Position Vacant

For enquries call Kim Hefren-Webb on 0438 875 937

To register your interesst in this position please send your resume to info@sanctuaryaus.org.au

Behaviour Support Practitioner   

Looking for an NDIS-authorised Behaviour Support Practitioner to join our welcoming team.  

The Position 

Sanctuary Aus seek an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner to join us. We have been delivering Behaviour Support services to the Canberra community for the past five years, specialising in helping children and young people with Autism, Intellectual Disability and a range of psychosocial disabilities - most of whom live with their family.  

We are seeking a Behaviour Support Practitioner that is able to be inclusive in working with the parents/carers and their whole family and who are willing to work holistically to meet the needs of the child/young person and the challenges that underlie their difficult and challenging behaviours. We pay well, provide great conditions and you'll feel proud of the support you give to the young person. 

The Benefits 

Sanctuary Aus truely value the services our Behaviour Support Practitioners provide. In return you will receive: 

  • a hybrid working environment, that includes working from the office and your home; 

  • a laptop and excellent client systems to enable you to work flexibly; 

  • an excellent rate of pay; 

  • proper reimbursement of your expenses, such as travel costs; 

  • superannuation; 

  • inclusion in the ACT Community Services Long-Service Leave Authority (where you can take your accrued Long-Service Leave to future employment; 

  • additional salary packaging that considerably increases your take-home pay due to our Charity statues; 

  • a phone allowance; 

  • Full-time position; 

  • free parking; 

  • a friendly, fun and compassionate team;  

  • opportunities to diversify your work through such avenues as provision of counselling or group work services; 

  • working for a charity where you are encouraged to give extra support to your client families to ensure they have what they need to be the best they can.  

The Successful Applicant will have: 

  • Authorisation through the NDIS to practice as a Behaviour Support Practitioner; 

If the Practitioner does not already have authoriation as a Behaviour Support Practitioner, they would need to have: 

  • a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field (eg Behaviour, Psychology, Social Work, Teaching, Allied Health):  

  • extensive experience working with people with a disability who exhibit behaviours of concern 

  • a good level of understanding of Behaviour Support policies are practices under the NDIS.