Family Advocate at ATCAA-Amador Tuolumne Community Action Agency

Application Deadline

3/19/2022 11:55 PM Pacific

Date Posted
1/19/2022
Contact
Jackie Roberts
(209) 533-0361 243
Number of Openings
1
Salary
Add'l Salary Info
$19.08- $24.38 depending on experience & education
Length of Work Year
10 months - School year
Employment Type
Full Time

Job Summary

Job Summary

As a part of the ATCAA team, Family Advocates facilitate parent involvement in all areas of the Head Start/State Preschool program including program leadership, health, mental wellness, nutrition, and their children’s education. Family Advocates act as a resource to ensure each family has opportunity to define and reach their goals. Family Advocates also assist the management staff in all eligibility service areas to make sure that services to children and families enrolled in the Early Childhood Services Preschool/Infant Toddler programs are provided in a comprehensive manner and the required documentation is completed. The Family Advocate Mentor works with Service Area Managers to train and mentor new family advocates and support experienced Family Advocate staff to ensure consistent and high-quality services throughout the program. The Family Advocate Mentor serves as a Family Advocate for a center as well as providing mentoring service and is responsible for keeping current in all family advocate duties as outlined in the current ATCAA Family Advocate Job Description.

Requirements / Qualifications

As a part of the ATCAA team, all employees play an essential role in ATCAA as a whole, and are expected to:

  • Demonstrate and encourage a professional and positive attitude in all job related activities
  • Maintain confidentiality in accordance with standards as outlined in the ATCAA Statement of Confidentiality and Ethics
  • Accomplish all work activities in a safe and timely manner within assigned guidelines and consistent with ATCAA’s Personnel Policies and ECS Operating Procedures
  • Report and/or correct deficiencies that constitute immediate threats to health and safety
  • Complete other tasks as assigned by the supervisor which are consistent with the definition and intent of the job description
  • Desired Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Social Services or Human Services Field;
  • Spanish bi-lingual, bi-cultural preferred;
  • Knowledge of community resources;
  • Have case management experience.
  • Requirements / Qualifications

    As a part of the ATCAA team, all employees play an essential role in ATCAA as a whole, and are expected to:

  • Demonstrate and encourage a professional and positive attitude in all job related activities
  • Maintain confidentiality in accordance with standards as outlined in the ATCAA Statement of Confidentiality and Ethics
  • Accomplish all work activities in a safe and timely manner within assigned guidelines and consistent with ATCAA’s Personnel Policies and ECS Operating Procedures
  • Report and/or correct deficiencies that constitute immediate threats to health and safety
  • Complete other tasks as assigned by the supervisor which are consistent with the definition and intent of the job description
  • Desired Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Social Services or Human Services Field;
  • Spanish bi-lingual, bi-cultural preferred;
  • Knowledge of community resources;
  • Have case management experience.
  • Comments and Other Information

    Please go to our website: www.atcaa.org/careers to apply. Fill out application fully and completely.

    Comments and Other Information


    Please go to our website: www.atcaa.org/careers to apply. Fill out application fully and completely.