Are you a recent allied health/social science graduate interested in becoming a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner?

We invite you to join a values-based team who work smart and achieve goals but don’t work outside set work hours as work life balance is important to us.

This is a hybrid role with a combination of working from home, travelling to see clients and working with the team at an office based in either Glen Waverley or Glenroy. Full-time or 4 days a week minimum. Multiple roles may be available.

If you are a recent graduate with genuine interest in the disability sector, then we can train you and support you to become an NDIS registered Behaviour Support Practitioner. We are keen to hear from any teaching, nursing, psychology, social work or any other allied health graduates or recent social science graduates wanting to focus exclusively on Behaviour Support for a few years. 

Your new role:

• Work across the lifespan from 9 – 65+
• Undertake evidence-based assessments and therapeutic interventions for individuals with psycho-social, developmental, and other disabilities.
• Currently experienced in positive behaviour support or willing to be trained to deliver positive behaviour support assessments, reports, interventions and training.
• Hybrid and flexible work environment: Office/Clinic, home and community based.

What’s in it for you:

• NFP Salary Packaging (up to $15,900 per year tax free per annum) and novated leasing options through AccessPay.
• A commitment to work life balance.
• Opportunity to work within a professional multi-disciplinary allied health team with an inclusive team culture (ie. dog friendly office, team lunches)
• Supervision with senior behaviour support practitioners to address clinical needs and supportive team environment
• Regular team training, quality improvement activities and workplace education along with Communities of Practice training in work time.
• Access to a wide range of resources to help reduce session preparation, including online assessments.
• Access to a Professional Development Fund and additional days to attend.
• Staff awards for upholding scope values and performance recognition.
• Access to EAP.
• Claimable travel for all client visits (all done in regular work hours)

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Current NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner ID or willing to obtain with our support.
• Genuine interest in working with individuals with a disability or developmental delay, and their families and carers.
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence, a reliable car, and a willingness to travel within the Greater Melbourne Area in regular work hours.
• Recent undergraduate [BR1] or post graduate qualifications – completed a nursing, teaching, psychology, social work or any allied health or social science degree will be considered
• Ability to work effectively and independently as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Well-developed interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent time management skills.

Please direct enquiries to Behaviour Support Practitioner Team Leader Bek Richardson at rrichardson@scopeaust.org.au or contact our Talent and Acquisition team via careers@scopeaust.org.au

Who is Scope?

Scope is one of the largest not-for-profit disability service providers in Australia, supporting thousands of people with complex intellectual, physical, and multiple disabilities. We operate across Victoria and New South Wales through more than 425 service locations and support more than 5600 people. 

At Scope, we work together to create meaningful opportunities for people with disabilities to belong and thrive.

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We are committed to filling this role quickly, so while this role has a closing date, we will be reviewing applications as they come in and may interview suitable candidates prior to the closing date.

Please note: successful applicants will be required to hold a NDIS Worker Screening Check Clearance and a Working with Children Check. If you have lived or worked for a continuous period of 12 months or more in another country within the last 10 years, a certified International Police Check from that country/countries will also be required. Please note that the offer will be conditional on meeting these requirements.

Scope (Aust) is a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

If at any time you require us to adjust our recruitment process to meet your individual needs please email careers@scopeaust.org.au