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A Disability Assistant provides support to individuals with disabilities, helping them with daily activities, mobility, communication, and personal care. They may work in homes, schools, workplaces, or healthcare settings to ensure clients have the assistance needed to live independently and comfortably. Responsibilities can include assisting with medical appointments, household tasks, and social interactions. This role requires patience, empathy, and strong communication skills.

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A typical day for a Disability Assistant often involves assisting clients with daily living activities such as mobility, hygiene, meal preparation, and participating in community activities. You may also help implement individual care plans, document progress, and communicate observations to healthcare professionals or family members. Disability Assistants frequently collaborate with occupational therapists, nurses, social workers, and family caregivers to provide holistic support tailored to each client’s needs. This teamwork ensures a safe, supportive environment where clients can maintain as much independence as possible while achieving their personal goals.

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To thrive as a Disability Assistant, you need knowledge of disability support practices, personal care techniques, and basic first aid, often complemented by a relevant certification such as a Certificate III in Individual Support. Familiarity with assistive technology, mobility aids, and documentation or case management systems is also valuable. Key soft skills include patience, empathy, strong communication, and the ability to adapt to individuals’ specific needs. These skills are essential for providing effective, respectful, and person-centered support to individuals with disabilities in various care settings.

What qualifications do you need to work with people with disabilities?

Disability Assistants typically need a high school diploma or equivalent, along with relevant training or certification in caregiving, first aid, or disability support. Strong communication skills, patience, and the ability to work independently or as part of a team are also important qualifications for this role.
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Mental Health and Disability Specialist

Charlotte, NC • On-site

ALLIANCE CENTER FOR EDUCATION INC
Individual, Family and Community Social Assistance • 51 - 200 employees
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$44K - $47K/yr

Full-time

Posted 8 days ago

Job description

Alliance Center for Education is seeking to hire an In Person Disability Inclusion Specialist. 

It is the responsibility of the Disability Inclusion Specialist to collaborate with and support instructional staff and parents in implementing and evaluating appropriate inclusion supports for identified children with developmental needs, health needs, and other complexities. Supporting and coordinating interventions for students with disabilities that allows for participation in the least restrictive environment. To serve as a resource on disabilities; providing technical assistance in the area of disabilities and inclusion; ensuring that all support and services for identified children with disabilities align with Early Head Start and Head Start Program Performance Standards.

Some Essential duties include:

Collaborate with Mental Health and Disabilities Manager, Center Directors, classroom teachers to monitor and evaluate developmental services for students with a documented IFSP or IEP.

Collaborate with the Family Engagement Team and the LEA to schedule initial and renewal IEP and IFSP meetings, being present and actively participating in all meetings including the initial referral meeting with Part B.

Facilitate the referral process to LEA, CDSA, and community partnerships and agencies.

Collaborate with Infant Toddler and Preschool Education Managers to assess the learning environment to ensure that it is prepared and capable of serving students with exceptionalities.

Collaborate with Infant Toddler and Preschool Education Managers to purchase items and materials needed to meet the individual needs of the classroom and its students.

Stay abreast of ADA and IDEA accessibility requirements for building, playgrounds, and other structures in the program.

Collaborate with Mental Health and Disabilities Manager and the Infant Toddler and Preschool Education Managers to coordinate support and training workshops, as needed, to families regarding their child’s disability and to ensure families know how to be an advocate for their child.

Collaborate with Mental Health and Disabilities Manager, along with the Infant Toddler and Preschool Education Managers, along with Social Emotional Coach, to provide support to center staff and assess training needs to enhance their knowledge, skills, and attitudes when working with children with disabilities.

Collaborate with Mental Health and Disabilities Manager to coordinate and conduct quarterly meetings with center staff to educate them on topics related to students with a documented disability. Topics include Inclusion, Supporting Children with ASD, and Understanding and Utilizing an IEP/IFSP for lesson planning.  

Regularly monitor and document children’s progress (children with an IEP/IFSP and referrals received for concerns) and provide feedback to the classroom staff and Center Director with strategies to increase the quality of teaching and learning through technical assistance and coaching practices.

Work closely with the Mental Health and Disabilities Manager to ensure that each EHS/HS classroom is being monitored at least two times per school year to ensure the environment is developmentally and linguistically appropriate.

Assist in conducting developmental screenings.

Work in part with a multidisciplinary team to assess and collaborate on child’s needs.

Coordinate with Mental Health and Disabilities Manager to provide families with information on community and external educational opportunities.

Regularly and consistently monitor the program’s database updated with students’ information around disability.

Regularly document all referrals and observations in ChildPlus.

Stay abreast and attend professional development opportunities to enhance individual skills and proficiency related to job responsibilities.

Follow federal and state guidelines/laws, including Head Start/Early Head Start Program Performance Standards.

Alliance Center for Education's sole purpose for being is to teach children and help families grow. This defining purpose aligns us all and brings us closer to achieving our service statement - to create a world where a family's income doesn't determine a child's outcome. We have the chance to change the future for our children, and we are looking for teammates who share in our values and want to be a part of that change.

Compensation Range:  $44,000 - $47,000 commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Position is eligible for $500 hiring bonus following successful completion of 90 days employment documented in performance evaluation.

Qualifications Preferred:

Master’s degree preferred.

Qualifications Required:

Bachelor's degree in Special Education, Early Childhood Education, Child and Family Development, Early Intervention or related field

Minimum of three years’ work-related experience working with birth to five-year-old around Early Intervention Program services or related field experience required.

Knowledge of Adult Learning Theories and experience in data analysis.

Please note all applicants must submit the following documentation:

Criminal Background Check w/Fingerprints - subsequent to qualifying letter

Educational Transcript and Resume

DCDEE Workforce Letter, Current Physical, Current TB Test

Subject to background check and drug screen prior to employment

Submission to ongoing random drug screening

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