Family Service Advocate-Part Time

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Responsibilities :

• Assist families with referrals for emergency family support to acquire available community resources.
• Assist in classrooms when needed and follow classroom guidelines and rules regarding children.
• Provide a variety of ways to ensure frequent and consistent contact with all families on caseload.
• Recruit children and families to our HS / EHS / GSRP programs.
• Attend monthly Family Review Meetings; provide necessary reports / family information and complete follow-up as needed. Input FRM notes and Action Plan into Child Plus.
• Audit 10% of your caseload of children's files each month.
• Collaborate with the Center Manager, policy council representative, and families to plan family meetings.
• Comply with Agency's Mission, vision, and Culture statements.
• Comply with program and Agency policies and procedures.
• Conduct regularly scheduled home visits with assigned families.
• Create and maintain yellow health and medical folders at the center level.
• Empower families to be part of their community and assist them in enhancing or developing their own understanding of community resources and involvement, through Family Matrixes.
• Engage with the child and family in a manner that achieves the goals and objectives of the program through family matrixes, the Child Placement Contract, and applicable Individual Education Plan and / or Individualized Family Service Plan.
• Establish and maintain a positive, effective working relationship with staff and diverse families.
• Ensure support to families and children before, during, and after their Education and Children's Services experiences and transitions.
• Collaborate with classroom staff to better communicate with families on behalf of their child's development.
• Organize and maintain child files.
• Perform required data entry for family / child files and health requirements.
• Distribute and communicate information to support healthy nutritional habits of families and children.
• Provide Center Manager with daily work schedule activities and place information on outlook calendar, i.e., LMS, Physicals, etc.
• Responsible for ensuring families adhere to mandated health requirements.
• Responsible for keeping the assigned work area or classroom clean and assisting in facility checks and miscellaneous housekeeping duties as assigned by the direct supervisor.
• Responsible for recruiting, ensuring eligibility, enrolling children, maintaining full enrollment, and connecting families with available community resources.
• Serve as collaborative partners in the classroom team by supporting the teachers and children.
• Share information and assist other classroom staff in maintaining accurate written records about children.
• Spend time in the classroom to observe children to better communicate with families on their child's development.

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