Bilingual Family Advocate

About the role

Join the NVFS Family: We are looking to hire a Family Advocate to join the NVFS Early Childhood Education team! In this role, you will serve as a trusted partner to families, empowering them to achieve their goals while supporting children’s healthy development and school readiness. Using a strengths-based, relationship-centered approach, you will provide comprehensive case management, connect families with community resources, promote family wellbeing and self-sufficiency, and encourage meaningful parent engagement in their child’s education. You will work collaboratively with teachers, center leadership, health and disabilities staff, and community partners to help ensure families receive high-quality, coordinated services that meet Head Start and Early Head Start Program Performance Standards. You will also support recruitment, enrollment, attendance, and family retention efforts to help ensure eligible children and families have access to high-quality early childhood services. This position works with families enrolled in Head Start and/or Early Head Start programs and requires regular site visits at least twice per week to provide on-site support to families. As a Family Advocate, you have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with families and help them identify and achieve goals related to education, employment, housing, financial stability, health, parenting, and other areas that support long-term family success. Your work strengthens families, promotes parent leadership and engagement, and helps children build a strong foundation for school readiness and lifelong success.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive case management to enrolled families using a strengths-first, family-centered approach, including conducting family assessments and developing and maintaining Family Partnership Agreements.
• Partner with families to identify goals related to education, employment, housing, financial stability, health, parenting, and other areas that promote long-term family success.
• Conduct home and site visits, family meetings, and other contacts in accordance with Head Start and Early Head Start Program Performance Standards.
• Connect families with NVFS services and community resources, make