Behaviour support practitioner jobs in Queensland | Find them here!

Vanessa Bell with Melody Dexter

29 February 2024 | 5 min read

Behaviour support practitioner jobs in Queensland | Find them here!

Learn about the role of a behaviour support practitioner and about PBS careers in Queensland.

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Behaviour support practitioner jobs in Queensland | Find them here!

We're creating freedom and social connection through easy access to Positive Behaviour Support in Australia

Team Ability Consultants

20 February 2024 | 12 min read

We're creating freedom and social connection through easy access to Positive Behaviour Support in Australia

We've grown from humble beginnings in Sydney to supporting NDIS participants in every state of Australia!

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We're creating freedom and social connection through easy access to Positive Behaviour Support in Australia

Positive Behaviour Support in Cairns | Meet Behaviour Support Practitioner Indi Taylor

Indi Taylor with Melody Dexter

08 August 2023

Positive Behaviour Support in Cairns | Meet Behaviour Support Practitioner Indi Taylor

We talk about special ed, psychology, life in Cairns and creating change through Positive Behaviour Support.

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Positive Behaviour Support in Cairns | Meet Behaviour Support Practitioner Indi Taylor

How do you respectfully guess the function of a behaviour of concern? Find out in this FREE course

Chris Wood

03 July 2023

How do you respectfully guess the function of a behaviour of concern? Find out in this FREE course

We talk about EATS and give you tools to help you as a PBS practitioner.

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How do you respectfully guess the function of a behaviour of concern? Find out in this FREE course

Meet Jazzy Rouse: Shaping positive change as a behaviour support practitioner in Sydney

Jazzy Rouse with Melody Dexter

30 June 2023

Meet Jazzy Rouse: Shaping positive change as a behaviour support practitioner in Sydney

A University of Sydney psychology graduate, Jazzy shares her path to PBS and what she values most about her work.

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Meet Jazzy Rouse: Shaping positive change as a behaviour support practitioner in Sydney

Step into Stephen's shoes for a day in the life of a Behaviour Support Practitioner

Stephen Holmes with Melody Dexter

06 June 2023

Step into Stephen's shoes for a day in the life of a Behaviour Support Practitioner

Considering a career in Positive Behaviour Support? Take a peek into life as a PBS practitioner and team leader.

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Step into Stephen's shoes for a day in the life of a Behaviour Support Practitioner

Infinite possibilities! Find out about Positive Behaviour Support training for experienced PBS practitioners

Melody Dexter

31 March 2023

Infinite possibilities! Find out about Positive Behaviour Support training for experienced PBS practitioners

Get free Positive Behaviour Support Training and ongoing support as you pursue further learning and development.

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Infinite possibilities! Find out about Positive Behaviour Support training for experienced PBS practitioners

Learn more about Behaviour Support Practitioners Australia (BSPA), the peak body for PBS practitioners

Melody Dexter

06 February 2023

Learn more about Behaviour Support Practitioners Australia (BSPA), the peak body for PBS practitioners

From forging industry partnerships to creating PBS resources, BSPA supports PBS practitioners Australia-wide.

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Learn more about Behaviour Support Practitioners Australia (BSPA), the peak body for PBS practitioners

We help our PBS practitioners navigate the NDIS PBS Capability Framework

Nikki Mahayni

20 December 2022

We help our PBS practitioners navigate the NDIS PBS Capability Framework

From 1-1 support to training, research, conferences, projects, individual learning plans and more.

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We help our PBS practitioners navigate the NDIS PBS Capability Framework

Positive Behaviour Support training at Ability Consultants | Get it free!

Melody Dexter

06 December 2022

Positive Behaviour Support training at Ability Consultants | Get it free!

Get FREE access to Positive Behaviour Support training, right now, from wherever you are. Read on to find out more.

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Positive Behaviour Support training at Ability Consultants | Get it free!

Careers in Coffs: We’re on the search for an experienced behaviour support practitioner in the Coffs Harbour - Grafton region

Melody Dexter

07 November 2022 | 3 min read

Careers in Coffs: We’re on the search for an experienced behaviour support practitioner in the Coffs Harbour - Grafton region

Create your ultimate work-life balance the Coffs Harbour - Grafton region.

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Careers in Coffs: We’re on the search for an experienced behaviour support practitioner in the Coffs Harbour - Grafton region

Accelerate your positive behaviour support career by becoming a Team Leader

Steve Davies

27 July 2022

Accelerate your positive behaviour support career by becoming a Team Leader

Find out how to progress your positive behaviour support career in a leading behaviour support organisation.

