OSCA 2024 · 261932 · Skill level 1
Behaviour Support Practitioner: OSCA 261932
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Behaviour Support Practitioner is OSCA 2024 code 261932. It corresponds to ANZSCO 272314 Psychotherapist (in part), which is on the CSOL and STSOL. Visa lists still use the ANZSCO code.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO code for OSCA 261932
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 272314 · in part
Psychotherapist
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Short-term Skilled Occupation List.
Visas for ANZSCO 272314
The job
What a behaviour support practitioner does
Works with carers and support workers to assess the need for, and develop, comprehensive behaviour support plans for people with behaviours of concern.
Skill level 1: Bachelor degree or higher, or at least 5 years of relevant experience
Registration or licensing may be required.
Also known as
- Behaviour Analyst
- Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Undertakes functional behavioural assessments to identify contributing factors and consequences of challenging behaviours
- Engages clients, their families, support teams and other allied health professionals to develop behaviour support plans
- Recommends strategies or areas for skills development to provide opportunities for participation and inclusion
- Develops behaviour support plans that contain preventative approaches, strategies for promoting success and methods for intervening
- Provides guidance, training and coaching to clients' families and other members of the clients' support teams to implement behaviour support strategies
- Monitors the implementation of behaviour support plans, and gathers data to review and reassess plans for clients or their support teams
- Participates in peer support and clinical supervision activities with other practitioners to address challenges
Unit group 2619
Other occupations in Other Allied Health Counsellors, Psychologists, Social Workers and Creative Therapy Professionals
Questions
OSCA 261932: common questions
What is the OSCA code for behaviour support practitioner?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 261932?
Is Behaviour Support Practitioner on Australia's skilled occupation lists?
Does Home Affairs use OSCA codes for visas?
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, OSCA 2024 v1.0 (CC BY 4.0); Department of Home Affairs, checked 21 October 2026. General information only, not immigration advice.
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