Family Advocate

Now Hiring:
Family Advocate at our Wendover, Utah location – Be the Heart of Our Head Start Community!

Are you passionate about empowering families and making a lasting difference in your community? Join our team as a Family Advocate and help families build strength, stability, and self-reliance, all while supporting children in reaching their fullest potential!

As a Family Advocate, you'll provide comprehensive case management services to families in assigned classrooms. You'll create, coordinate, and deliver services that promote family well-being while ensuring full compliance with Head Start Performance Standards, Child Care Licensing Policies, and Health Department regulations.

You'll be a connector, coach, and champion for families, guiding them through resources, health requirements, and community services while fostering meaningful engagement.

• Provide compassionate, strengths-based case management to families from diverse backgrounds
• Maintain accurate documentation, case notes, and follow-ups (including proficiency in Child Plus)
• Monitor and educate families on health requirements-ensuring children are up to date on medical, dental, nutrition, and mental health screenings and connected to a medical and dental home
• Offer timely referrals and ensure families successfully access community resources
• Partner with teachers to share relevant information confidentially and ensure classroom coverage and safety
• Lead engaging parent meetings, workshops, and family activities that strengthen relationships and promote well-being
• Conduct application intakes and assist with recruitment efforts (some evenings/weekends required)
• Participate in ongoing professional development

• Sensitive to the needs of families from various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Highly organized and deadline-driven
• Strong communicator (written and verbal English required)
• Collaborative team player with excellent follow-through
• Passionate about empowering families

• Bachelor's degree in social, human, or family services
• Two years of related experience

• Experience with Head Start
• Bilingual in languages spoken by families served by UCA

• $25.94/hour
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• HSA with up to $2,500 match + Telehealth access
• 401(k) with 5% company match
• 11 Paid Holidays + Paid Winter Break (Christmas-New Year's)
• 192 PTO hours annually + Weekly Paid Self-Care Hour
• Life & Disability Insurance, EAP, and more!

We serve over 60,000 individuals annually through programs like Head Start, Nutrition, Housing, HEAT, Weatherization, and more.

Utah Community Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer and the agency prohibits discrimination and harassment because of a person's protected status such as race, color, national origin, religion, age (40 and over), physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran, military service, gender, sex (including conditions of pregnancy), marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected- group status.