Family Advocate – Bilingual Spanish

Family Advocate – Bilingual Spanish

Requirements

• Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Human Services, Family Services, Counseling, or a related field preferred, OR AA or BA in another field with a commitment to complete Family Services Certificate/Credential within 18 months of hire.
• Experience, training, and skill assisting the parents of young children to advocate for their families required; experience working in low-income diverse communities preferred.
• Physical exam and background checks are required for this position.
• Travel is required locally or long-distance up to 10% of the time for work-related meetings and functions; must have reliable personal transportation as travel from site to site is required.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Engages families in individualized, in-home and group experiences to enhance parent/child interactions that research shows foster school readiness through consistent family routines, positive guidance and discipline, experience rich home environments and literacy activities.
• Manages responsibilities that fall within the following core functions: ERSEA, record keeping and reporting, on-going monitoring, planning, and implementing, establishing, and maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment, supporting the well-being of children, and encouraging the involvement of the families of the children in our Head Start program.
• Participates in outreach, recruitment and attendance follow up activities to engage families in our program and to motivate their active participation.
• Works directly with families to assist in the completion of applications, collecting any missing documents that support the application process.
• Supports families in the completion and collection of health-related information.
• Maintains the funded enrollment level, works with FSC/ERSEA Lead to fill vacancies as they occur, and analyzes enrollment data to inform the planning process.
• Creates attendance goals for families whose attendance is below 80%.
• Completes data entry related to the aforementioned areas of responsibility.
• Establishes and maintains working relationships with community partners to strengthen access to resources and training identified as priority goal areas by families.
• Participates in assigned meetings, events, and training as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in low-income diverse communities preferred.