Access Coordinator - Student Disability Services - UTK

Job Description

This position engages students with disabilities in an interactive process to develop accommodation plans, provide support for a caseload of students, refer students to appropriate campus resources, and provide education and training to campus and community partners.

This position engages students with disabilities in an interactive process to develop accommodation plans, provide support for a caseload of students, refer students to appropriate campus resources, and provide education and training to campus and community partners.

• Communicate with prospective students and their families about the process for registering with Student Disability Services (SDS)
• Create an environment that makes students feel comfortable with requesting accommodations
• Assess student accommodation requests
• Engage students in an interactive process to develop accommodation plans
• Determine appropriate accommodations through review of documentation from medical, psychological, and educational professionals and the utilization of professional judgment
• Provide students with information about additional campus services
• Document interactions with students in database management system
• Collaborate with all functional areas of Student Disability Services (SDS) as well as University departments to assist with the provision of accommodations

• Develop and present training and educational programs to instructors, students, staff, and community groups on a variety of disability-related topics
• Serve as resource to instructors, staff, and students on disability issues
• Assist with the Peer Mentor Program and other support programs offered by SDS

• Collect semester and annual data for department reports
• Conduct assessment of functional area and propose implementation plan for improved and enhanced service delivery
• Stay abreast of Office for Civil Rights case files and review current practices for effectiveness of accommodations and compliance
• Contribute to internal policies and procedures based on best practices

• Education:
  
  Master’s degree;
  Combination of a Bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities may substitute for Master’s
• Experience:
  
  One year of professional experience working with individuals with disabilities;
  Demonstrated experience evaluating disability documentation; two years as a graduate assistant is equal to one year of professional experience
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  Ability to evaluate medical/psychological/educational documentation to identify/diagnoses functional limitations and needed accommodations;
  Working knowledge of Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Fair Housing Act;
  Ability to maintain confidentiality in compliance with FERPA;
  Ability to advocate for equitable educational opportunities;
  Ability to prioritize competing demands;
  Ability to communicate clearly;
  Ability to analyze complex, sensitive, and difficult situations and make effective decisions;
  Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with diverse individuals;
  Microsoft Office skills including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment-based visa status.

• Experience:
  
  Three years of professional experience working with students with disabilities in a higher education setting.

• Location:
  
  Knoxville, TN
• Onsite

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