Parent Advocate

3 days ago

Bronx, New York, United States The Bronx Defenders Full time
Job Title: Parent Advocate - Healthy Parents, Healthy Babies Project

The Bronx Defenders is seeking a passionate and dedicated Parent Advocate to join our Healthy Parents, Healthy Babies (HPHB) Project. As a Parent Advocate, you will work closely with pregnant and parenting individuals to provide holistic defense, advocacy, and case management services.

About the Role

The Parent Advocate will be responsible for:

  • Representing HPHB clients in Bronx Family Court, Child Safety Conferences, and Family Team Conferences
  • Collaborating with lawyers, social workers, and other advocates on interdisciplinary teams to prioritize and center the needs of the parents we represent
  • Assisting parents in identifying their goals, strategizing to meet those goals, and assessing progress
  • Interviewing and assessing parents to identify strengths, resources, and needs
  • Engaging and assessing the needs of parents, including potential benefits and materials throughout the perinatal period
  • Connecting parents with a wide variety of social services and benefits, and offering case management support and advocacy
  • Accompanying parents to appointments to support their needs and ensure seamless access to services
  • Visiting parents' homes and treatment providers to meet identified needs
  • Intervening in moments of crisis for the parents we represent
  • Maintaining and establishing relationships with community partners to facilitate partnerships and offer workshops for parents connected to HPHB
  • Collaborating with Senior HPHB Advocate to provide internal trainings for staff members on best practices working with pregnant clients and collaborating with social workers and advocates on Family Defense cases
  • Collaborating with the Project Director to facilitate external trainings focused on working with pregnant and parenting individuals facing child protective investigations
  • Supporting the Project Director with HPHB data collection for use in funding proposals and reports
  • Providing coverage for Senior Advocate when Senior Advocate is unavailable
Requirements

To be eligible for this role, candidates must have:

  • One year of case management/advocacy experience OR
  • Minimum of two years of related education or experience

Candidates must demonstrate:

  • Commitment to directly defending parents charged with abuse and neglect, and fighting for the reunification and stability of families
  • Understanding of how race and poverty affect parents' experiences in the family regulation system
  • Commitment to reproductive justice and parenting freedom
  • Experience working in and with racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically marginalized communities
  • Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences
  • Ability to work well independently as well as collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of lawyers and non-lawyers
  • Commitment to fierce advocacy, and willingness to strategically challenge authority in defense of the people we represent
  • Effective research, writing, and advocacy skills
  • Strong analytical skills and capacity to employ non-legal resources in cases
  • Knowledge of early childhood and attachment theory
  • Effective crisis intervention skills
  • Ability to multitask, maintain order, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Ability to think critically and creatively in fast-paced settings, finding innovative solutions to unique obstacles
  • Ability to receive constructive feedback, demonstrate introspection, and shift behavior accordingly
  • Ability to exercise excellent judgment, discretion, and confidentiality with sensitive matters
  • Commitment to raising one's cultural consciousness and challenging oppressive practices on an interpersonal and institutional level

Spanish fluency is preferred but not required.

This is a hybrid position that will require 21 hours/week of in-person work.

Salary is commensurate with experience. For candidates with 1-10 years of directly relevant experience, the salary range for this position would be approximately $57,625-75,284. Full-time employees are also eligible for a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 403(b) plan with employer contribution; a generous vacation, sick leave, and parental leave policy.

Approximately 70% of The Bronx Defenders' staff, including attorneys and non-attorneys, are represented by UAW Local 2325 - Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (AFL-CIO). This position is within the bargaining unit.

This position is non-exempt. By law, non-exempt employees are compensated hourly based on their annual rate and therefore are entitled to over-time, whereas exempt employees are not.

To apply, please click APPLY TO THIS JOB ONLINE and upload your resume and a cover letter in one document when prompted. If you would prefer to send in a video or audio statement in lieu of a cover letter, you may upload your resume as a document and separately upload a video or audio statement. Your cover letter or video/audio statement should share why you want to do this work at our office, some key lived and/or professional experiences that have prepared you for this position, and any additional information you would like for us to consider. Your cover letter may be up to one page if written or up to 3 minutes if an audio/video statement. This information allows us to understand your distinct perspective, experience, and potential beyond the work history summarized on your resume. If selected for this position, your resume will be used to determine your salary based on your number of years of directly relevant professional experience; we therefore encourage you to make sure your resume is up to date. Please remember that you may submit a written cover letter or an audio/video, but not both, and applications without either will not be considered.

The application deadline is November 1, 2024. Please contact Morgan Hill, Healthy Parents, Healthy Babies Project Director, via email at morgan.hill@bronxdefenders.org with any questions regarding the position.

The Bronx Defenders is an equal opportunity employer and is cultivating an anti-oppressive workplace that embraces staff with a diversity of backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We acknowledge the ways in which systemic oppression and injustice can undermine access to professional opportunities and are committed to conducting hiring and promotion processes that are equitable and accessible to those commonly excluded from the workforce. We do not discriminate against and in fact specifically encourage applicants from marginalized communities to apply, including those who identify as Black, Indigenous, people of color, queer, transgender, gender non-conforming, disabled, neurodivergent, and those directly impacted by criminal, civil, family, and immigration legal systems. We value lived as well as professional experience and particularly welcome applications from the Bronx community that we work with.

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