Early Learning-Family Health Advocate (Grays Harbor County

Family Health Advocate

Best to apply by 8/14/26

This position if for the  School Year.

ESD 113 learns from and cares for our staff, schools, students, families, and the land, works alongside communities to build pathways that expand opportunity, and acts with collective purpose to advance educational justice.

This position is scheduled for 8 hours/day and 224 days/year. Work calendar will be determined by school program.

This position is located in Grays Harbor County, WA.

Benefits include Medical/Dental/Vision, Life/AD&D insurance, FSA/DCAP, LTD insurance, Retirement/DCP, EAP, Annual/Sick Leave, Personal Leave and Holiday Pay. The salary range includes the potential of a .70 cent bilingual differential as determined by program need.

Please see the job description below for a list of Essential Functions and Job Requirements.

The job of ELP
- Family Health Advocate is done for the purpose/s of acting as a support and resource to the families; completing Family Partnership Plan with assigned families according to program guidelines; providing referrals to community providers to meet needs of assigned families; conducting home visits; providing health and nutritional information and education materials to parents; performing and documenting health screenings and providing referrals as needed;

preparing, tracking and maintaining detailed health information for children; encouraging parent involvement in the program; documenting family progress/activities/outcomes; and addressing specific needs of family.

This job is distinguished from similar jobs by the following characteristics:
This is a union represented position (Federation of Head Start Employees) and is further distinguished from similar jobs per the essential functions and educational requirements listed below.

Reports to: ELP
- Center Director

Acts as a support and resource person for families for the purpose of helping to case manage specific needs with families, communicating with parents daily to update their needs and encouraging parent involvement in the program.

Assists families with basic health needs for the purpose of providing resources to the family as may be required.

Assists with covering breaks in the classroom, if no other staff is available, for the purpose of supporting the overall functioning of the center.

Assists the Center Director answering telephones, greeting the public, parents, and vendors for the purpose of responding to their inquiries, providing information and/or directing them to appropriate personnel.

Assists the Center Director in conducting all ERSEA activities (e.g. recruitment, selection, eligibility determination, enrollment, and child attendance, etc.) for the purpose of promoting Head Start programs throughout the community and ensuring full enrollment.

Assists parents in obtaining evidence of well child exam from their medical provider for the purpose of ensuring program health requirements are met.

Attends community planning meetings when the classroom teacher is unable to attend for the purpose of gathering and conveying information.

Attends various educational workshops, seminars, in-services, on-going evaluation process, reviewing the position plan, etc. for the purpose of maintaining their professional knowledge.

Communicates with health providers for the purpose of completing children's health records and/or providing for their safety.

Conducts home visits with assigned families as per program requirements (e.g. reviewing family goals, planning home visit activities, reviewing status of medical and dental exams, etc.) for the purpose of sharing information and resources with the family.

Contributes to the team for the purpose of collaborating, defining and clarifying roles and expectations with coworkers and cooperating with other program staff to maintain program quality.

Distributes supplies for the purpose of filling requests for first aid, dental and nutritional materials.

Documents all referrals made for family resources and provides and documents follow-up contact with family for the purpose of determining the success of the referral.

Enrolls families (e.g. determines eligibility for Head Start by reviewing income documentation and documentation of child's age; reviews health information with family, determining child's health status, sharing immunization information, nutritional assessment, family needs assessment, etc.) for the purpose of reaching and maintaining full enrollment at assigned center(s); maintaining and assembling children's health files, family support and outcome files; and assisting families with basic health care.

Establishes family partnership plans with assigned families either as part of the tool for measuring family outcomes, or a separate process, for the purpose of supporting families to achieve the goals they've set.

Implements the Mobility Mentoring or other program selected tool for the purpose of measuring family outcomes with assigned families.

Maintains a…