Training and Consultation Specialist-PCAST and Pathways

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 six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, 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 including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

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

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Training and Consultation Specialist-PCAST and Pathways for The Boggs Center for Developmental Disabilities at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Under the supervision of a faculty member, coordinates planning, development, training and technical assistance activities related to best practices in Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition (PCAST) and Pathways to Postsecondary Success.

Provides training and technical assistance on best practices in Person-Centered Planning (PCP), transition to adult life, integrated community employment, program design, program implementation and program enhancement to school personnel statewide, with concentration on person-centered approaches for all students with disabilities.

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; post-secondary success, developing, planning, and providing trainings; designing and disseminating instructional and other resources; project specific data analysis and reporting; and, responding to requests for information.

• Assists in the development of training modules and materials related to Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition (PCAST) including video and other training technology.
• Provides training and technical assistance to school/district personnel, students, family members and local partners in PCAST and transition planning in keeping with DOE- OSE and Boggs Center agreements and expectations.
• Develops and provides training and presentations about Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition (PCAST) to schools/districts and others statewide according to procedure.
• Assists in developing project elements and timelines in collaboration with supervisor, PCAST coworkers, and DOEOSE 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, drafts summaries, and creates materials related to Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition (PCAST) and local progress with Pathways to Postsecondary Success.

• A Master's Degree in Special Education or a related field (Education, Social Work, Human Services, Counseling, Speech therapy, Psychology) and at least three (3) years professional experience in the field of disabilities, or a Bachelor's Degree in a related field plus five (5) years professional experience in the field of disabilities, or a PhD in a related field and one (1) year of experience in the field of disabilities.
• Direct experience working with students with disabilities.
• Direct experience in transition from school to adult life/employment for students with disabilities.
• Direct experience in Person-Centered Planning (PCP).
• Direct experience in special education.
• Direct experience in coordinating services for students with disabilities.
• Direct experience in meeting facilitation, collaboration, and group problem-solving.
• Direct experience in coordinating complex collaborative projects and/or program development.
• Basic computer proficiency in word processing, video conferencing, data analysis programs, PowerPoint, and use of internet.

• Experience in technical assistance to schools/districts.
• Experience in the development and delivery of trainings and presentations…