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Sponsor Funded Administrative - Training Specialist, Senior

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Georgia State University
Location
Atlanta, GA

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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution
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Description

The Georgia HealthPolicy Center (GHPC), established in 1995, integrates research, policy, andprograms to advance health and well-being. The center conducts, analyzes anddisseminates qualitative and quantitative findings to connect decision makerswith the objective research and guidance needed to make informed decisionsabout health policy and programs. Today the center is at work in more than 220communities in all 50 states, helping our nation to improve health status. In2017, the GHPC added a global portfolio, including work in Nigeria, Sudan, andIreland.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The position is a consultant with the Center ofExcellence (COE) housed within the Georgia Health PolicyCenter at Georgia State University. The COE provides fidelitymonitoring, evaluation, research, training and technical assistancefor several offices (Children, Young Adults, and Families; Adult Mental Health)within the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health andDevelopmental Disabilities (DBHDD). High Fidelity Wraparound is anintegrated, facilitated process where multiple systems converge with the youthand family to create a highly individualized plan that addressescomplex emotional needs. The goals of Wraparound are tomeet the needs prioritized by a youth and family, improve their ability andconfidence to manage their own services and supports, developor strengthen their natural supports, and integrate the work ofall child serving systems and natural supports into a single streamlinedplan that is designed to help keep youth in their communities. TheSenior Training Specialist consultant will serve as alocal trainer and coach for Georgia Wraparound providers andcommunity partners.

Responsibilities of this position include:

  • Obtain certification as a Master Trainer via the National Wraparound Implementation Center:
    • Completionof core training requirements
    • Attend a coaches’ orientation training
    • Participate in scheduled coaching sessions schedule
  • Attend andfacilitate scheduled trainings
  • Provide technicalassistance to Wraparound facilitators
  • Develop, implement,and monitor training programs related to children’s behavioral health



    • Qualifications

    Bachelor's degree in Education or a related field and three years’experience in training and development; or a combination of education andrelated experience.




    College/Business UnitOpen until filled

    College/Business Unit: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
    Location: Atlanta Campus
    Job Posting: 09/24/19, 11:35:19 AM

    Organization

    Founded in 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia State University is the second-largest and one of four research institutions in the University System of Georgia. The University serves one-fourth of the graduate students in the university system; it is within a one-hour commute of more than one-third of the state’s population. Approximately 80 percent of all Georgia State alumni live and work in Georgia.georgia_state_university1.jpg

    Georgia State’s main campus is located on 34 acres in downtown Atlanta. University centers in Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead and Henry County offer students convenient suburban locations for graduate courses in business and education.

    More than 50,000 students annually attend Georgia State University. While 90 percent of the students are from Georgia, students also come from all 50 states and 160 countries. More than 1,400 international students attend Georgia State and graduate students comprise 31 percent of the student population.

    georgia_state_university2.jpgThe University offers more than 52 degree programs in more than 250 fields of study – from public policy and African-American studies to biology and health sciences. Degrees are offered at the bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels through six units: the College of Arts and Sciences, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, College of Education, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Law and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In addition to the numerous degree programs, Georgia State offers full- and part-time programs and day, evening and weekend classes.

    Students have many choices in extracurricular activities including more than 22 fraternities and sororities; and some 250 chartered student groups, including 60 degree-related student groups, seven religious, 24 law-oriented and 22 multicultural/international groups; and 10 honor societies. There is also an active student government association which includes the student senate and the judicial board.

    The Georgia State Panthers are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and compete in 16 NCAA Division I intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports, including basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track and volleyball. The university announced in April 2008 that is will begin Division I-AA football in 2010.

    The university’s innovative Touch the Earth program brings outdoor recreation ranging from backpacking, rock climbing, sailing, kayaking, rafting and water-skiing to out-of-state snow-skiing and snorkeling trips. And WRAS, Georgia State’s popular 100,000-watt radio voice, is the most powerful student-run radio station in the United States.

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