Family Advocate

1 week ago

Brownsville, Texas, United States InsideHigherEd Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Family Advocate to join our team at Fort Valley State University. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing support and services to families and children in Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Macon County, GA, and Taylor County, GA.

Key Responsibilities
  • Recruit eligible families by participating in health fairs, community events, and through communication with other partnering agencies.
  • Work in conjunction with the Family and Community Partnership Manager and other Family Advocates to ensure all services are being rendered in a timely manner and full enrollment is maintained throughout the program year.
  • Interview families to determine strengths and needs, and develop a follow-up plan with each family, making necessary referrals for services.
  • Perform required developmental, nutritional, mental health, and sensory screeners within the agency table.
  • Ensure each child receives a health/nutrition assessment, physical, dental, immunization, and is up to date on all immunizations.
  • Solicit parent involvement, including assisting with parent meetings, and collecting in-kind donations from parents and community members to Fort Valley State University Head Start.
  • Assist health providers with all health-related screenings at assigned sites or designated locations within the first 45 days of enrollment.
  • Ensure that all Family Development plans are completed on a quarterly basis, and submit daily attendance reports to the Family & Community Partnership Manager via email by 9:30 A.M.
  • Establish a good rapport with the community and service agencies, and develop a Family Partnership Agreement with families, set goals, and monthly follow-ups.
  • Work with staff to support all Service areas, conduct parent orientation, organizational meeting with the election of officers and policy council representatives, parliamentary training, and monthly parent meetings.
  • Assist in gathering information for the community assessment, and record keeping, assuring confidentiality is maintained.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Social Service or a related field, or two years of social work or similar experience in an agency providing services to children and families, and/or training.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents, write routine reports and correspondence, speak effectively before groups of parents, staff, providers, and community groups.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables, and to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
  • Ability to work with families and individuals representing a variety of lifestyles in a positive, productive, and nurturing way, and to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality.
  • Must have a basic understanding of family dynamics, growth and development, parenting issues, relationship, and human needs, and a basic knowledge of community resources and how to access services for children and families.
  • Must have a valid Georgia driver's license and clear driving record, and be able to pass a criminal record clearance.
Working Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, and crouch.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus (may be obtained through the use of corrective lenses).

While performing the duties of this job the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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