Family Advocate

Are you a socially conscious dedicated individual who is committed to building a better future for children families and their communities If so join us as we support early childhood education programs across the country to create positive outcomes for the children and families served.

The Family Advocate is responsible for engaging all Head Start families to partner with us to promote childrens healthy development and school readiness. They will use knowledge of the principles of family engagement to support families in their roles and their childs primary educator encourage parent/child interactions that promote childrens school readiness and healthy development and enhance family wellbeing. The Family Advocate will provide more intensive and targeted support to vulnerable families and families of children with chronic health conditions and special needs in order to assure that our engagement strategies meet their specialized needs. The Family Advocate will expand family engagement strategies that will create a sense of belonging and shared community among families with the goal of enhancing the relationships and support that families provide to one another in their shared aspirations for their children and themselves.

Job 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 ongoing monitoring planning and implementing establishing and maintaining a safe healthy learning environment supporting the wellbeing 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 healthrelated 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.

Job Requirements:

1. Associate or bachelors 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.
2. Experience training and skill assisting the parents of young children to advocate for their families required; experience working in lowincome diverse communities preferred.
3. Physical exam and background checks are required for this position.
4. Travel is required locally or longdistance up to 10 of the time for workrelated meetings and functions; must have reliable personal transportation as travel from site to site is required.
5. Must have a valid drivers license and reliable transportation.

This is a fulltime position and the pay rate is $19.13 hourly.

Why Acelero Learning or Shine Early Learning
Ability to make an impact in the lives of the children families and partners we serve
Career growth and professional development opportunities
Supportive working environment
Average of 5 weeks of paid time off during 1st year of employment
Comprehensive benefits including 401K matching and 100 vesting program

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and healthy work place.