Client Support & Training Specialist - Pediatrics

University of Kansas Medical Center • Kansas City, KS

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About The Position

The Client Support & Training Specialist in the Department of Pediatrics supports KUMC programs that provide education, coaching, and training to individuals, families, and service providers working with people who have developmental, physical, behavioral, or sensory disabilities. This position is responsible for delivering evidence-based training in behavioral techniques, including behavior analysis, criterion-referenced assessments, and autism interventions. The role focuses on increasing participant skills and addressing challenging behaviors such as aggression and self-stimulatory actions, while also coordinating sessions, providing resources, and documenting outcomes to ensure program success.

Requirements

• Four (4) years experience in early childhood education, behavior analysis, psychology, language, or related field. Education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
• Two (2) years work experience with children using the principles of applied behavior analysis.
• Computer skills
• Collaboration
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication
• Organization

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in early childhood education, behavior analysis, psychology, language or related field.
• Five (5) years of experience training service providers to work with children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Responsibilities

• Assist with the implementation of an internally funded grant.
• Assists in the recruitment of participants for training, including obtaining service provider and child consents for participation.
• Obtain consent from trainees participating in training.
• Prepare for training by creating materials, helping trainees register, and preparing materials.
• Provide ongoing monitoring and coaching to service providers in use of the strategies taught during training via video and in person feedback.
• Conduct assessments of service providers in the application of targeted skills.
• Assists with reports on findings from training which will go to funding agencies.
• Provide administrative support

Benefits

• Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan.
• Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available.
• Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays.
• One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment.
• A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees