Lead Student Disability Specialist

About the role

The Student Disability Resources Center provides services for students with various permanent or temporary disabilities. These disabilities may include learning disabilities; attention deficit disorder; autism, visual, mobility, or hearing impairments; psychological disabilities; chronic systemic disorders (e.g., lupus, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, diabetes); injuries.

Responsibilities

• Interprets medical documentation and gathers information to recommend and facilitate reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities, ensuring access to educational opportunities at the University of California, Riverside.
• Serves as a technical leader with a high degree of knowledge in the overall field and recognized expertise in specific areas related to services and accommodations for graduate and professional students.
• Assesses disability documentation forms, medical documentation, and psychological/psychoeducational evaluations to verify disability in accordance with University, State, and Federal guidelines to determine appropriate accommodations and support.
• Interprets and assesses whether accommodations conflict with or violate technical and academic standards set by the Graduate Division, appropriate professional schools, or accrediting agencies.
• Provides information to graduate and professional UCR students who believe they may have a disability and makes appropriate referrals to on and off-campus resources.
• Provides specialized disability-related counseling for graduate and professional students.
• Liaises with on and off-campus departments and programs to coordinate services and explain services for graduate and professional students served by SDRC.
• Leads and/or facilitates support groups and instructs workshops in disability management advocacy.
• Provides disability awareness presentations for faculty, staff, and students.

Requirements

Required Degree: PhD or PsyD in clinical or counseling psychology or related field, or a Master's degree in counseling psychology (or related field) and two years of experience as a professional psychologist.

Experience: 6-10 years of related experience, including professional experience in post-secondary settings with students who have disabilities, and working knowledge of support services and accommodation methods.

Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of assessment, accommodation, and intervention techniques involved in employee's specialty, for example, learning disorders, mobility disability, visual impairment, etc.

Skills: Ability to work collaboratively with individuals, departments and organizations on and off campus; demonstrated ability to advise and lead other staff members in the delivery of support services and accommodations to students; working knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Assembly Bill 746; skill in communicating effectively (oral and written) to obtain and convey information, particularly with faculty and other academic personnel; demonstrated ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other staff members, subordinates and management; interpersonal skills to interact sensitively with students (with various disabilities and from diverse backgrounds) and with campus colleagues, governmental officials and community representatives; skill to communicate with instructors and other organizational entities regarding a student's accommodations and other academic needs; advanced knowledge of the legal framework involving accommodations for students with disabilities through state and federal laws and regulations; demonstrated skill in interviewing techniques, training, teaching and empowering students with disabilities; advanced knowledge of procedures for assessing and determining disability accommodation issues, including the Disability Compliance Office procedures; ability to organize and teach workshops and support groups to assist students with disabilities to develop personal understanding about disability-related issues; knowledge and ability to provide counseling on disability management and compensatory strategies for students with disabilities; ability to interpret, analyze, and advise on complex policies and procedures related to academic program requirements, support services, and professional/technical standards.

Qualifications

Advanced knowledge of assessment, accommodation, and intervention techniques involved in employee's specialty, for example, learning disorders, mobility disability, visual impairment, etc.

Ability to work collaboratively with individuals, departments and organizations on and off campus.

Demonstrated ability to advise and lead other staff members in the delivery of support services and accommodations to students.

Working knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Assembly Bill 746.

Skill in communicating effectively (oral and written) to obtain and convey information, particularly with faculty and other academic personnel.

Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other staff members, subordinates and management.

Interpersonal skills to interact sensitively with students (with various disabilities and from diverse backgrounds) and with campus colleagues, governmental officials and community representatives.

Skil