Training Specialist; Inst Advancement Consultant

Overview

INDIANA INSTITUTE ON DISABILIT (UA-IIDC-IUBLA). HANDS in Autism® serves as a global training and resource center, operating since 2013 as an auxiliary under Indiana University. The Center builds local capacity by helping autistic individuals and their families navigate services, emphasizing a person-centered approach that highlights individual and family strengths. HANDS is known for its motto "Essential for autism, beneficial for all" and extends its behavioral, educational and evidence-based practices beyond autism to a wide range of disabilities and communities.

The team collaborates across schools, homes, medical, justice, and community settings to promote successful, responsive outcomes and to build local capacity. Through outreach, training, and systems-level facilitation as well as a community-engaged research focus, HANDS remains agile in addressing community and statewide needs.

With a team infrastructure that balances content expertise and data specialists, HANDS Training Specialists provide direct programming, training, education, consultation, and support for individuals, families, and providers. Training Specialists split their effort between (1) training and education and (2) programming and resource navigation, with (3) Innovation in Implementation at the foundation of HANDS ongoing work and both the Center and your ongoing development.

• Department-Specific Responsibilities:
  Reports to HANDS leadership and serves among dynamic project teams centered on (1) education and training and (2) programming and resource navigation.
• Optimize understanding, application and implementation of evidence-based practices for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related mental health, behavioral health and neurodevelopmental disabilities, and the many who serve and support such individuals.
• Conduct ongoing HANDS workshops and intensive trainings to a range of audiences and stakeholders.
• Contribute to and maintain procedures, accessible materials and applicable supports for HANDS trainings and events.
• Develop and implement schedules and materials for campers and individuals who participate in HANDS intensive trainings as part of hands-on classroom and work experiences.
• Develop training materials and conduct trainings in response to training requests aligned with applicable evidence-based practices and settings (e.g., schools, colleges and universities, medical settings, communities, families).
• Contribute to updates and development of tools to support implementation of evidence-based practices available through the HANDS website and store.
• Write and contribute to HANDS newsletters, online communities and weekly pointers as part of outreach and education.
• Carry out assessments, inform goals, and facilitate ongoing data monitoring for referred individuals and/or collaborative sites.
• Develop and provide intervention and programming services for referred individuals and/or module-based learning for collaborative sites.
• Provide a range of consultation and direct services at the site and in the community as applicable.
• Allocate time to support Ask-Learn-Share Open Office Hours or Learning Lab reservations as part of HANDS offerings.
• Support resource exploration and navigation for internal and external partners and teams.
• Develop and support updates to tools, basic resource sheets and learning materials for referred individuals across the lifespan.
• Track notes and interactions, record correspondence and communicate with HANDS administrative support, operational and research/data teams.
• Communicate and provide timely reports to caregivers, referral sources and providers.
• Support partnered projects across local, regional, state or other funded efforts as applicable; serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for ongoing updates or new development of materials.
• Collaborate with HANDS leadership to openly share areas of interest, ideas, and needs that optimize work and development.

• Education –
  
  Required:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in related field. Preferred:
  Master’s degree in special education, psychology, social work, or a related field.
• Work Experience –
  
  Required:
  
  2 years experience in…