Home Based Family Advocate

About the role

Position Summary The Head Start/Early Head Start Home Based Family Advocate supports families with children between the ages of 0-5 years old by encouraging family engagement, child development, and overall family well-being through weekly home visits. During home visits, the home visitor provides learning experiences for the child and supports the parents to actively engage in the activities of the home visit to promote school readiness for every child in the program. The home visitor conducts screenings of the children, assists parents in goal setting and provides information and resources to ensure every child and family is successful in the program.

Responsibilities

• Assists HS/EHS families in assigned service area.
• Provides all HS/EHS families with weekly 90-minute home visits.
• Carries a caseload consisting of 10 to 12 families and children.
• Meets the needs of working parents in the evenings, as needed.
• Organizes and maintains caseload files required to meet all state, federal, and local requirements.
• Enters