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Experience Across the Disability Sector

The PBS Practitioner Place was founded by Rebecca Kim, an endorsed Advanced-level Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner and experienced PBS supervisor. Rebecca began working in the Australian disability sector in 2009 and has since worked across direct support, coordination, leadership, Positive Behaviour Support and clinical supervision.

Before moving into Positive Behaviour Support, Rebecca worked in a range of disability-sector roles including Disability Support Worker, Team Leader, Rosterer and Care Coordinator. These roles gave her experience of disability services from the perspectives of direct support, frontline leadership, service coordination and organisational systems.

She has a passion for helping others and has also held advocacy and human rights roles with Amnesty International and the United Nations Association of Australia.

As her career progressed, Rebecca became a Senior PBS Practitioner and later a Clinical Lead within a non-profit organisation. In that role, she hired, trained and supervised a stable team of PBS Practitioners, including practitioners who later progressed into supervision roles themselves. Her focus on practitioner development eventually expanded beyond her own organisation. Rebecca began providing external supervision to individual practitioners as well as small and large groups, including training for practitioners entering the field and those wanting to deepen their practice.

Rebecca has practised directly as a Behaviour Support Practitioner in Queensland and New South Wales and has supervised practitioners working across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT, Western Australia and Tasmania.

How My Experience Shapes The PBS Practitioner Place

The articles, resources and training at The PBS Practitioner Place are informed by Rebecca's experience in direct PBS practice, clinical leadership and practitioner supervision. Where content discusses formal registration requirements, NDIS requirements or the PBS Capability Framework, these are distinguished from Rebecca's own professional observations, practice experience and recommendations. Articles and practitioner resources on this website are written or developed by Rebecca unless otherwise stated.

When she's not working, Rebecca is a mum of 2 active daughters, an amateur chef, and a reading enthusiast.

Rebecca is passionate about supporting great people to enter the PBS field, develop into excellent practitioners and remain in the profession long term. Her approach to supervision and training emphasises reflective practice, professional judgement, integrity and the human rights of the people practitioners support.

The goal is not simply for practitioners to leave supervision knowing what to do, but understanding why they are doing it.

Looking for PBS Supervision?

Whether you're preparing for registration, developing your capabilities or looking for experienced external supervision, you can learn more about working with Rebecca.