Outcomes Connect Australia (OCA) management are excited about our continuing expansion into Queensland!  Our growth plans see us needing to recruit an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner who has current experience delivering positive behaviour supports to participants in Queensland, to join our professional and friendly team.

Thanks to our commitment to service excellence, demand for our services is continuing to increase which enables our expansion and creates the need to find a new practitioner living on the south side of Brisbane.  We will consider a candidate who has a sound knowledge of The Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework for reducing the use of restrictive practices, as well as a strong commitment to delivering evidence-based, functional behavioural outcomes.

As a Behaviour Support Practitioner you will...

• Support our clients (NDIS participants), along with their families and/or carers, to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning
• Identify meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising The Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework, with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices, in the home and community
• Develop, deliver and evaluate evidence-based support plans within a complex support space
• Ensure individual plans reflect our clients' goals, passions and strengths
• Build the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support our clients - family, carers, friends, etc

Why Join Us?

• Fantastic team culture - a fun, supportive and quality-focused team which works together to achieve goals
• Generous salary package - above award rates, rewards for outstanding work, great benefits (e.g. $600 annual Health and Wellbeing subsidy), access to salary packaging options and the latest technology to ensure you succeed
• Personal and professional growth - supporting your ongoing professional development and enabling you to do the work you’re most inspired by through our professional development program, fortnightly PD sessions and weekly 1:1 supervision with your Team Lead
• Work-life balance - flexible work arrangements to plan your work to best suit your lifestyle while also meeting the needs of your team and clients

About you

• Current suitability with the NDIS Commission as a registered Behaviour Support Practitioner
• Experienced providing positive behaviour supports in Queensland to participants living in Queensland
• Demonstrated ability to work positively in a multidisciplinary team
• Outstanding communication, influencing and interpersonal skills
• Confident computer skills
• Sound writing skills
• Current drivers licence and own reliable vehicle

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The Game Changers:

At AP+ we're changing the game! We're doing big things, and we can't do it alone. We're part of a big ecosystem, and we know teamwork and passion for our purpose is what will make us successful. We value the unique talents, perspectives, of all our employees. This includes people of all gender identities and sexual orientations, First Nations Peoples, people of all abilities and diverse backgrounds, as well as their families.

AP+ brings together Australia’s three domestic payment providers, BPAY Group, eftpos and NPP Australia, into one integrated entity. Bringing these businesses together enables AP+ to create a more competitive and coordinated Australian payments organisation that is strategically placed to respond to the impacts of regulatory and technological change today, and into the future.

The Purpose:

This role is part of the 24/7 IT operations team that performs a critical function in the monitoring of mission critical systems, responding to alerts, providing comprehensive level 1 customer support and working with technology partners, support teams and business stakeholders.  

The role requires participation in a continuous shift roster, including the provision of cover for team members taking annual or personal leave. 

Primary Accountabilities, Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing 24/7 ‘eyes on glass’ monitoring of various AP+ systems and applications.

• Providing comprehensive 24/7 operational and incident management support to a diverse group of customers and internal stakeholders.

• Ensuring timely response to alerts, calls and emails and adherence to service levels and performance metrics.

• Undertaking the day to day support activities and complete tasks within defined service levels.

• Performing triage activities including prioritising service requests, incidents and problems, and escalating to appropriate support groups.

• Following documented procedures for effective and efficient resolution of incidents and problems.

• Performing change analysis and support activities as part of change enablement processes.

• Participating in post incident reviews and root cause analysis activities as part of problem management.

• Developing and maintaining a knowledge management database including relevant processes and procedures.

• Identifying opportunities to improve observability of system health and performance through analysis of alerts trends.

• Driving continual improvement through improving task workflows, processes and working towards automation.

We'd love to hear from you if have:

• Experience in a similar role in a continuous shift IT operations environment (24x7x365).

• Familiarity with Unix, PL/SQL, Java, Jboss application server.

• Understanding of cloud technology e.g. AWS, web services, Apigee API.

• Experience with the usage and configuration of monitoring tools (e.g. Splunk, Dynatrace).

• Experience with ITSM tools (e.g. ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence).

• Knowledge of payments processing environments is desirable (e.g. Connex switch, tokenisation, EMV 3DS, NPP).

• Experience with web and app support, batch processes, and data management.

What's Next:

We know applying for a role can be a nerve-wracking experience, so we endeavour to review applications and plan to schedule screening interviews within the next two weeks. If you are among selected candidates, we’ll be in touch to schedule a phone interview. In any case, we will keep you posted on the status of your application.

We want to remove all barriers to inclusion so if you need advice or support with your application, we’re here to help. Please reach out to [email protected] We also encourage you to let us know your pronouns at any point during the recruitment process.