NDIS Behaviour Support in Maitland

Local practitioners, in the room

All of our clinicians live locally, in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, so behaviour support in Maitland is delivered face to face, not by someone dialling in from another city. Being in the room is how a practitioner sees what actually happens before, during and after a behaviour of concern, and it is how the people around the person learn the plan properly.

Sessions happen wherever they work best: the family home, a classroom, a workplace, a day program or a SIL home. If a quiet, neutral room is what someone needs, sessions can also be held at our Charlestown clinic.

What happens after you refer

The steps are the same whether the referral comes from a family, a support coordinator or a school.

1. A behaviour support practitioner calls within one business day of referral, and gets in touch with both the person referring and the participant
2. The practitioner gets to know the person and completes a functional behaviour assessment: what each behaviour is communicating, and what makes it more or less likely
3. Where there is an immediate risk, or a restrictive practice is already in use, an interim plan comes first to keep everyone safe
4. The comprehensive behaviour support plan is completed within six months, and the practitioner trains the family, support workers and school staff who will use it
5. The plan is reviewed as the person's needs change, with the aim of reducing any restrictive practice over time

Behaviour support in our Maitland SIL homes

Our Supported Independent Living homes are in Chisholm and Raworth, both in the Maitland area. Our behaviour support practitioners work with the support teams in those homes, so a resident's plan is written by people who know the house, the routines and the team following it. Current openings are on the SIL vacancies page.

Restrictive practices

We are registered under Module 2a to develop and implement behaviour support plans that include regulated restrictive practices, always starting from the least restrictive option and the person's rights. In NSW those practices also need authorisation through a Restrictive Practices Authorisation panel. Our guide to restrictive practices in the NDIS explains how that works.

One team around the person

Care Alliance is owned and operated by psychologists, and every behaviour support practitioner is supervised internally, including by a registered psychologist. If someone also needs psychology, occupational therapy or nursing, those clinicians are part of the same team, so the plan and the people delivering it stay connected.

Your support team receives clinical guidance and training from both our registered nurses and our psychologists, so your physical and mental health benefit from great support that is backed by evidence.

Funding

Behaviour support is funded through the NDIS Capacity Building budget, most commonly the Improved Relationships category. If the funding in a plan is being reviewed, we can write letters of support setting out what support is needed and why.

Questions