Bilingual Family Advocate

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.

Benefits and Compensation: We want you to be well, have work/life flexibility, grow your career with us, and have the resources and support you need. Check out our comprehensive benefit offerings here in support of various dimensions of your wellbeing.
This position has a starting salary in the high 40s and is a hybrid role.

Key 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 referrals, and follow up to help ensure access to needed supports.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and complete case records and electronic documentation.
• Encourage parents and caregivers to participate in classroom activities, family events, parent training, committees, volunteer opportunities, and other family engagement activities.
• Facilitate parent curriculum sessions that strengthen parenting skills, promote positive child development, and encourage family engagement.
• Promote parent leadership opportunities, including participation in Policy Council and other family governance activities.
• Support families in understanding child development milestones and encourage positive parent-child interactions that promote school readiness.
• Support outreach, recruitment, and enrollment efforts to maintain full program enrollment.
• Assist families throughout the enrollment process and help ensure required documentation is completed accurately and timely.
• Monitor attendance patterns and partner with families to identify and address barriers to regular attendance.
• Follow up with families when children are absent and support re-engagement as needed.
• Serve as a liaison…