Family Advocate - Green County
About The Position
As a Family Advocate, you'll serve as a trusted support and resource person for Early Head Start families by developing trusting relationships with parents using Head Start Relationship-Based Competencies. You will plan and implement prenatal, family, and child development curriculum, organize parent socialization events and groups to enhance parent-child bonds, and provide comprehensive case management and social service coordination. You will ensure children's special education, health, mental health, and nutritional needs are met, serve as a liaison to community agencies and resources, and support family self-sufficiency and social competency development. Additionally, you will foster parent involvement and family growth opportunities, and collaborate with Home Based Managers, Nurses, and Mental Health Consultants. Reach Dane is reimagining early childhood education as a powerful tool for social transformation, with a commitment to equity and inclusion, dismantling systemic barriers, building a diverse workplace, and implementing trauma-informed and anti-racist approaches. They use Infant Mental Health principles to guide their practice.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Child Development, Early Childhood, Social Work, Counseling, or Nursing
- Minimum 3 years working with low-income, multicultural families
- Demonstrated experience in family support, mental health support, case management, and advocacy
- Valid Wisconsin Driver's License with adequate insurance
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree preferred
- Bilingual Spanish preferred
- Knowledge of community development and family self-sufficiency approaches
Responsibilities
- Developing trusting relationships with parents using Head Start Relationship-Based Competencies
- Planning and implementing prenatal, family, and child development curriculum
- Organizing parent socialization events and groups to enhance parent-child bonds
- Providing comprehensive case management and social service coordination
- Ensuring children's special education, health, mental health, and nutritional needs are met
- Serving as liaison to community agencies and resources
- Supporting family self-sufficiency and social competency development
- Fostering parent involvement and family growth opportunities
- Collaborating with Home Based Managers, Nurses, and Mental Health Consultants
Benefits
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off & Holidays
- 403(b) Retirement with Employer Match (after 2 years)
- Company-Paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligible Employer
- Comprehensive mental health support for staff and families
- Supportive, inclusive work culture focused on relationship-based practices
- Comprehensive professional development: ongoing coaching, paid continuing education, and credential support
- Career advancement pathways with organizational training support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
