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 Psychologist experienced in neurodiversity affirming practice. 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 to best meet the needs of our clients.

Bright Start fosters a close-knit team culture and our staff value honesty, creativity, and authenticity. Our new Psychologist needs to be approachable, passionate, and friendly, and have a strong desire to work hard and have fun at work.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct psychological assessments for children

Assist individuals, their families and support teams to identify individual needs through assessment and planning

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

Proficient written and verbal communication, consultation and negotiation skills

Tertiary qualifications in Psychology with current AHPRA registration as a Registered Psychologist

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 4 or 5 day week that includes: above award rates, individualised support for career development, internal supervision for behaviour support practitioner registration, and fuel allowance

Consistent, long-term employment