Special Needs Advocate
Summary
Coordinates special-needs advocacy services, coaches parents on education plans and benefits, and expands the program through outreach and marketing.
Under direct supervision of the Social Services Administrator, the Special Needs Advocate is responsible for administering the Advocacy Program services.
The Special Needs Advocate’s role is to educate, guide, and coach parents to become their own advocate for their child’s special needs services, relevant to community support, ESE programs and IEP development, public benefits, and more.
The incumbent is to focus on the development and expansion of the program through marketing in order to grow client caseload.