About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation working in more than 300 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.   

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply. 

About the Role

Provide high quality clinical services in the Disability Program as part of a professional multi-disciplinary team. This role is working as a Clinician/ NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner and would be covering a geographical area from North West Melbourne to the South East of Melbourne with one other Clinician. 

We are a Values focused NDIS provider offering Billable and non-billable service provision. We are able to support professional supervision arrangements

Key Responsibilities

• Provide assessments of clients' cognitive and learning abilities, living skills, emotional and mental health status and behavioural profile;
• Develop and monitor intervention plans and strategies around challenging behaviours exhibited by people with a disability, people with a mental health issue with high and complex needs;
• Opportunity to deliver training to staff, Carers and Clients in group and individual settings on a range of relevant topics. 

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Allied Heath, (Psychology, or Occupational Therapy);
• Current Registration with the relevant professional body of Australia covering your profession e.g. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA);
• Provisional registration as a NDIS Practitioner or in workings to undertake this status
• Understanding of the issues, services and legislation affecting the delivery of services for people with disabilities;
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and to participate in reflective practice sessions with the team;
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills, ability to use initiative and peer support, problem solving and conflict management skills;
• High-level communication, influencing, liaison and negotiation skills, including the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
• Current Drivers Licence.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest Social Purpose organisations
• Melbourne Location
• Values focused NDIS provider offering Billable and non-billable service provision 

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact [email protected], using the subject line: Clinician / Behavioural Support Practitioner - Disability Program - Melbourne enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA).