Behaviour Support Practitioner Careers at PCT
Do Behaviour Support That Actually Changes Something
People Centred Therapies was created because we believed allied health and behaviour support could be done differently.
We want participants to receive behaviour support that genuinely understands why behaviour occurs, builds meaningful skills, improves quality of life, and creates lasting change.
We also want practitioners to have the time, autonomy, support, and working conditions required to do that work properly.
If you care about behavioural science, meaningful outcomes, and questioning practices that are not producing them, you may fit well at PCT.
A Better Way to Practise Behaviour Support
Good behaviour support takes time to understand the person, assess behaviour properly, analyse evidence, develop practical intervention, support implementation, and determine whether anything is actually changing.
We have deliberately designed our employment model so practitioners can do that work without sacrificing the rest of their lives.
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We do not want Behaviour Support Practitioners operating as report-production machines.
Your workload needs to leave room for behavioural analysis, reviewing data, developing functional hypotheses, designing skill-development programs, preparing meaningful Behaviour Support Plans, and reconsidering your approach when the evidence does not support it.
Good behaviour support requires thinking time. We treat that as part of being a clinician, not as an inconvenience between billable appointments.
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We want practitioners to understand the people behind their caseloads.
That means having enough capacity to know the participant, their behaviour, their environment, their support network, what has already been tried, and what is changing over time.
Our goal is not to continually increase caseload volume. It is to create a workload where practitioners can remain clinically engaged with the people they are responsible for supporting.
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Spending years writing Behaviour Support Plans does not automatically make someone a stronger behaviour practitioner.
We want you to keep developing your ability to assess behaviour, analyse data, teach functional communication and daily living skills, use reinforcement and prompting effectively, support implementation, and evaluate outcomes.
PCT provides a $1,000 annual professional development allowance, with further support considered where relevant development will strengthen your clinical expertise and the services we can provide.
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We deliberately keep our base performance expectations achievable so they can coexist with quality clinical practice and a sustainable working life.
If you choose to perform substantially above that level, the reward should also be substantial.
Our performance-based bonus model provides high-performing practitioners with the opportunity to share meaningfully in the additional value they generate, offering earning potential well beyond the small fixed bonuses commonly attached to allied health roles.
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Behaviour support does not happen neatly between four office walls.
Your week may involve participant visits, supported accommodation, stakeholder meetings, staff training, observations, report writing, data analysis, and intervention development.
We give practitioners autonomy to organise that work sensibly. Suitable non-face-to-face work can be completed from home, and we do not require unnecessary office attendance simply for the appearance of productivity.
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Behaviour support can be demanding work. We do not believe a sustainable career should require you to routinely give up evenings, weekends, or the rest of your life.
Our base expectations are designed to be achievable within your ordinary working hours, while still allowing you to provide work you are professionally comfortable putting your name to.
And when you take leave, you choose when to take it. PCT has no compulsory Christmas shutdown requiring you to spend a large portion of your annual leave because the business closes.
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PCT is still building and refining how we deliver behaviour support.
We want practitioners who contribute to that process.
If you identify a better assessment method, teaching procedure, data system, clinical process, or way of supporting participants, we want you to bring it forward. You are not expected to quietly follow a system simply because it already exists.
Time to think. Space to develop. Meaningful clinical work. Strong earning potential. And a voice in what better behaviour support should look like.
Behaviour Support Practitioner
Full-time or part-time | Community-based NDIS role
As a Behaviour Support Practitioner at PCT, your role is to understand behaviour and translate that understanding into practical changes that improve the participant’s everyday life.
Our mission is not fulfilled by completing an assessment or producing a Behaviour Support Plan. The work needs to contribute to greater functional skills, participation, choice, safety, quality of life, and meaningful progress for the participant.
