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Family Advocate

As a Family Advocate, you will partner with families to support their well being and promote children's success in the Head Start program. You will make a meaningful impact on children's lives by promoting health, nurturing environments and supporting families through various challenges. You will be responsible for:

• Complete family strengths and needs assessments
• Support families in using community resources that enhance family well being and the children's learning and development
• Coordinate referrals to social services
• Encourage parent engagement
• Maintain accurate documentation of interactions, assessments, and progress notes while ensuring confidentiality and compliance
• Recruit and enroll eligible children and families
• Conduct home visits or satellite location visits
• Provide opportunities for parents to enhance their parenting skills and knowledge of development needs of their children through training, meetings, and referrals
• Participate in planning, implementation and conducting of educational and enrichment activities for families
• Engage with children and teachers in the classroom setting to enhance knowledge of and support parent communication regarding child development, classroom events, and volunteering
• Collects and analyzes information to find new solutions to challenges as part of ongoing monitoring in order to continuously improve services

To thrive in this role, you will:

• Aspire to continually learn new skills and tasks
• Collaborate with others on the team in positive outlook
• Have Bachelors or Associate's degree in Social Work, Human Services or closely related field
• Demonstrate knowledge of strength based goal planning
• Experience in case management and/or experience in programs serving low-income families with young children highly preferred
• Build trusting relationships with families of diverse populations while maintaining professional boundaries
• Must be able to pass regular criminal history checks
• Must submit to TB tests as required
• Willing to work evenings or weekend if family needs require
• Are willing to work 40 hours per week Monday through Friday

About Mercer Country Head Start: We provide comprehensive early childhood school readiness programs for 3-5 year olds that includes early childhood education, specialized support, and wellness services by supporting parents role as the first and lifelong educator of children. Join us in creating healthier families by providing essential support that fosters resilience, safety, and growth. Your dedication will help shape brighter futures for children and their caregivers!

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