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Behaviour Support Practitioner resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what behaviour support practitioners actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most behaviour support practitioners should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Behaviour Support Practitioner with a person-centred approach to complex behaviour assessment and planning. Skilled in functional behaviour assessment, positive behaviour support plan development, and training support teams across disability and community settings. Committed to NDIS quality and safeguarding standards and improving quality of life for people with disability.
Key skills
- Functional behaviour assessment
- Positive behaviour support planning
- Restrictive practice reduction
- Care planning and coordination
- Casework and client support
- Regulatory compliance (NDIS)
- Training and coaching support workers
- Counselling and support work
- Stakeholder management
- Written communication
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- NDIS Commission Portal
- Lumary
- CareMaster
- Microsoft Office
- Google Workspace
Experience: example bullet points
- Conducted functional behaviour assessments for clients with complex needs, leading to individualised support plans that reduced incident frequency across a caseload of 15 clients.
- Developed and implemented positive behaviour support plans in collaboration with allied health teams, resulting in more consistent strategies across support shifts.
- Trained 30 support workers and family members in behaviour strategies, improving confidence and consistency in applying plans.
- Monitored and reviewed behaviour support plans, adjusting approaches based on data and client progress, which led to measurable improvements in community participation.
- Collaborated with allied health professionals and support coordinators to align behaviour support with broader care plans, reducing gaps in service delivery.
Education
A bachelor degree in psychology, social work, occupational therapy, or disability studies is the most common entry qualification, with some practitioners completing postgraduate study in positive behaviour support. A diploma or advanced diploma in disability or community services is also a recognised pathway into the role.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- NDIS
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
- positive behaviour support
- functional behaviour assessment
- restrictive practices
- PBS plan
- Disability Services Act
- person-centred active support
- Lumary
- CareMaster
- NDIS Commission Portal
- behaviour support practitioner registration
- allied health
- support coordination
- case management
- WHS
- incident reporting
- human rights
- capacity building
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.