Family Advocate

4 weeks ago

Fitchburg, United States Reach Dane Full time

**Summary**

The Family Advocate is responsible for developing a trusting relationship with parents as a support and resource person.

**POSITION SPECIFIC DETAILS**:
Hours: 20 hours/week, Full Year

Payrate: $21.46 an hour

**Duties**

Family Advocates plan, develop, and implement appropriate prenatal, family, and child development curriculum and other activities including parent socialization events and reinforce the crucial role of parents as the primary educator of their children; ensure that all special education, health, mental health and nutritional needs of children are met; serve as a positive liaison to other community agencies, provide assistance and guidance to families; assume a lead role in implementing social service coordination by providing on-going comprehensive support and case management services to assigned families which promote positive family development, self-sufficiency and social competency; and assume a lead role in assuring parent involvement through opportunities that foster parent and family growth. Practice with families is informed using Head Start Relationship-Based Competencies and Infant Mental Health principles; Family Advocates work closely with Home Based Managers, Nurses, Mental Health Consultants and other appropriate individuals for support in maintaining effective and appropriate practices.

**Requirements**:
Educational requirement of a Bachelor?s degree in Child Development, Early Childhood, or a related field or in Social Work, Counseling, etc.

Have a valid Wisconsin Driver's License, motor vehicle and adequate liability insurance as required by agency policy and state liability regulations.
- **Speaking Spanish is required.**

**Nice To Haves**

Experience working with low income, multi-cultural families is a plus
- Community development.
- Effective approaches that support family self-sufficiency
- Having an open mind and a willingness to learn is essential.**Benefits**

medical, dental, vision
- sick and vacation time
- free life insurance and long term disability
- 4 % 403(b) plan match after 2 years
- flexible spending accounts

**About Us**
Reach Dane provides high-quality early childhood services to over 1,000 underserved children ages 0-5 in Dane County through center based and home visitation programs. Our staff work tirelessly every day to reach the most vulnerable children and families in our community, and the need for our services is growing. The number of infants and toddlers experiencing homelessness enrolled in our programs has tripled over the last four years. Last year, Reach Dane served more homeless children than any other Head Start program in Wisconsin.

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