Family Advocate at Brighter Beginnings Oakland, CA

Title :
Family Advocate
Reports to :
Senior Program Manager:
Family Partnership Program
Status: Non-Exempt / Hourly / Full-Time / In-person
Location: Oakland, CA and throughout Alameda County
Pay: $27.50/ hour

***$1,000 Sign-on Bonus!*** Receive 50% after 1 month, and 50% after 6-month probationary period .

The Brighter Beginnings mission to “support healthy births and successful development of children by partnering with parents and helping to build strong communities“, gains its strength and aspiration from our core belief and vision that, “Every family matters, and every child deserves a happy, healthy future.”

Brighter Beginnings is a 501c3 nonprofit organization and has been responding to the needs of families in under resourced neighborhoods since 1984 when our work began in response to the alarming differences in mortality and illness rates among African American babies compared to other children.

Brighter Beginnings has grown into a respected and well-connected organization with locations in Oakland and Richmond. We have a multi-cultural, bilingual staff of passionate and committed family-service professionals; in fact, many of our staff came to this work because of the challenges they faced in their own families.

Under the supervision of the Senior Program Manager, the Family Advocate (FA) will provide home visitation services and group socializations with pregnant parents and parents with children from birth to 3 years old in the Calworks Home Visiting program.

In this role, you will work regularly with up to 17 assigned families in person (home visits/office visits), by phone, and through correspondence. You will deliver early childhood education using the Parents as Teachers model and curriculum:

• Work with families to set and achieve meaningful family goals.
• Serve as an advocate for families and assist in obtaining necessary services.
• Help families with the home visitation delivery model to support school readiness for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

• B.A. degree, ideally in a related field such as Social Work, Psychology, Child Development.
• Minimum of 1 year of work experience providing case management or advocacy-based counseling
• Excellent writing skills and computer proficiency
• Advanced organizational skills for data entry, meeting deadlines, and communicating effectively with the team via email and phone.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with diverse populations in a professional manner.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and communication skills needed to work in a team environment and maintain client confidentiality.
• Valid driver’s license, acceptable driving record, reliable vehicle and car insurance. Must pass evaluation of a background check and have no history of abuse/neglect after conditional offer letter

• B.A. degree in a related field such as Social Work, Psychology, Child Development.
• Knowledge of Child Plus, Efforts to Outcomes (ETO), and Microsoft Office
• Experience working with ages 0-3 years old
• Four-year degree in Social Work, Psychology, Child Development, or some college with work experience OR 12 Early Childhood Education (ECE) units
• Experience doing home visitation
• Bilingual fluency in Spanish/ English preferred. Not required.
• Excels in assisting families to develop case goals and plans.
• Ability to teach, nurture, and empower program participants.
• Ability to work independently with a strong commitment to teamwork.
• High ethical standards.
• Experience working with diverse populations.

• Maintain a caseload of up to 17 families with children 0-3 years old. Schedule, conduct and document 1-hour home visitation sessions twice or more per month with participating caregivers and their children in Alameda County.
• Deliver the program’s curriculum designed to deliver child growth and development, health, educational, and nutritional information.
• Coordinate with parents to ensure that prenatal, well-child exams, immunizations, health screenings, and nutrition assessments are complete and necessary follow up occurs.
• Complete family partnership agreements, developmental…