Welcome to Ability Action Australia!

We are a national therapy services provider. Every day and in many ways, we are here to help NDIS participants – children, adolescents and adults (0-65 years) – get more out of life today! Help us help others to improve their access, development, independence, and overall health and wellbeing, and function.

Ability Action Australia is continuing to grow in the ACT.  Our multidisciplinary team would welcome another experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner with current Proficient or Advanced level suitability - already confirmed by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission - who is driven to make a positive impact on the lives of NDIS participants living in the ACT and nearby regional locations in NSW.

As you support many, we support you!  We offer

• Benefits – Professional Development allowance, staff referral scheme, Fitness Passport, discounts on private health insurance and travel… just to name a few
• Flexibility – You can select the hours and days - full-time or part-time - which work best for your life
• Excellent remuneration – Industry leading salary + kilometre reimbursement + laptop + smartphone + Performance with Purpose Reward and Recognition Program + salary packaging options
• Work-life balance – Combine the convenience of working from home with the social interaction of working in the community plus the support of office/clinic hours
• Career progression – Access to ongoing training tailored to your interests and long-term goals combined with professional development opportunities with Ability Action Australia and our parent company MedHealth
• Passionate and uplifting culture – You will be part of a purpose and values driven team focused on delivering outstanding service to our NDIS participants

On a daily basis you will be:

• Assisting NDIS participants, along with their families and/or carers, to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning
• Evaluating, developing and delivering evidence-based support plans within a complex support space
• Developing meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising a positive behaviour support framework, and with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices, in the home and community
• Ensuring individual plans reflect our NDIS participants' goals, passions and strengths
• Building the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support participants in their lives - family, carers, friends, etc
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including mentoring less experienced Behaviour Support Practitioners

About you

• Current suitability - confirmed by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission - at the Proficient level as a Behaviour Support Practitioner
• Report writing experience
• Excellent time management and organisational skills to manage a varied caseload
• Proactive attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas
• Genuine passion for working in the disability sector

• Completed a degree level qualification in an allied health discipline

Click on the Apply button OR call Benita Kempton on 0476 795 843 or email via [email protected].

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You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.