Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), established in 1971, offers a full continuum of evidence based behavioral health and addiction services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors throughout New Jersey. UBHC's 1,060 experienced behavioral health professionals and support staff are dedicated to treatment, prevention, and education. UBHC, one of the largest providers of behavioral health care in the country, has a budget of $260 million and has 15 sites throughout New Jersey. Services are readily accessible and include: inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, screening, crisis stabilization, family/caregiver support, community outreach and case management, supportive housing, supported employment, prevention and consultation, employee assistance programs, and a licensed therapeutic school from preschool through high school. Specialty services include the New Jersey suicide prevention helpline and peer help lines for police, veterans, active military, teachers, mothers of special needs children and child protective service workers. In FY2016, UBHC treated 16,199 consumers, had 24,502 admissions, and touched the lives of 19,441 individual callers through peer support. In addition, UBHC is the primary mental health training resource for the New Jersey departments of Human Services, Children and Families, and Corrections, delivering 16,000 trainings each year.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Senior Training and Consultation Specialist in Comprehensive Services on Aging (Outpatient) for Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.

The Senior Training & Consultation Specialist provides a curriculum development point person and/or a field training/technical assistance point person in the COPSA Institute for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in addition to providing advanced level training and consultation services and technical assistance and curriculum development to support the operation and the mission of the COPSA Institute Training, Education and Consultation Department, and Rutgers University Behavioral HealthCare.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.

Computer, Telephone, Fax machine and Xerox machine

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Commute to training sites throughout the state. Frequent, prolonged sitting. Frequent, prolonged standing, frequent walking, bending and lifting up to 25 pounds in order move training equipment, transport training literature and set up training rooms. Speaking/Lecturing for long periods of time. This position requires the employee to be able to talk or hear over 2/3 of the time. Use hands, arms and fingers over 2/3 of the time. Under 1/3 of the time climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Taste or smell none of the time. This position also requires that the employee be able to lift up to 25 lbs less than 1/3 of time. Over 2/3 of the time this position requires close, distance, color and peripheral vision. Department perception and the ability to adjust focus are also required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: This position is in an office or auditorium environment. Generally pleasant, working conditions in a clean, well-lighted quiet to moderately loud setting. Work environment may vary as dictated by site/location or training programs.