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Accelerate your positive behaviour support career by becoming a Team Leader

Looking for a job as a behaviour support practitioner? We’re hiring!

Jane Pfaff

22 July 2022 | 5 min read

Looking for a job as a behaviour support practitioner? We’re hiring!

Apply for a behaviour support practitioner role - benefit from flexible hours, 1-1 mentoring, learning and development.

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Looking for a job as a behaviour support practitioner? We’re hiring!

From disability support worker to PBS Team Leader: an interview with Natalie Lofty

Natalie Lofty

04 July 2022

From disability support worker to PBS Team Leader: an interview with Natalie Lofty

Find out how your experience as a disability support worker can launch your career in positive behaviour support.

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From disability support worker to PBS Team Leader: an interview with Natalie Lofty

Day in a life of a behaviour support practitioner: Austin Ware

Austin Ware

10 March 2022 | 2 min read

Day in a life of a behaviour support practitioner: Austin Ware

What is a typical day for a Team Leader at Ability Consutlants? Spend the day with Austin to find out!

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Day in a life of a behaviour support practitioner: Austin Ware

Loving your job as a contractor

Steve Davies

07 December 2021

Loving your job as a contractor

I never wanted to be in private practice. As a bleeding heart lefty with rampant imposter syndrome, the idea of directly charging people for my services really stuck in my craw. How would I even set a fair price for what I do? How could I bring myself to put my hand out for payment at the end of the session when the people I’m working with might be having a really tough time? 

This is my tale… the battered old warhorse finding new life on the fertile grounds of Ability Consultants. It can be done. I hope this story helps others who might have had a similar journey, or who are looking for hope in a world that seems to value only the dollar. I’d love to chat with you if your experience has been the same as mine or if you’re struggling to find a workplace you can call home.

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Loving your job as a contractor

We’re Seeking Psychosocial Recovery Coaches

David Ackling-Jones

08 April 2021 | 1 min read

We’re Seeking Psychosocial Recovery Coaches

Recovery Coaching and Positive Behaviour Support can be powerful allies in making life better for people. As specialist therapists we are eager to refer to and support any organisation or practitioner who is providing person-centred PRC.

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We’re Seeking Psychosocial Recovery Coaches

What's it like being an Ability Consultant?

Jane Pfaff

17 February 2020

What's it like being an Ability Consultant?

What is it like to be an Ability Consultant?

Well, I can tell you that no day is ever the same.

Here’s what some of our staff have to say ...

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What's it like being an Ability Consultant?

Connect with us

David Ackling-Jones

06 July 2019

Connect with us

What does it take to be an Ability Consultant?

We are clinicians focussed on serving people with disability. 

We have all worked for several years in the field, and are on a journey of professional growth. We are question-askers, learners, communicators, evidence-seekers, and we openly share our ideas and skills.

We are human, and we live to build human connection into everything we do.

We are psychologists, behaviour analysts, and allied health professionals with strong ethics and person-centred values.

We are all from different backgrounds, and we love this diversity. 

We all believe Behaviour Support can be done differently, and more effectively in an atmosphere of openness and continuous improvement. We seek feedback and celebrate the opportunity to learn.

We have a supportive culture. We are people who focus on supporting others on the team.

Many of us have young families. We thrive in a role where we have complete flexibility of time and location. We can work at a time and a place that balances with our life and where there is no pressure to work more or less than we need to.

We are a team of leaders. Clinicians with the maturity and skill to work as independent specialists, focussed on client outcomes. We love having this level of autonomy, and value the daily challenge.

We commit to clinical and operational supervision and keep an individual learning plan in place. We work in an organisation that funds our conference attendance, research activities, courses, and individual learning opportunities.

We value our streamlined administration systems and our wonderful admin team, who enable us to focus on providing therapy rather than doing hours of NDIS paperwork.

If this sounds like you, check out our Careers page. We put a new ad on seek yesterday.

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Connect with us

We are hiring!

David Ackling-Jones

29 April 2019

We are hiring!

Too many NDIS Participants are living a crappy life. Their support needs are not understood. Some of these people have had to wait for months for a Behaviour Support service.

We believe it is urgent we attract and nurture more brilliant behaviour support clinicians into the NDIS.

Our vision is life-changing NDIS Behaviour Support services that are easy to access. We've built a reputation for delivering outcomes in an urgent way.

As new referrals stream in, we need to grow our team, so our current waiting list standard (3.5 weeks) can be maintained. We think this is vital.

We focus on the growth and wellbeing of our team. This attracts great clinicians and maintains the high quality of our service.

Today, we've advertised three positions on our Careers page.

We are hiring!

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