Candice Hill is a Proficient Registered NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner with a strong interest in person-centred, trauma-informed, and evidence-based behaviour support. Candice is passionate about centring the needs, experiences, and perspectives of individuals within behaviour support planning and working collaboratively with participants, families, support teams, implementing providers and professionals to better understand behaviour, improve quality of life, and create meaningful change for her clients.

Candice holds a Bachelor of Psychological Science from Southern Cross University and completed her Honours in Psychological Science at Edith Cowan University in 2022. Her psychological background has contributed to her understanding of human behaviour, emotional regulation, communication, trauma, and the complex factors that influence an individual’s wellbeing and participation in everyday life.

Candice has experience supporting children, young people, and adults with disability, including individuals with complex presentations, autism, intellectual disability, developmental differences, and behaviours of concern across a range of settings. She has experience working with restrictive practices and is committed to supporting their reduction and elimination through evidence-informed, person-centred approaches. Candice recognises the importance of ensuring restrictive practices are only implemented when necessary, proportionate, and in alignment with an individual’s rights, while supporting stakeholders to build their capacity and supporting individuals to develop skills, autonomy, communication, and independence.

Candice brings a trauma-informed and culturally responsive approach to her practice. Through her experience working alongside Aboriginal communities, Candice has developed a strong appreciation for the importance of cultural safety, relationships, connection, and understanding each person within the context of their family, community, and lived experiences. She is committed to ensuring behaviour support approaches are respectful, collaborative, and reflective of each individual’s identity, values, and goals.

In addition to direct clinical practice, Candice has experience providing consultation, education, and clinical supervision to support teams and professionals to build their understanding and capability in implementing effective behaviour support strategies. She is passionate about strengthening the capacity of those around an individual, recognising that meaningful and sustainable change occurs when support networks are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to provide effective support.

Candice believes that behaviour is the ultimate form of communication and that understanding the purpose and meaning behind behaviour is essential to creating meaningful outcomes. People working with Candice can expect a collaborative, respectful, and practical approach, with a focus on understanding the individual, strengthening relationships, increasing self-advocacy, reducing behaviours of concern, reducing restrictive practices, building capacity, and supporting people to live meaningful and valued lives.