Company description

Bright Start Behaviour Support is a small, locally owned business specialising in high quality behaviour support and psychology services to children and families. The services are individually tailored to determine individual needs and ensure each child or family is supported to strengthen relationships, improve coping skills, and enhance quality of life.

Job description

We are seeking a behaviour support practitioner experienced in neurodiversity affirming behaviour support. The successful candidate will be required to produce detailed behaviour support plans using a holistic, integrative approach, and provide psychological assessments to children. Ongoing support will also be required for most families. The successful candidate will have a passion for ongoing professional growth and providing a high quality service to our clients and families. They will also be committed to staying with the business on a long term basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess client needs and how to support those needs being met as part of the development of neurodiversity-affirming behaviour support plans
• Ability to work co-operatively and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, with individuals, families, schools and other stakeholders
• Offering support to individuals, children or their families to implement strategies which will improve their capacity to cope, social and emotional wellbeing, and quality of life
• Manage a case load and ensure that documentation is kept up to date
• Evaluate support provided to clients on an ongoing basis to ensure activities and care provided are consistent with changing client needs
• Maintain confidentiality of information

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrated skill and experience working as a Proficient / Advanced / Specialist Behaviour Support Clinician as outlined in the National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commission
• Proficient written and verbal communication, consultation and negotiation skills
• Tertiary qualifications and NDIS behaviour support practitioner registration
• Experience in delivering and evaluating relevant training for individuals, families and support staff
• Have explicit knowledge of supporting people using a neurodiversity affirming psychology framework
• Well-developed communication, time management and organisational skills
• Current Australian Driver’s License
• Current Working with Children’s Check, Police Check, and NDIS Worker Screening Check

We offer:

• A supportive and close-knit team environment
• Job satisfaction within a rewarding industry
• A competitive salary package for a 5 day week that includes: above award rates, individualised support for career development, extensive internal supervision, and fuel allowance
• Consistent, long-term employment
• Professional development opportunities
• Above award pay rates for a permanent 5 day week (or a 4 day week should you prefer, with pay being adjusted in that case)
• Consistent, long-term employment