Rachel Hardcastle

Behaviour Support.

Rachel Hardcastle, Allied Health Warrior behaviour support mentor

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About Rachel

With more than 16 years of experience in Behaviour Support, Rachel Hardcastle brings deep clinical experience, compassion and leadership to her role as a Mentor with Allied Health Warrior.

Rachel is an experienced Behaviour Support practitioner with extensive experience supporting complex and forensic cases. Her work includes clinical reasoning, person-centred practice, reflective supervision, reporting, and supporting practitioners and teams to strengthen their Behaviour Support practice.

Since 2019, Rachel has provided national-level supervision to Behaviour Support practitioners, helping individuals and teams build confidence, strengthen their clinical reasoning and write reports they can stand behind.

Rachel’s professional background includes complex and forensic Behaviour Support. This experience has given Rachel a strong understanding of complex cases and reinforced the importance of evidence-informed, person-centred practice.

Known for feedback that is both kind and honest, Rachel supports practitioners and supervisors to grow through reflection, constructive challenge and practical guidance. Rachel creates a mentoring environment where practitioners can examine their work openly, strengthen their judgement and approach challenges with greater confidence.

Rachel is also passionate about team culture and believes that strong, healthy Behaviour Support teams are built on trust, communication and shared purpose.

As a mentor, Rachel’s goal is to help practitioners and leaders build their professional identity, strengthen their clinical skills and create positive, sustainable change for themselves, their teams and the people they support.

Rachel Hardcastle, Allied Health Warrior behaviour support mentor

Why You Should Book Mentoring with Rachel?

  • Build confidence in your Behaviour Support practice
  • Strengthen your clinical reasoning and professional judgement
  • Develop clearer, stronger reports that you can stand behind
  • Reflect on complex cases with an experienced Advanced Practitioner
  • Receive feedback that is supportive, honest and constructive
  • Strengthen your professional identity as a practitioner or leader
  • Develop your supervision and leadership capabilities
  • Improve communication, trust and shared purpose within your team
  • Create positive and sustainable change in your professional practice

Mentoring Options:

Rachel offers:

  • Single Sessions: Targeted support for specific challenges
  • 5 Session IDP Bundle: Structured growth with measurable outcomes and a personalised Individual Development Plan
  • 10 Session MDT Bundle: Flexible mentoring across disciplines, with the ability to switch mentors for each session

All sessions may be eligible for CPD claim and can be reimbursed through your professional development budget. Documentation is provided for AHPRA, and Occupational Therapy Board requirements.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Rachel’s professional background?

Rachel is an experienced Behaviour Support practitioner with extensive experience supporting complex and forensic cases. Her work includes clinical reasoning, person-centred practice, reflective supervision, reporting, and supporting practitioners and teams to strengthen their Behaviour Support practice.

All mentoring sessions may eligible for CPD claim and we provide documentation for your portfolio and audit requirements.

Yes, you can bring de-identified case information, in line with your organisation’s privacy policies.
Complete our enquiry form and tell us a little about the support you’re looking for. Our team will be in touch to guide you through the next steps.

Rachel’s mentoring may focus on:

  • Clinical reasoning
  • Complex case reflection
  • Behaviour Support report writing
  • Practitioner confidence
  • Professional identity
  • Evidence-informed practice
  • Person-centred practice
  • Reflective supervision
  • Leadership development
  • Team communication and culture

The focus of mentoring can be shaped around the practitioner’s or leader’s professional development needs.

We ask for at least 48 hours’ notice if you need to reschedule or cancel.
All mentoring sessions are confidential. Relevant details may be shared with managerial or support staff only when necessary for your professional development or compliance, in line with our privacy policy.
Yes, our mentoring is suitable for clinicians at all stages, including new graduates and early career professionals seeking support and guidance.
Yes, many allied health professionals access mentoring through their employer’s professional development (PD) budget. We can provide invoices or documentation to support your claim, just let us know your requirements when booking.
You’ll receive a summary of your session, including date, mentor, topics covered, and agreed learning outcomes. This can be used as evidence for CPD audits or PD reimbursement.

Mentoring Bundles

Single Session

$ 250
  • Immediate Clinical Support: Designed to resolving specific complex cases quickly.
  • Focused, One-on-One Guidance Tailored advice from an experienced mentor with no long-term commitment.

5 Session Bundle

$ 1180
  • Structured Mentoring Over Time: Build confidence and skills through consistent, guided sessions
  • Development You Can Track: Receive detailed session notes and progress reports after each meeting, so you can monitor growth and stay accountable.
  • Individual Development Plan (IDP) Build on your clinical capacity with a structured roadmap that links your development to better participant results
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10 Session Bundle

$ 2200
  • Shared Knowledge for Complex Cases: Get combined input from multiple mentors to solve challenges from different perspectives.
  • MDT IDP A comprehensive roadmap aligning your MDT goals with detailed reports, building depth to your clinical knowledge.
  • Priority Access & Flexible Scheduling: Priority support and the freedom to design a mentoring plan that fits your goals and availability.