Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
melba support services, Australia
Job Description
About Us
This year will be Melba’s 50th anniversary of providing exceptional, uncompromising, truly individualised services to people with disabilities. We are renowned for placing the 1,400 people we support in the centre of everything we do. We operate throughout Victoria and we’re still growing.
As we continue to grow and serve the community, we look for new team members who are great with people, have lots of energy, are flexible and resilient and enjoy the close relationships you can build with others. Why not join our team?
The Position
Melba is seeking two Positive Behaviour Support Practitioners to deliver positive behaviour support services to NDIS participants in line with the Melba Way whilst ensuring a contemporary evidence-based assessment intervention, and practice frameworks. You will manage a clinical case load to ensure a person-centred approach which focuses on the protection, maintenance, and upholding of human rights, trauma informed support and ensuring that where restrictive practices are identified they are used only if necessary and are the least restrictive option and that a positive behaviour support plan demonstrates a focus on their reduction and elimination that is proved over time. Proficient practitioners will also provide supervision to other practitioners.
Our Ideal Candidate:
You are positive and energetic with experience in disability service delivery and management with capacity to implement principles of positive behaviour support, trauma informed support and person-centred thinking. You may have experience working as a positive behaviour support practitioner or you are looking for a new opportunity to upskill with on-the-job training to be endorsed as a positive behaviour support practitioner. You are passionate about human rights and contemporary practice approaches with expertise in coaching staff. You must be highly flexible and adaptable and can demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills by building collaborative relationships with stakeholders and demonstrate a commitment to service excellence.
You’ll have:
- Previous experience in disability service delivery and management together with developing a range of support plans/protocols or previous experience working as a positive behaviour support practitioner
- Previous experience supporting people who display behaviours of protest, in line with a person-centred, positive behaviour support approach
- Working knowledge of the Disability Act 2006 (Vic) and the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding framework, as relevant to the use and reporting of restrictive practices
- Demonstrated ability to provide advice, support, coaching, and mentoring to staff in person centred active support and positive behaviour support through a trauma informed lens
- Demonstrated ability to influence and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders including peers, employees, external organisations, funding bodies and government agencies
- Ability to work holistically; recognising the value and contribution of all, with mind to cross-discipline appreciation and collaboration
- Flexibility to meet the needs of the role such as travel requirements, time of work and duties required
- High level Communication skills - written and verbal
- Strong Creative and lateral approaches to thinking and problem-solving
- High level organisational and time management skills with a proven ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and work autonomously
- An Australian drivers licence
Successful candidates will be required to obtain a NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working with Children Check.
Please apply online by clicking the APPLY button so we can start a conversation with you.
In Return We Offer You:
Employment, salary, and benefits in accordance with Melba Support Services Inc. Enterprise Agreement 2020-2023.
Beyond the financial, you will also enjoy the support we provide every staff member to be their best. You’ll have access to ongoing professional development, employee assistance and a 24/7 support line.
Why Choose Melba?
Helping someone achieve their personal outcomes is what drives our team. That might translate to supporting people in their daily living, at home, with their health and wellbeing, through lifelong learning, at work, participating socially and within the community, with relationships or through advocacy, choice and control.
We encourage you to visit our website to know more about us www.melbasupport.com.au
Our Services
Melba provides a range of services, including:
• Accommodation
• Daytime Participation and Learning
• Anytime Participation and Learning
• Respite (Carer Respite, Fund