EHS Home Visitor & Family Advocate

About the role

The Family Advocate supports the Family & Community Partnership Manager in meeting the recruitment, enrollment, and attendance goals of the Early Head Start program. This position provides case management and crisis‑intervention services for up to 16 families, helps families identify and work toward personal goals, and connects them with appropriate community resources. Family Advocates also promote and sustain parent involvement across all program sites while delivering high‑quality caregiving and comprehensive family support to children from birth through three years of age.

Responsibilities

• Provide case management and crisis‑intervention services for up to 16 families, helping them identify personal goals and linking them to community resources.
• Conduct weekly home visits and twice‑monthly group socializations to support children (birth‑to‑3) and their families.
• Promote optimal physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language development through culturally diverse, respectful education and support for parents and children.
• Prevent and identify developmental, health, and family challenges at early stages, offering appropriate intervention, referrals, and ongoing support for at‑risk children and families.
• Support parents as their child’s first teacher by providing information, education, and coaching to develop effective parenting skills.
• Encourage active parent involvement through hands‑on participation in home visits and group activities.
• Enhance employment training and employability planning opportunities for families and pregnant women to improve overall quality of life.
• Provide ongoing education, monitoring, and referrals for parents and children from conception through age three.
• Collaborate with Health, Nutrition, Early Childhood Education, Family and Community Partnership, and Inclusion Leadership to ensure comprehensive child and family services.
• Implement the Early Head Start Home‑Based Program in compliance with all applicable rules, regulations, and performance standards.