About Daar daar is a multidisciplinary allied health practice supporting children, young people, and families. We deliver practical, evidence-based supports across clinic, school, home, and community settings, with a solid focus on positive behaviour support and family capacity-building.

About The Role

As a behaviour therapist contracting with daar, you’ll plan and deliver person-centred interventions, collaborate with our speech pathology, psychology, and occupational therapy teams, and work within our clinical governance framework and NDIS practice standards.

Key responsibilities

Assessment & planning

- Conduct functional and skills-based assessments using validated tools.
- Develop behaviour intervention or behaviour support plans aligned to PBS principles and restrictive practice regulations (where applicable).

Therapy delivery
- Provide 1:1 and small-group sessions across clinic, school, home, community, or via telehealth.
- Coach families, carers, educators, and support workers; embed capacity-building strategies linked to SMART/GAS goals.

Documentation & reporting
- Keep timely, accurate session notes and progress data in daar’s systems.
- Prepare reports for families, referrers, and funding bodies (e.g., NDIS progress reports).
- Record services accurately for invoicing and audit.

Collaboration & communication
- Liaise with internal clinicians and external stakeholders (GPs, schools, support coordinators).




- Contribute to case conferences and risk reviews as required.

Safeguarding & quality
- Comply with NDIS practice standards, child safety, and mandatory reporting.
- Follow daar’s clinical governance, privacy, and incident management policies.
- Escalate risks, safeguarding concerns, and any restrictive practice matters promptly.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements

- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in behavioural science, psychology, education, applied behaviour analysis, or a closely related field.
- Post-graduate PBS/ABA training or equivalent experience highly regarded.
- ABN; professional indemnity and public liability insurance.
- Working with Children Check and National Police Check (current).
- NDIS Worker Screening Check (or eligibility).
- Driver’s licence and reliable transport.

Checks & Registrations

- As above, all must be current and valid.

Skills & Experience

- 1–2+ years delivering behaviour interventions with children or young people (NDIS experience an advantage).
- Data-driven practice (e.g., ABC data, scatter plots, goal attainment).
- Strong communication and coaching skills with families and educators.
- Confident with digital notes, telehealth, and case management systems.

Nice to have
- Experience delivering PBS under state restrictive practices frameworks.
- School-based support experience and team-around-the-child collaboration.
- Cultural competence with diverse communities.

📌 Behaviour Therapist (Australia)
🏢 daar
📍 Australia