Description:
PsychPhys is seeking an Advanced or Proficient Behaviour support Practitioner, positioned for growth across our South East catchment. We are looking for a team player who enjoys coming to work with a smile. Imagine an organisation that offers real flexibility with a Brain Flex initiative gifting you RDOs to maximize your down time.
The Role:
Advanced or Proficient Behavior Support Practitioner plays a key role in providing mentorship and Proficient Behavior Support Programs and Services tailored to clients within the South-East catchment area. The role consists of mentorship, 1:1 Behavior Support, multi-disciplinary Psychoeducational support; developing, writing; and implementing Behavior Support Plans. The role works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team in the delivery of tailored services . The ongoing opportunity is full time and based across our Surrey Hills and Frankston practice sites.
Part - time (minimum 3 days a week) or Full time opportunity - please specify what you are wanting in your application.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct initial Program Screening Assessments
- Provide 1:1 Behavior Support/consultation to clients
- Support young people with social and/or high-risk behaviors
- Conduct Risk Assessments and initiate harm minimisation strategies and techniques, including Suicide and Violent risk
- Provide Mentorship and peer consultation to Behavior Support Practitioners
- Conduct Functional Behavior Assessments
- Written reports
- Work in collaboration with Multi-Disciplinary Team in the facilitation of programs to individuals and their families
- Initiate/attend Care Team Meetings
- Develop and implement Behavior Support Plans and report on and monitor regulated restricted practices
- Deliver multi-disciplinary Psychoeducational group sessions if/when required
- Provide Psychoeducation to key stakeholders, care teams and family members
- Comply with all Professional Development and supervision requirements as per operational requirements
Candidate:
- Demonstrate the ability to deliver and communicate sensitive information with individuals inclusive of culture, age and cognition.
- Demonstrated ability in developing and implementing Behavior Support Plans
- Demonstrated experience in Restrictive Practices and code of ethics,
- Demonstrated compliance with the PBS Frameworks, NDIS Quality and Safeguard Commission.
- Demonstrate organic and genuine rapport building with individuals and stakeholders.
- Demonstrated high level organisational skills - time Management, goal setting, delegation, self motivation, attention to detail, analytical thinking and communication
- Demonstrated ability to offer calm response under pressure
- Demonstrated ability to identify risk and ensure mandatory reporting practices are initiated (where required)
- Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication with particular emphasis on interpersonal communication skills and qualified written work
- Demonstrated experience working within community health
- Demonstrate experience in the provision of evidence-based assessment and interventions.
- Demonstrate the ability to maintain confidentiality and record-keeping.
- Demonstrate skill in working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate competence in the use of information technology, internet, and desktop applications; e.g. electronic client record systems, Google Workspace and database packages.
- Enjoys health and fitness, and promotes benefits of healthy independent living.
Advantageous
- Demonstrated strong commitment to improving health outcomes in individuals.
- Understanding of emotional intelligence and the ability to adapt to the individual as required.
- Ability to work autonomously and effectively self managed time strategies when needed to work with minimal supervision.
- Enjoys working in a team environment and a collaborative approach to therapy.
Qualifications:
- A tertiary qualification in Community Services, Nursing, Teaching, Social Work, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, or other relevant health/community services certification/qualification and/or relative working experience.
- A satisfactory Police Criminal Check dated within 6 months of commencement.
- A valid Employee Working with Children’s Check.
- A current Driver’s License
- Access to a vehicle for travel.
- A valid NDIS Worker Screening check.
Employee Benefits:
Leave Loading - Watch your salary increase as you take annual leave with entitlements calculated above the suggested minimum and raised to 17.9%.
Program Development Incentives - PsychPhys rewards those who shape the identity and pathways of our unique programs. Recognition - Recognition of employee success is highly valued at PsychPhys with formal quarterly and annual award ceremonies. Be apart of seeing your peers shine by nominating them for monetary awards.
Brain Flex - On completion of successful probation, employees can nominate for PsychPhys Brain Flex initiative in its RDO/ADO programs.
Supervision - PsychPhys provides supervision for its Behavior Support Practitioners
Perks - Explore an array of discounts and benefits from Dining, Fashion, Tech to Health and Wellbeing. EDP - Every employee participates in an Employee Development Plan where you outline areas of professional development interests and the career growth you would like to achieve. Multiple Sites - Working from the closest site to you. PsychPhys might offer you an opportunity to work across sites if you prefer. With practice sites located across the South Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne, PsychPhys can move with you. Moving interstate? We have you covered too. EAP - Work for an employer who values your wellbeing with investing in your access to our Employee Assistance Program.
Please note that all positions require a photograph of the candidate on their resume and for documents to be uploaded in PDF format.
For further information contact ***************@psychphys.com.au or Paul Mauracher on ( (03) 7034 8*** (ext. 1047)
If you are from a Recruitment agency, we appreciate your interest in PsychPhys however we will not be accepting client proposals.