What are the responsibilities and job description for the Child and Family Advocate position at NEK-CAP, Inc.?
Reports to: Education Manager Department: Early Head Start
Classification: Full-time Status: Non-Exempt
Position Summary:
The Early Head Start program provides intensive, comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families, and to pregnant women and their families. The full range of Early Head Start services are provided by this position through weekly home visits to each enrolled family. The home visitor provides child-focused visits that promote the parents' ability to support their child's development. Twice per month, this position offers opportunities (socializations) for parents and children to come together as a group for learning, discussion, and social activity. Work is performed under the supervision of the Education Manager, and reviewed through regular supervision, reports, monitoring, data entry, and program achievements.
Essential Functions:
- Plan and implement home-based and socialization learning experiences that ensure effective implementation of the home visiting curriculum, IMIL model, PIWI philosophy, and promote children’s progress across the standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five, including for children with disabilities, dual language learners, as appropriate, and to build respectful, culturally responsive, and trusting relationships with families.
- Comply with and provide services based on all Head Start Program Performance Standards, Head Start Act, Agency Employee Handbook, all other agency policies and procedures, and State of Kansas Requirements, and follow all funding entities requirements.
- Ongoing and professional communication and coordination with co-workers, management staff, and customers/families.
- Plan and implement 90-minute weekly home visits and socializations twice monthly, lasting 90 minutes each- pulling together all material needed and lesson plans- in coordination with families.
- Recruitment of new families and maintain a waitlist- to achieve funded enrollment.
- Complete orientation paperwork with each family, within the specified deadlines.
- Adhere to the Standards of Conduct and Community Action Code of Ethics.
- Work with family using the self-sufficiency matrix to set goals with all families- maintaining a working relationship to assist with family progress.
- Enter home visits, attendance, documentation, contacts, and family information into the agency software.
- Scan, upload all documentation to agency software.
- Timely office work and coordination- emails, phones calls, answering questions, etc.
- Assist parents with referrals and follow through in getting Health, Dental, and Mental Health activities completed within the appropriate timeframe.
- Have knowledge of and seek additional community resources, as needed, to ensure program requirements are met.
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