Your Opportunity

Behaviour Support Practitioners are Human Rights warriors! They work in a multi-disciplinary model with a range of allied health professionals to understand customer needs and goals and provide tailored support to meet these.

This role is Permanent Full Time and will join our dynamic team located in either Melbourne or Ringwood.

A day in the life of a Behaviour Support Practitioner

• Assist customers, their families and support teams to identify their needs through assessment and individual planning, to develop meaningful goals and practical strategies to support customers to meet their goals in their home and community.
• Work in a multi/trans-disciplinary model with a range of allied health professionals to provide a holistic and integrated approach to supports.
• Provide clinical knowledge, expertise and support to individuals, families and support staff.
• Handle complex case management.
• Develop positive, collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders.

About you

• A commitment to Aruma's code of conduct.
• Demonstrated skills and experience to meet the Core capability or higher (Proficient/Advanced/Specialist) Behaviour Support Practitioner as outlined in the National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commission - Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework 2019 and maintain suitability to deliver Specialist Behaviour Support under the NDIS.
• Have a minimum 3 years' experience in the delivery supports to people with complex behaviour support needs.
• Relevant Tertiary Qualification in Allied Health, Disability or Social Sciences.
• Have explicit knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support principals including functional behaviour assessment, development of behaviour support plans, implementation processes.
• Knowledge, understanding and commitment to the policies, procedures and delegations of Aruma, together with relevant legislation (e.g. Disability Services Act 1993, NDIS Practice Standards, Guardianship Act 1987).

Why choose Aruma?

• We offer the benefits of flexibility and professional learning and development opportunities.
• As a charitable organisation, our staff benefit from some Fringe Benefit Tax exemptions through salary packaging up to $15,900 p.a + up to $2,650 p.a on meal & entertainment.
• Salary package living expenses (i.e., mortgage, loan, credit card repayments) meal and entertainment (dining out), a car (new or used)
• We offer employees and their immediate family members access to a confidential, impartial, and professional counselling service.
• Corporate health plans with Bupa.
• Fitness Passport for NSW, QLD, and ACT staff members.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo pre-employment checks including:-

• Current Working with Children Check
• NDIS Worker Check (NDISWC) Clearance
• Be willing to undergo a national police check

Culture

People love to work at Aruma because they get the satisfaction of knowing they are Supporting people to live a great life, the life they want, the way they choose. Aruma is also BRAVE. That's what makes us a trailblazer, being part of our team means you need to meet our BRAVE behaviours (Bold, Respectful, Authentic, Value Teamwork, Excellent). Find out more at www.aruma.com.au

Aruma is a Child Safe Organisation and an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. To this end, we invite applicants to answer optional questions around Diversity and Inclusion as part of the application process. The information provided will be treated in strictest confidence in accordance with Aruma's Privacy Policy.

Only applicants with the right to work in Australia will be considered.