Family Advocate

Title :

• Family Advocate Reports to : Senior Program Manager : Family Partnership Program Status : Non-Exempt / Hourly / Full-Time / In-person Location : Oakland, CA and throughout Alameda County Pay : $26.50 / hour
• $1,000 Sign-on Bonus!
• Receive 50% after 1 month, and 50% after 6-month probationary period .
• Our Mission & Vision The Brighter Beginnings mission to “support healthy births and successful development of children by partnering with parents and helping to build strong communities“, gains its strength and aspiration from our core belief and vision that, “Every family matters, and every child deserves a happy, healthy future.”   Our History Brighter Beginnings is a 501c3 nonprofit organization and has been responding to the needs of families in underresourced neighborhoods since 1984 when our work began in response to the alarming differences in mortality and illness rates among African American babies compared to other children.
• Brighter Beginnings has grown into a respected and well-connected organization with locations in Oakland and Richmond.
• We have a multi-cultural, bilingual staff of passionate and committed family-service professionals; in fact, many of our staff came to this work because of the challenges they faced in their own families.   Position Summary Under the supervision of the Senior Program Manager, the Family Advocate (FA) will provide home visitation services and group socializations with pregnant parents and parents with children from birth to 3 years old in the Calworks Home Visiting program.   In this role, you will work regularly with up to 17 assigned families in person (home visits / office visits), by phone, and through correspondence.

You will deliver early childhood education using the Parents as Teachers model and curriculum :

Must pass evaluation of a background check and have no history of abuse / neglect after conditional offer letter Our ideal candidate has :

Core Responsibilities :

As a summary, we offer :

Competitive wages and friendly environment Two weeks of vacation (increase after 1 year of employment) 13 paid holidays Sick leave accrual Optional employee-paid dependent health coverage 403b retirement account with matching Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Employee Assistant Program (EAP) Notes :

At Brighter Beginnings, employment decisions are made regardless of sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, genetic information or ancestry, protected Veteran or military status, or other characteristics protected by law.