Positive Behaviour Support Senior Lead

At Hearth a NDIS certified provider were driven by a simple but powerful purpose: to support people with disability to live their best lives with services built on genuine understanding highquality care and a commitment to longterm sustainable support.

• Live the life you want

• One Hearth is an integration of our unique Housing Solution (Hearth ownership) Allied Health services Support Services provision and other innovations such as My Pathway.
• To meet the growth in demand for Allied Health Services arising from our One Hearth model we are hiring an experienced Behaviour Support professional.

Joining Hearth means becoming part of a purposeled organization that values compassion professionalism continuous learning and real collaboration. Whether youre supporting participants directly uplifting your teams capability or contributing your expertise behind the scenes your work will make a tangible difference in peoples everyday lives. We also enjoy having fun in the office - where you will be surrounded by dozens of smiling faces each week.

Our vision is clear and we have an energized fun and super positive working environment. Come join us!

What Matters Most to You in Your Next Role

A team that values collaboration support and growth in a fun and relaxed working environment.

Flexibility to balance work life and whats important to you

Ongoing professional development and supervision

If that sounds like you Hearth could be exactly what youre looking for

About Hearth

Founded in 2017 through the lived experience of our founder Justin and his son Hearth has grown into a registered and audited NDIS provider delivering Support Work Allied Health Positive Behaviour Support and Supported Independent Living across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

We take a fresh innovative approach to disability supportone defined by participantcentred care meaningful relationships and a holistic team model that brings together support workers Allied Health professionals families and participants to enable each persons goals.

About the Role

This role as the Senior Behaviour Support Specialist at Hearth Allied Health leads a team of frontline Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioners whilst also managing a case load. They provide leadership clinical supervision and oversight ensuring clients and stakeholders receive effective assessment and strategies derived from evidence based Positive Behaviour Support and Applied Behaviour Analysis theory within a client centred biopsychosocial framework.

In this Senior role you will:

Develop and implement person-centred support in the following areas

• Functional behaviour assessment
• Behaviour support plans
• Risk assessment
• Service needs assessment
• Restrictive intervention step-down plans and assessment
• Manage and implement PBS clinical internal audit

Some additional responsibilities as follows;

• Plan deliver and evaluate behaviour supports relating to the individuals needs in line with the Disability Services Standards Child Safety NDIS and other relevant legislative requirements
• Applied knowledge of the NDIS PBS Competency Framework and Practice standards Provision of secondary consultation to behavior support practitioners
• Provision of advice in positive behaviour support to individuals stakeholders and organisations
• Provide guidance and clinical supervision to less experienced PBS practitioners. Contribute to development of strategies for training of stakeholders in implementation of positive behavior support interventions
• Support and review PBS practitioners monitoring of service users case and service provision including monitoring use of allocated NDIS hours
• Access and actively participate in supervision and supervised practice as the supervisee to build on behaviour support knowledge and skills.
• Lead and contribute to PBS and Hearth Allied Health organisational audits as required
• Other PBS related duties as required

Our bright and fresh offices offer free parking and are right beside Gardiner Train station.

What Youll Bring

• Tertiary Degree in a relevant field (e.g. Psychology Applied Behaviour Analysis Social Work Speech Pathology Occupational Therapy) Specialist knowledge in the field of trauma-informed practice forensic disability mental health out-of-home care youth justice or other related discipline Assessed as Provisional or Advanced level practitioner by the NDIS Commission against the PBS Capability Framework.

Please feel free to reach out to Cassie Kenyon General Manager Allied Health atfor a confidential conversation.

Ready to make a lasting impact
If youre passionate about empowering others fostering connection and supporting people to reach their goals wed love to hear from you.

Required Experience:

Senior IC