Depending on your experience and caseload, your work may include:
Behaviour Needs Assessments
Functional Behaviour Assessments
Interim Behaviour Support Plans
Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans
Functional Communication Training
Functional Daily Living Skills Acquisition
Proactive and function-based intervention
Restrictive practice assessment and reduction
Behaviour Skills Training and staff coaching
Behaviour and skill-acquisition data collection
Stakeholder consultation
Implementation monitoring
Outcomes Reporting
Reviewing intervention and modifying clinical hypotheses when required
We expect practitioners to look beyond the behaviour itself, understand the person and their environment, identify the variables influencing behaviour, and develop interventions that people can actually implement.
Where Behaviour Support Happens
PCT provides specialist behaviour support across Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, the Gold Coast, and our Toowoomba service region.
Behaviour support is community-based and may involve working with participants in their homes, supported accommodation, schools, workplaces, community settings, or other environments where assessment and intervention are most relevant.
Report writing, behavioural analysis, intervention development, and other suitable non-face-to-face work can be completed from home.
Brisbane
Ipswich
Logan
Gold Coast
Toowoomba
We’re Looking for Practitioners With a Strong Behavioural Foundation
We are looking for Behaviour Support Practitioners who are formally qualified in Applied Behaviour Analysis or Positive Behaviour Support and want to keep developing their behavioural knowledge and clinical skills.
We want practitioners who are curious about why behaviour occurs, willing to gather evidence before reaching conclusions, and able to translate behavioural principles into practical intervention.
Relevant qualification in Applied Behaviour Analysis or Positive Behaviour Support
Ability to meet the requirements to practise as an NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner
Current driver licence and access to a vehicle
Strong understanding of behavioural assessment and function-based intervention
Commitment to observable, measurable, and evidence-informed practice
Interest in Functional Communication Training and functional skill development
Ability to interpret behavioural data and use it to guide clinical decisions
Strong written and verbal communication
Ability to manage a community-based caseload
Willingness to work autonomously while seeking support when required
Commitment to ongoing professional development
Willingness to question clinical hypotheses and change intervention when the evidence indicates a better approach
NDIS behaviour support experience is valuable, but we are particularly interested in practitioners who bring a strong foundation in ABA or PBS and want to continue developing as behaviour clinicians.
The Environment We’re Trying to Build
Our vision is for participants to receive services that create meaningful and lasting outcomes, clinicians to have the conditions required to practise at a high standard, and the broader sector to continue raising its expectations for evidence, quality, and innovation.
That starts with how we treat the people doing the work.
Base salaries from $70,000 to $150,000 plus 17.5 % superannuation
Base KPIs from as low as 3.6 billable hours per day, increasing with salary and career level
Performance bonus packages of up to approximately $92,000 per year
Bonus opportunities that increase with performance and career progression
No compulsory Christmas shutdown
Use your annual leave when you choose
Flexible community-based working arrangements
Work from home for suitable non-face-to-face work
$1,000 annual professional development allowance
Additional support for relevant behavioural specialisation where appropriate
Travel reimbursement
Laptop and mobile phone provided
Administrative and clinical support
Support for appropriately qualified ABA or PBS practitioners entering NDIS behaviour support
Full-time and part-time opportunities
You’ll Probably Fit PCT If You…
Want to understand why behaviour occurs rather than simply respond to it
Care about whether your intervention produces meaningful change
Believe skill development should be central to good behaviour support
Value observable behaviour, good data, and defensible clinical reasoning
Want Behaviour Support Plans to be practical enough for people to actually use
Are willing to question your own hypotheses when the evidence changes
Think critically rather than accepting something because it is common practice
Want autonomy and are prepared to take responsibility for it
Want to continue strengthening your behavioural knowledge
Believe good practice should reduce unnecessary reliance on restrictive approaches
Want to contribute to raising the standard of behaviour support practice
Want to Help Us Raise the Standard?
PCT is trying to build the kind of behaviour support service we believe participants should receive and practitioners should be able to deliver.
That means understanding behaviour properly, developing practical interventions, building meaningful skills, measuring what changes, and being prepared to improve our approach when the evidence tells us to.
If that is the kind of Behaviour Support Practitioner you want to become or the kind of environment you want to practise in, we would like to hear from you.
Send us your CV and a short introduction telling us about your experience, where you want to develop professionally, and what interests you about PCT.