behaviour Intervention Support team, allowing you to effectively assess, design, evaluate and monitor behaviour support plans and interventions to provide positive outcomes for clients and reduce and eliminate restrictive practices wherever possible.
This role will cover Perth Metro and Kalgoorlie areas and provides flexibility to work from either home or one of our offices in these areas – wherever you work best. However, as you will hold a case load in various locations you will need to travel as required which will include one or two nights per month in regional WA.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clinical knowledge, expertise and support to clients in a range of Life Without Barriers Disability programs as well as external providers
- Complete assessments (including data collection and analysis) of risk and behaviours of concern
- Design, deliver and monitor interventions and strategies for the purpose of supporting people with a disability to achieve a greater quality of life, in those who present with behaviours of concern
- Work within the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Commission requirements, the NDIA terms of business and any State Based Restrictive Practice Authorisation requirements
- Provide training and support to staff, teachers, parents and other relevant stakeholders in positive behaviour interventions, behaviour support plans, restrictive practices, risk and safety plans
- Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders (including family, staff, teachers and other health and allied health professionals) in order to ensure best outcomes for the clients
Skills & Experience
- Tertiary qualifications in allied health professions such as Psychology, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Social Work or equivalent experience that meets the requirements and suitability of the NDIS Commission PBS Capability Framework. Please note that we are unable to offer psychology internships at this time.
- Applicants must hold (or be eligible to obtain) a suitability letter from the NDIS Commission, which serves as formal registration as a Behaviour Support Practitioner. Please note that employment cannot commence, and the employment contract will not come into effect, until this registration has been provided and verified.
- Current WA driver’s license.
- Demonstrated experience in the delivery of behaviour support services to individuals with a range of disabilities.
- Experience working in a culturally sensitive manner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and/or a willingness to work and train in culturally appropriate approaches.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of the Safeguarding requirements of the National Disability Insurance Agency.
Benefits
- Join a national behaviour support team, learning from and being supported by colleagues all over the country
- Regular in-house individual supervision and scheduled professional development sessions
- Monthly rostered days off
- Flexibility to work from home
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Mikaella at [email protected]
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
