Bilingual Family Development Advocate

To apply via text, text the word "BFDA" to 213-513-7223 Position Compensation: $22.34/hr- $27.22/hr plus excellent benefits. Pace offers a Total Rewards Package to its employees: 401k Vacation Sick pay 14 Paid Holidays Pet Insurance FSA - Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision packages extended to your family as well. Supplemental Insurance Plans Opportunity to promote within, just to name a few. JOB PURPOSE: Conducts basic social casework and coordinates related parent involvement services, including guiding parents in their children�s education and development, coordinating health, nutrition, mental health, disability and parent involvement related services for families, and being the point person for family case management. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the Head Start/Early Head Start Center Based Option, the Family Development Advocate (FDA) will provide the required family and community engagement services related to health, nutrition, mental health, disability, social services and parent involvement. The FDA will interact with the public and provides customer service by phone, email and in person, maintains program databases and recordkeeping files, prepares correspondence, reports, records and other paperwork, provides written translation or spoken interpretation for non-English clients, provides case management services to families and children, and supports outreach, recruitment, selection and enrollment activities. ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE: Obtain child and family information and complete service area forms accurately and completely in their entirety upon acceptance of the child and family into the program. Identify children with special placement considerations. Manage a caseload of up to 55 children at a given time. Conducts family assessment of each enrolled family by identifying family strengths, interests and needs. Assist enrolled families in developing Individualized Family Partnership Agreement Plans, research on resources and support the plans including periodic follow ups. Conduct vision and hearing health screenings for enrolled children. Conducts follow ups with the required health screenings per required periodicity of the Bright Futures Guidelines. Maintain ongoing communication and follow-ups with in-house Service Area Managers and outside Health providers to obtain necessary health requirements. Conducts home visits with designated site staff to follow up on required family and health services as needed. Develop a plan of action with families who are having challenges with absences. Participate in planning and conducting Parent Committee Meetings with Parent Committee and site Staff. Ensures that Parent Committee Minutes are translated and posted by the due date as required. Participate in planning and facilitating Parent Education Workshops. Monitor Parent Bulletin board once a month during parent meetings to ensure current events and required postings are maintained for related Head Start/Early Head Start information. Participate in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings as needed. Work closely with service area staff to address parents� concerns or complaints. Track family goals and produce weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on family development progress. Advocate on behalf of parents with public and private service agencies to acquire needed family services. Report signs of child abuse, neglect or unsafe living conditions to the proper authorities for appropriate action to ensure the safety of children. Use computers, especially MS Office, Email and Internet, to store data, communicate, write reports and conduct research. Data Entry of activities as required in Child Plus database. Maintains orderly records, including electronically. Provide translation and interpretation services for non-English speaking parents. Attended staff development training to acquire skills and increase knowledge to enhance t…