Parent Advocate Head Start, Cable
Job Description
The Parent Advocate (including substitutes) provide high quality health, mental health, nutrition, social services to children and their families, and will use agency standards to ensure that services provided are in alignment with the Social Determinants of Health through a trauma informed care lens as defined by the agency. Will also assists in providing parent enagement activities to Head Start families that support the Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework. Assists in promoting family outcomes that enhance the family well-being, positive parent-child relationships, families as lifelong educators, families as learners, family engagement in transitions, family connections to peer and community, and families as advocates and leaders. Comply with the Head Start Program Performance Standards, the Head Start Act, Licensing Minimum Standards, and agency policies and procedures. Build partnerships with families to assit them in identifying their own goals, strengths, needed services and support systems and in developing strategies and timetables for achieving their own goals. Responsible for eligibility, recrutiment, enrollment and attendance. Completes data entry into our data base and provides clerical support to the program.
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