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Job Description

We are looking for Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioners who are passionate about providing person-centered, evidence-based assessments and intervention for clients across the lifespan.

You will have the opportunity to develop, extend and deepen your clinical practice in a friendly, well-supported Behaviour Support team and in an organization that values your growth, passion, and skills. Working with allied health practitioners, support workers, and family members; you will assess and observe participants challenging behaviors and work towards increasing skills, improving emotion regulation, and introducing replacement behaviors to reduce the use of restrictive practices. Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) plans and assessments focus on increasing a person’s quality of life including improving their skills and enhancing their independence. You will develop a plan and implement it with training and regular follow-up and review.

Your clients will include people with various diagnoses and disability types, and you will work across various environments, including family homes, disability group homes, day programs, schools, community, and/or ORS offices.

These are flexible full-time or part-time roles for the right people, with more than one position available as we continue growing our team. 

Do you have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Psychology
• Ability to become registered as a Provisional Psychologist with AHPRA
• NDIS Registration as a Behaviour Practitioner (or the ability to become registered)
• Experience working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, and other complex diagnoses (desirable)
• A car and license
• A National Police Clearance, Working With Children/Working with Vulnerable People Check & NDIS Worker Screening Clearance or able to get one for a client-facing role (or willingness to obtain one before commencement)

Want to join the team? 

ORS is one of Australia's largest and fastest-growing national allied health and workplace rehabilitation providers and has a proven track record and reputation for providing high-quality evidence-based and client-centered services for almost 30 years! We love attracting talented, ambitious, and driven individuals who are looking for an opportunity to grow with and contribute to a growing business that cares about its people and their ideas. We live by strong company values and brand promises to ensure that we continue to be the best at what we do! 

At ORS, our purpose is to “transform lives through allied health services that work” and our company values drive the behavior that supports us achieving this: 

• We are PASSIONATE about achieving individual’s goals and transforming lives
• We continually improve through always seeking EXCELLENCE 
• We believe in the POTENTIAL and recognize the strengths of every individual
• We get things did FAST by keeping things simple 

With over 7000 clients, ORS provides a wide range of private and funded allied health services across Australia, in key industries including:

• NDIS
• Workplace Rehabilitation & Health 
• Aged Care
• Schools
• MAP 

We look for people who 

• Care about providing exceptional customer service and quality support
• Are motivated and inspired to make a difference
• Are ambitious and keen to continue learning 
• Can work independently and as part of a team
• Are flexible and enjoy working within an ever-changing and fast-paced environment
• Are passionate about helping people to achieve their goals

Learning and Development 

To help our staff continually develop their skills and remain on top of evidence-based approaches, we run discipline-specific professional development programs throughout Australia through webinars, face to face and one-on-one mentoring by our experienced and qualified Learning and Development Managers, who have PhDs and/or extensive discipline-specific experience including as university-level educators. 

Psychology Internship Program 

To support employees with their supervised practice pathways to general registration as a Psychologist, ORS funds $7,500 in annual supervision costs to complete an internship program. Currently, we employ over 120 Provisional Psychologists and understand what it takes to support individuals effectively through to full registration. Supervision is either provided in-house by an experienced and registered supervisor, or employees may find their external supervisor, and ORS pays up to $7,500 per year. 

We also provide:

• Equipment and resources including a laptop, mobile phone, complete workstation setup, and access to an extensive range of online assessments, subscriptions, templates, and tools.
• Generous quarterly bonuses for exceeding individual targets and significantly above-average salaries. 
• Multi-disciplinary team approach working with Behaviour Support Practitioners, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists, and Exercise Physiologists.
• Work across different industries or clients, including all age groups from children to older Australians.
• Intensive induction program, run by our supportive Strategy and Performance team, to ensure that you are the best that you can be as quickly as possible!
• Opportunities for career progression and advancement due to our priority to promote from within first.
• Employee Assistance Program and internal client debriefing
• Fun work culture, celebrating achievements through Friday nibbles, best practice days, gifts, and end-of-year parties, to name a few!
• Exclusive health and wellness program including a $150 health kick reimbursement, an annual subscription to the Calm app, massages, fruit at work, discounted health insurance, annual flu shots, and paid parental leave.
• High performer rewards and communication constantly sharing best practice examples and good news stories.