Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

This role is a new opportunity for an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner based in Rockhampton! You will be based in our Rockhampton office and will be required to travel up to a couple of times a month to the Gladstone area. We are open to FT or PT (min 4 days a week).

Why Elvara?
We are one of Queensland’s biggest Allied Health teams, specialising in the support of young people, people with mental illness, and people with an intellectual disability. We are building a dynamic hub of excellence in Clinical Practice, with supervisors and senior clinicians on staff to support and mentor you. You will be joining a team who have studied (or are currently studying!) the same coursework as you – we ‘get’ good clinical practice and know how to support emerging clinicians.

We have roles for brand new, emerging clinicians and career paths that can see you work through to advanced levels of practice, specialisation, or leadership.

Wherever you are in your clinical journey, we have a job for you and highly attractive salary and benefits to match!

Why should I apply?

• Financial incentives for study and registration (let us pay for your study!)
• Supervision toward registration and membership – your everyday work counts as supervised fieldwork.
• Group and 1:1 clinical mentoring
• Established pathways for a long-term, rewarding career
• Opportunities to undertake and present research – get your first publication while working with us!

About you

• You will have a passion for evidence-based practice and excellence in clinical practice!
• You have a thirst for knowledge, an energy for learning, and a willingness to contribute to the learning of your peers.
• You are excited by outstanding clinical practice and seeing this translate to the personal development of your clients. You have a positive attitude, energy to burn, and love working as part of a high-functioning team.

What will I be doing?

• Learning the daily role of a practitioner: conducting assessments, writing PBS plans, analysing behavioural data, and writing behavioural data reports, assisting in conducting training, and implementing plan strategies.
• Assisting core and proficient practitioners in the implementation of plans.
• Weekly supervision and training to increase knowledge as a behaviour support practitioner.

Essential requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in allied health or social and behavioural sciences – we have roles for graduates who are planning their next move, or those seeking 4+2 or 5+1 registration.
• Hold a current QLD driver’s licence.
• Hold a current paid blue card (working with children check) and paid yellow card (NDIS Worker Screening Clearance) or be willing to obtain one.
• Willingness to travel in the Rockhampton and Gladstone

“Elvara acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we all work, live, and play. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations Peoples. We reflect upon the millions of footprints that are embedded into the earth from our Ancestors, the pathways that were forged, the meaning they leave behind, and the continuation of the traditions through the next generations.”

APPLY NOW, we can't wait to meet you! kate.hanson@vertaview.org.au