What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full Time / 9 Month Child Family Advocate Position position at Family Forum Inc?
Family Forum, IncHas high-quality programming, family support, and wellness education, and we foster meaningful relationships. Family Forum, Inc. has been serving our community for over 50 years and we continue to advance through quality services, and partnerships with the families we serve and the communities we serve in.ResponsibilitiesThe Child Family Advocate ensures family partnership policies and procedures are met by partnering with and supporting classroom teachers, home visitors, and families.Engages, through the use of motivational interviewing, in mutually respectful goal-oriented partnerships with families to promote parent-child relationships and family well-beingSupport families' safety, health, financial stability, life goals, and aspirations by guiding them in identifying the strengths they already possess for solving their challenges, sharing resources with their approval, and accepting their choicesSupport families in developing goals through the use of research-proven strategies such as motivational interviewing, routines-based interviewing, or family mappingConducts home visits with families to support goal development and implementation through the use of motivational interviewingOrganizes and facilitates parenting classes using the Conscious Discipline parenting curriculum at minimum two times per yearData entryQualifications40 hours per weekRequired : Associate degree in social work, human services, psychology or a related field ($17.81 / hr)Preferred Bachelor's degree in above fields (increases rate of pay to $18.75 / hr)
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