Behaviour Support Practioner

Behaviour Support Practitioner

Company Description

AAA Ability Action Australia Hybrid Role Empowering Lives

At Ability Action Australia, we are proud to be a national NDIS provider, supporting thousands of participants in over 300 locations across Australia. Our team delivers Allied Health services including Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Behaviour Support, Psychology & Exercise Physiology.

Job Description

We are looking for a Behaviour Support Practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team in the North Lakes office in Feb 2027.

Successful candidates will be providing supports to NDIS participants living in the North Brisbane Region.

Responsibilities will include:

• Assisting NDIS participants, along with their families and/or carers, to manage challenging behaviours to improve their quality of life, and develop new skills
• You will complete thorough assessments to understand behaviour triggers, identify risks & consider specific strategies to improve behaviour outcomes
• You will develop Behaviour Support Plans and provide support to families and/or carers, for consistent implementation
• Maintain a caseload with ongoing monitoring, support and make adjustments where required.
• Develop meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising a positive behaviour support framework, with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices, in the home and community
• Ensuring individual plans reflect our NDIS participants' goals, passions and strengths, as well as ensuring they get more out of life
• Build the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support participants in their lives - family, carers or friends
• Act as an advocate and role model for best practice
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team As you support many, we support you.

We offer:

• Benefits – Professional Development allowance, staff referral scheme, Fitness Passport… just to name a few
• Excellent remuneration – Industry leading salary + kilometre reimbursement + laptop + smartphone + Performance with Purpose Reward and Recognition Program + salary packaging options
• Work-life balance – Combine the convenience of working from home with the social interaction of working in the community plus the support of office and clinic hours
• Career progression – Access to ongoing training tailored to your interests and long-term goals combined with professional development opportunities with Ability Action Australia and our parent company MedHealth
• Passionate and uplifting culture – You will be part of a purpose and values driven team focused on delivering outstanding service to NDIS participants

Qualifications

• What we are looking for:

• Extensive experience working within the NDIS framework and supporting individuals with disabilities and challenging behaviours

• Degree level qualifications of relevance to providing support to people with behaviours of concern e.g. Psychology, Social Work, Occupational therapy, Disability Studies and Applied Behaviour Analysis.

• Passion for supporting individuals with complex needs and challenging behaviours

• Commitment to person-centred practice and reducing restrictive interventions

• Strong report writing skills and the ability to translate assessment findings into clear, actionable plans

• Excellent time management and organisational skills to balance a dynamic caseload

• Additional Information

• Make more possible — for others and for yourself. Join AAA today.

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• You are welcome here.

• Our fast-growing team of more than 4,000 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences.

• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

• We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.