Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner

Benefits of Working with Nexus:

At Nexus, we pride ourselves on our commitment to ongoing training for all of our staff and support them in their learning and career progression.

We are also pleased to provide generous pay and leave benefits. As a not-for-profit, Nexus is FBT Exempt and can offer attractive salary packaging benefits.

About the Role

The role of a Behaviour Support Practitioner is a diverse one. It requires the delivery of high quality, effective and efficient services to clients and involves working within a multidisciplinary framework.

We collaborate with clients and their support networks to achieve their stated goals. The focus will be on the provision of person centred, wholistic and goal-directed support that promotes clients’ quality of life and active participation in decisions about their life.

As a Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner at Nexus, you will be working for an established and respected disability service provider in a supportive and positive team environment. You will provide positive behaviour support to a caseload of NDIS participants and assist the Senior Practice Leader in providing supervision and mentoring to less experienced behaviour support practitioners.

We are looking for a Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner with:

• Extensive experience in working with diverse clients with complex needs
• Skills in staff supervision and mentoring suited to supporting less experienced staff in our behaviour support and allied health team
• Proficient (or above) level certification from the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
• Future ambitions of taking a leadership role in a progressive disability provider organisation

Key Responsibilities 

Working within the requirements of the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Commission and other relevant authorities, you will:

• Conduct comprehensive assessments, including Functional Behaviour Analysis, to wholistically understand the person with a disability in order to develop individualised behaviour support plans
• Develop person-centred, evidence-informed positive behaviour support plans in line with the person’s goals and NDIS plans that focus on promoting positive outcomes and improving quality of life
• Provide training and support to support networks to ensure the successful implementation of behaviour support plans
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of strategies/ interventions using data collection and analysis, adjusting behaviour support plans as needed to achieve optimal results and outcomes
• Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders (including family, staff, teachers and other health and allied health professionals) in order to ensure best outcomes for clients
• Maintain detailed case notes, other documentation and systems to protect participants’ wellbeing and meet legal requirements.
• Participate in regular team meetings and professional development activities
• Support the Senior Practice Leader with providing clinical supervision and mentoring to less experienced practitioners in the team, including reviewing reports and recommendations and providing feedback on support plans

Our ideal candidate will have (Selection Criteria):

• Demonstrated experience in assessing and planning person-centred interventions for participants who exhibit behaviours of concern including high-risk behaviours
• Proficient, Advanced or Specialist status as a NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner Assessed against the NDIS capability framework
• Sound understanding of:- Supporting the rights and quality of life of people with disability
  – The NDIS service delivery model
  – The NDIS Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework
  – Restrictive practice legislation and application
• Experience working with restrictive practices
• Experience supervising and/or coaching other NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioners
• Ability to work across organisations, especially with front line workers, to ensure plans are implemented
• Knowledge and experience implementing the concepts and principles of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
• High level oral and written communication skills
• Effective time management skills
• Ability to work effectively autonomously as well as within a team
• Strong communication, participant/stakeholder engagement and mediation skills
• Familiarity with trauma-informed care and its application
• Commitment to continuous professional development
• A Bachelors degree in Allied Health or Behavioural Sciences, or a relevant positive behaviour support associate degree or higher
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in providing intervention and support in the disability sector

Working in the disability sector means you will also need the following (or ability to obtain):

• Current National Police Check (no more than 6 months old)
• Current Working with Vulnerable People Card (with NDIS endorsement)
• Unrestricted Tasmanian Driver’s license
• Certificate of full COVID19 vaccination (in-line with government requirements).

Note: A pre-employment medical will be required for this role (including drug and alcohol testing).

To apply for this role: Please apply via the form here.

Applications close 5pm Friday 11 October 2024

To be considered for this role you must provide a cover letter detailing:

• Your motivation for applying for this position
• What attracts you to Nexus in particular
• Your response to the Selection Criteria detailed above

Regretfully we will not be able to progress applications who have not provided a cover letter with their application.

Nexus is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage and welcome applications from people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds.

For enquiries, or for a full position description, please email jobs@nexusinc.org.au