Family Partner

La Casa de Don Pedro, Inc. (LCDP) was founded in 1972 by a group of local activists seeking to establish

educational and charitable programs to meet the needs of Newark’s Puerto Rican community.

Named in honor of Don Pedro Albizu Campos, LCDP has since evolved to become the largest Latinx-led

organization in the state of New Jersey, serving 50,000 Newark and Essex County residents annually under

three central pillars:
Early Childhood (Prenatal, Early Head Start, Head Start, and Pre‑K);
Healthy Homes (Low

Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Weatherization, Lead Remediation/Abatement); and Community

Home Ownership Support, and Community Organizing). For more information, please visit

www.lacasadedonpedro.org and be sure to follow @lacasanwk on all social media platforms.

Who we Seek

La Casa de Don Pedro seeks Family Partners who will support the Family Success Center (FSC) Coordinator

and/or Family Succes Center (FSC) Site Coordinator in assisting with the day-to-day administration and

operations of the Community Empowerment pillar’s Family Success Centers. To be successful in this role, the

Family Partner should be able to partner with individuals, families, community partners and stakeholders to build

relationships in the Family Success Center and the city of Newark community. The Family Partner will serve as

an integral member of the Community Empowerment team and will contribute by attending and responding to

the family’s needs in a helpful, supportive, and timely manner.

• Uses a process that is welcoming and invited to orient and introduce families and individual family members to the Family Success Centers.
• Creates opportunities for and encourages families and individual family members to connect with each other.
• Creates opportunities for engage families and individual family members to bring all their family members to Family Success Centers.
• Assists the Managing Director in designing and maintain furniture, decorations, and food to make the Family Success Centers homelike, reflecting the culture of the Family Success Centers and Newark community.
• Provides families within depth information about the service programs available.
• Creates a space for families to share their goals and/or identify their needs. Uses meaningful inquiry strategies to understand families’ interests, goals, and needs.
• Uses a process to debrief with families and individual family members about their stated interest, goals, and needs to match them with available FSC and community resources.
• Facilitates parent involvement and parent leadership at the Family Success Centers.
• Assist Managing Director in identifying community resources.

• Identifies and provides information regarding resources, services and activities offered within the community that meet families’ and individual family member’s interests, goals, and needs.
• Checks in with families and individual family members on their experience in connecting with resources. Asks if they were useful and, if not, help the member locate another resource.
• Keeps abreast of services and resources available to families, especially in the areas of health, parent education, employment opportunities, training, and housing.
• Collaborates with families and community partners to identify the strengths, challenges, and service gaps in the community.
• Identifies opportunities to participate in community event such as health fairs, volunteer expos, parent liaison meetings, parent breakfasts, and community advisory Council meetings.

• Assists families with making appointments and navigating the social service system, and by providing initial introductions to provides, as needed.
• Partners with families to support the development of skills to advocate on their own behalf.
• Coaches’ families and individual family members on how to access resources or services based on their interests, goals, and needs.
• Connects with external resources on behalf of the member to access the needed resources.

• Leads or assists in the implementation of Family Success Center activities and events as assigned by Site Director by facilitating groups, hosting events, running…