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Job Title: Multicultural Specialist
Job Summary: Multicultural Specialist Responsible for creating and managing the cultural and diversity initiatives to help ensure that the delivery of services and supports is culturally inclusive and culturally informed for all people with developmental disabilities and their families, pursuant to the provisions of the Lanterman Act and any related strategic plan objectives of TCRC. Demonstrate person centered principles and practices in all work activities.
Primary functions: (The following are examples of duties assigned to this position and not an all-inclusive list):
1. Designing and implementing community outreach projects, especially for ethnic groups potentially under-represented or under-served by the regional center.
2. Using research and data analysis to identify diversity and inclusion challenges and opportunities for growth.
3. Coordinating, enhancing and participating in support groups to help families understand services provided by the regional center, generic services and other community agencies
4. Leading the regional center’s POS Variance Data process to include facilitating a crossfunctional planning workgroup, creating and/or editing and posting the meeting notices by the required deadline, coordinating the annual community meetings, reviewing and analyzing the data reports, creating and/or editing the PowerPoint presentation and related handouts, coordinating the translation of related materials, creating and/or editing the annual POS Variance narrative report and submitting to DDS, ensuring data and narrative reports are posted to TCRC’s website by deadlines set in regulations, ensuring TCRC is in compliance with the regulations related to POS Variance Data reporting, and acting as the liaison with DDS on this process.
5. Developing benchmarks and metrics for measuring and implementing strategic interventions and organizational goals that help move diversity and inclusion forward
6. Providing vision, leadership and coordination for the development of diversity and inclusion policy and procedures within TCRC that supports all people’s access to the services and supports available to assist in the achievement of the outcomes identified in their individual person-centered plans.
7. Building organizational effectiveness at the service coordination, administrative, clinical, and service provider levels by providing cross cultural training and communications to support increases in cultural competence across the continuum of care
8. Identifying, building and sustaining strategic partnerships with local community agencies and various stakeholders to assist in outreach efforts designed to identify, educate and inform persons served and families.
9. Attending key inclusion & diversity conferences and participating in training activities that will assist TCRC’s strategic approach to reaching identified goals and objectives.
Position Requirements:
1. A master’s degree preferred, bachelor’s degree required in social work, psychology or related human services discipline.
2. Two-years of experience working in programs providing services for individuals with developmental disabilities and at least one-year of experience conducting community outreach to diverse populations.
3. Bilingual and bicultural Spanish/English.
4. Proven, progressive experience and demonstrated effectiveness leading projects and coordinating large meetings.
5. Strong analytical skills and ability to translate metrics, research and trends into strategy.
6. Experience with social media and demonstrated software competency. Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet search tools.
7. Demonstrated policy development and project management ability with problem-solving skills and a demonstrated ability to apply independent judgment in critical situations
8. Enthusiastic commitment to the vision, mission and core values of the Regional Center as well as compassion and respect for all clients and their families.
9. Experience working with families from diverse cultural, linguistic and socioeconomic backgrounds; an understanding of family systems and human dynamics
10. Outstanding public speaking, presentation and written communication skills
11. Experience in developing and delivering training and group facilitation.
12. Reliable transportation
13. Other duties as required
Physical Requirements: Adequate manual dexterity and coordination for operation of a computer and other standard office equipment is required for this position. The ability to sit or stand at a workstation for long periods of time, the ability to read, write and comprehend large amounts of written material such as reports and regulations, use the telephone, and communicate via electronic mail are all required on a daily basis. The ability to travel to another work-site location and traverse moderate distances is required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to feel or operate objects, tools, or control and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, sit, walk, push, pull, kneel, stoop, bend, and squat. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 lbs. and infrequently up to 20 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Each of these physical tasks is an essential function of the position.
Reports To: Assistant Director, Training and Organizational Development
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