Family Advocate

4 days ago


Tulsa, United States Tulsa Health Department Full time
Salary : $35,370.20 Annually

Location : Tulsa County

Job Type: Regular Full-Time

Job Number: 202200033

Department: Maternal and Child Health

Opening Date: 07/24/2023

Description

The Family Advocate will play a key role in advancing the goals of BEST and realizing the potential of the strategy for children and families. Family Advocates will provide personalized, ongoing support to connect families to desired programs and services and to share information about how families can support their young child's brain development. Together with other BEST implementing partners, the Family Advocate will impact thousands of children across the county and country, as other communities draw from and replicate the model.
Examples of Duties

The Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa (BEST) represents an exciting opportunity for Tulsa. BEST is a comprehensive, continuous, and integrated approach that focuses on families to help break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. This strategy knits together programs and services to create a seamless continuum of support. Programs, services, community agencies, and philanthropies are partnering with Tulsa's families to build a cycle of opportunity.

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Family Advocate will play a key role in advancing the goals of BEST and realizing the potential of the strategy for children and families. Family Advocates will provide personalized, ongoing support to connect families to desired programs and services and to share information about how families can support their young child's brain development. Together with other BEST implementing partners, the Family Advocate will impact thousands of children across the county and country, as other communities draw from and replicate the model.
In the initial stage of navigation, the Family Advocate will manage a monthly caseload and will be primarily responsible for contacting pregnant women recently enrolled in SoonerCare to promote awareness of and enrollment in, prenatal and postpartum home visitation services and early childhood programs and services. The Family Advocate will engage expectant mothers, parents, and caregivers, develop trusting relationships, and ensure that parents and children are connected to relevant and appropriate resources. As BEST grows, Family Advocates will have the opportunity to support parents and caregivers at later phases along the birth through age eight continuum.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The following functions represent the majority of the duties performed by the position. The description is not meant to be all-inclusive or prevent other duties from being assigned when necessary:

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
1. Create a trusting, comfortable, and inclusive environment that fosters partnership and continual engagement with expectant mothers, parents, and other caregivers from all backgrounds through ongoing contact.
2. Triage community referrals and Medicaid/Medicare recipients by connecting to appropriate home visitation programs, social workers, case managers, and/or other social and health-related community agencies based on client needs and program eligibility criteria.
3. Promote and ensure smooth connections, based on the desires and needs of expectant mothers, parents, and caregivers, to home visitation and other programs that serve maternal and early childhood populations (including but not limited to Children First, Positive Parenting, Parents as Teachers, Safe Care, Learning at Home, Healthy Start, Sooner Start).
4. Educate expectant mothers, parents, and caregivers about prenatal and postpartum supports,
early childhood brain development, as well as strategies, programs, and services to support a young child's development.
5. Refer low-income expectant mothers, parents and caregivers, and children in Tulsa County to medical, education, and social service providers.
6. Support management of community partner relationships by coordinating referrals to outreach programs and identifying new opportunities to partner.
7. Attend regular peer group meetings for networking and information sharing for optimal care management and navigation.
8. Keep current with community resources, relevant training related to early childhood development, protective factors, collective impact, cultural awareness, health-related social needs, etc.
9. Serve as a liaison to a variety of community agencies and networks.
10. Assist and collaborate with the Program Coordinator, Evaluator, and other pertinent staff regarding evaluation and procedures for home visitation and referral linkage.
11. Coordinate and collaborate with Tulsa Health Department Navigators.
12. Maintain complete and accurate documentation of all activities and reports through computerized entry in accordance with program standards, guidelines, and THD requirements.
13. Attend required training in support of the duties and responsibilities of this position.
14. Other duties as assigned including those required to fulfill activities in support of public health emergency operations.
Typical Qualifications

Education: High school diploma required. Associate degree preferred.
Experience: Previous experience with low-income families, home visitation programs, engaging culturally diverse families with young children in health and social services, and/or working with early childhood programs, is preferred.
Licenses/Certification: Valid Oklahoma driver's license

Skills and Knowledge:
  • Knowledge of community/county best practices related to Early Childhood and home visitation
  • Knowledge of community resources and services
  • Ability to practice cultural humility
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills to communicate effectively with peers and to maintain productive working relationships with agency partners
  • Ability to prepare reports and communicate program goals and activities effectively both orally and in writing
  • Skill in operating a personal computer and smartphone applications
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish/Burmese) preferred

Supplemental Information

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
  • Regular internal contact with various staff to coordinate meetings and facilitate referrals for the target population
  • External contact with outside agencies to exchange information to build awareness about home visitation and other early childhood programs and services, coordinate referrals, recruit new referral sources, and link clients to appropriate services
PHYSICAL EFFORT:
  • Communicate: Frequent phone communication with Tulsa residents; Must be able to exchange accurate information over the phone, email, use an enterprise SMS text messaging platform, and face-to-face
  • Operate: Constant operation of computers, phones, and other office productivity machinery
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY/ACCOUNTABILITY:
Direct Supervision: None
Indirect Supervision: None
Budget/Money/Material: Responsible for assigned equipment
Reports to: Manager

WORKING CONDITIONS:
  • Must be able to work and record in an area of moderately high noise level, visual distraction, and little privacy
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Must maintain THD record confidentiality according to HIPAA regulations
  • Must possess ability and willingness to perform job-related travel (e.g., home visits, community events, training, meetings)


We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, and paid time off.

Part-time employees who work an average of 20 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.

See below for more details or visit our benefit page :
  • Competitive Salary
  • Paid Holidays (typically 13 days per calendar year + 2 floating holidays)
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) 20 hours per month
  • Extended Sick Leave (ESL)
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Group Life Insurance and Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
  • Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Critical Illness Care Plan including Cancer*
  • Accident Plan
  • Hospitalization Plan
  • Supplemental and Whole Life Plans
  • Legal and Identity Theft Protection Plans
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness
  • Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs)
  • Retirement Pension Fund with a 5-year vesting period.
  • Investment Benefits (e.g., 401A Employer/Employee Matching Fund (max. $150 per month), 457 Deferred Compensation Plan).
  • Post Employment Health Plan (PEHP) - employer contributes 1% of the employee's salary per year and unused employee sick leave is transferred to PEHP account upon retirement
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Working 4 Balance - Workplace Wellness Program
  • Promotional Opportunities
  • Flex Plan
  • Tulsa Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union
  • THD employment qualifies for nursing education loan repayment through the NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program. Details available


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