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Family Advocate Supervisor
$35k-47k (estimate)
Part Time | Elementary & Secondary Education
2 Weeks Ago
WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY ACTION is Hiring a Family Advocate Supervisor Near Greensburg, PA
EducationOur Early Head Start (EHS) department is seeking their next Family Advocate Supervisor. As Family Advocate Supervisor, you will ensure that program participants receive intensive comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families, and to pregnant women and their families. Services include parenting education and support, child development assessments, socialization experiences, and referrals to community services. Using your early childhood education and field experience, you will accomplish this by:
Qualifications
Westmoreland Community Action (WCA) is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects our community and those that we seek to serve. If you, in good faith, believe that you are qualified to succeed in this position, we encourage you to apply. Please include a cover letter to tell us about your unique qualifications for the position. Our hiring manager will review your application and, if interested, will contact you regarding next steps.
- Supervising, mentoring, and training program staff to ensure they deliver quality service,
- Appraising EHS director with program documentation, performance measurement, and other program data,
- Assisting with planning and facilitating parent and child socialization for families,
- Providing child development education at EHS events,
- Assisting in the development of individual family goals and strategy steps for reaching their goals in the absence of a regular family advocate, and
- Conducting at least one home visit per week to approximately ten to twelve families in the absence of a regular family advocate.
Qualifications
- Associate’s degree with major course work in early childhood education, social welfare, or other related fields and three years of experience working with families and children required.
- Bachelor’s degree with major course work in early childhood education, social welfare, or other related fields and three years of experience working with families and children preferred.
- Interpersonal communication and conflict resolution skills obtained through experience or training.
- Basic computer skills.
- Must be able to obtain child abuse, state police, fingerprint-based criminal background check, and sex offender registry clearances.
- Valid driver's license required and must carry $15,000/$30,000 bodily liability car insurance.
- Must undergo a health assessment and TB test as part of pre-hiring.
- 100% Employer paid dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability polices,
- ICHRA health plans - Using an allowance, choose the best plan for you,
- 16 paid holidays,
- 10 days of vacation in first year of employment,
- 8% retirement match after 1 year and 1,000 hours of service,
- Mileage reimbursement,
- Time and a half for holidays worked.
Westmoreland Community Action (WCA) is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects our community and those that we seek to serve. If you, in good faith, believe that you are qualified to succeed in this position, we encourage you to apply. Please include a cover letter to tell us about your unique qualifications for the position. Our hiring manager will review your application and, if interested, will contact you regarding next steps.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Part Time
INDUSTRY
Elementary & Secondary Education
SALARY
$35k-47k (estimate)
POST DATE
08/21/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
09/18/2024
WEBSITE
westmorelandca.org
HEADQUARTERS
IRWIN, PA
SIZE
200 - 500
FOUNDED
1980
CEO
HEATHER RUGH
REVENUE
$10M - $50M
INDUSTRY
Elementary & Secondary Education
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About WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY ACTION
We are Westmoreland Countys Community Action Agency, serving low-income individuals and families since 1980. Community Action Agencies provide services and assistance towards the elimination of poverty through developing employment opportunities, improving human performance and productivity or bettering the conditions under which people live, learn and work. Community Action Agencies help people to help themselves in achieving self-sufficiency.
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