Training and Consultation Specialist

Job Category Staff & Executive
- Education and Training

Department

Department RWJ
- Pediatrics UapNJ-PISC

Overview

New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Training & Consultation Specialist for The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Under the supervision of a faculty member, conducts planning, development, training and technical assistance activities related to best practices in Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ). Provides training and technical assistance in Person-Centered Planning ( PCP ), program design, program implementation and program enhancement to school personnel statewide, with concentration on person-centered approaches for all students with disabilities, especially developmental.

Responsibilities include collaborating with the New Jersey Department of Education’s Office of Special Education ( DOE - OSE ) and other Boggs Center personnel conducting training and technical assistance in PCP ; developing, planning, and providing trainings; designing and disseminating instructional and other resources; project specific data analysis and reporting; and, responding to requests for information.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Develops training modules and materials related to Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ) including video and other training technology.
• Delivers training modules to school/district personnel at designated locations regionally in keeping with DOE - OSE and Boggs Center agreement and expectations.
• Develops and follows a system to deliver technical assistance to schools/districts regarding Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ).
• Provides training and presentations about Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ) to schools/districts and others statewide according to procedure.
• Develops project elements and timelines in collaboration with supervisor, PCAST coworkers, and DOE - OSE staff.
• Collaborates with other Boggs Center employees regarding Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ) including data collection, evaluations, written and verbal communications, and information sharing.
• As required, conducts analyses and writes reports and other materials related to Person-Centered…