Family Advocate - Bilingual Spanish - Head Start & Early Head Start (Multiple Openings)
Salary: $20.05 - $25.77 Hourly
Location: Assigned Head Start location, OR
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 2025-00059
Division: CDFS
Opening Date: 01/07/2026
Description:
Benefits
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Job Summary and Responsibilities/Duties:
For best consideration, please submit application materials by February 6, 2026. Please Note: Multiple openings are available with the following Full-Time Equivalent (FTE): .86923
Location: We are hiring for positions at our Head Start locations in Gresham & East Portland.
Eligible for a 5% bilingual differential for English/Spanish bilingual skills that meet department and/or community needs.
Job Summary:
Provides consultation to families in the program helping them in the evaluation, planning and achieving their family goals and success. Works with families in the areas of social services, transitions, health, nutrition, inclusion, mental health, and parent engagement. Develops compassionate partnerships with families, and provides referrals and support in accessing community resources for needed services.
Assists families in crisis, and supports the culture and value of each family. Provides parent education opportunities.
Essential Job Duties:
Consults with families to evaluate family needs and develops individualized support plans that describe family strengths, goals, resources, and needed services.
Provides support, education and resources to parents, including assisting in obtaining current, up-to-date preventative medical, dental, mental health, disabilities, and nutrition requirements, including all necessary referrals and follow-up.
Completes mandatory and additional home visits as necessary to meet family needs. Maintains documentation of needed treatments, follow-up efforts, resources and referrals, and plans made with families.
Ensures health requirements are completed and documented.
Partners with classroom and other staff to share support plans and ensure consistent support from all areas.
Works closely with teachers and families to address child attendance concerns and address barriers.
Attends and participates in consultations and support plan meetings as needed.
Provides resources to parents for activities for children at home, at school, and in the community.
Encourages and maintains active parent leadership in the site, providing parents opportunities to be involved in group activities, including Policy Council, parent center committee meetings, and educational activities, based on interest and need.
Facilitates, develops content, and plan for parent center committee meetings and workshops based on interests and needs.
Engages parents in contributing to program activities and services through volunteering, community service, and other activities.
Provides crisis intervention supports to families to help them quickly achieve stability and safety.
Provides referrals and/or additional resources as appropriate.
Conducts outreach and recruitment at events and in the community.
Completes eligibility verification for new families applying for services, and provides follow-up for final enrollment in compliance with required timelines.
Additional Duties:
Participate in regular training and technical assistance activities.
Maintenance of center facilities, equipment and materials.
Represent agency on various committees and projects.
Performs other related activities as needed.
Minimum and Desired Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: High school diploma or GED certificate AND Approved Social Service Certificate/Credential in social work, human services, family services, counseling, a related field
Experience/Training: Minimum (2) years of experience providing social services to children and/or families
Bilingual skills with oral and written fluency in English and Spanish
Current driver's license, insurance, and access to a reliable automobile during work hours, and at least (3) years of driving history
Experience working with diverse backgrounds similar to those in the College's community, students and employees, and a demonstrated commitment to promoting access and diversity
Desired Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in social work, counseling, psychology or related field
Additional Qualifications and/or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):
Additional Qualifications:
Must be enrolled in the Oregon Central Background Registry prior to beginning employment and enrollment must be maintained throughout employment
Post-offer fitness for duty evaluation, must be obtained within 30 days of hire date: TB screening
Health appraisal
Complete required Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) licensing within 30 days of hire
Must possess or obtain current Infant/Child First Aid/CPR certification within 60 days of hire
Must possess or obtain Food Handlers Certificate within 30 days of hire
Must be able to work occasional evening hours as needed (i.e., parent meetings, home visits, etc.)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Skills in:
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Leadership and staff training
Organizational skills
Ability to:
Apply the understanding of developmentally appropriate activities of children
Meet and promote the social-emotional, physical and cognitive development needs of children
Provide and model best practice in ECE and to facilitate team development
Problem-solve
Multi-task
Make sound judgments and demonstrate appropriate role modeling
Maintain full attention and awareness of children at all times
Work as a team member and to be self-directed
Manage large caseloads at multiple sites
Knowledge of:
Basic computer skills
Working Conditions and Important Information:
Physical Requirements:
Ability to lift/carry up to 50 lbs a distance of 10 feet
Ability to push/pull up to 50 lbs a distance of 10 yards
Sufficient mobility and range of motion to perform repetitive standing, walking, balancing, stooping, bending, crouching, crawling, sitting on the floor, reaching, squatting, kneeling, and twisting for up to 8 hours per day
Sufficient stamina to perform job duties at frequency required
Ability to react quickly to the physical actions of children
Sufficient vision and hearing to perform job duties
Sufficient manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination to perform job duties
Exposure to Hazards:
Unpredictable child and family behavior, hazardous chemicals, contagious conditions, work with office equipment
Driving and riding in motor vehicles
Working conditions include indoor/outdoor environments, preschool center classrooms, playgrounds, offices, frequent local and occasional out-of-town travel
Salary Placement:
Initial salary placement will be based on applicable education and/or years of relevant full-time equivalent experience at the sole discretion of the College, per the guidelines in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.
Pay Range:
Family Advocate I - $20.05 - $21.16 Per Hour - Approved Social Service Certificate/Credential or ability to obtain credential within 18 months of hire
Family Advocate II - $21.07 - $22.24 Per Hour - Associates Degree
Family Advocate II - $24.43 - $25.77 Per Hour - Bachelors Degree
Benefits:
Mt. Hood Community College offers the following benefits:
Health Benefit Options
MHCC is a member of the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) which administers Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Long Term Disability (LTD) and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP).
COLLEGE PAID BENEFITS
Health Benefit Options
MHCC is a member of the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) which administers Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Long Term Disability (LTD) and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP).
The effective date of employer-provided benefits is the beginning of the month after the employee's date of hire at MHCC, unless otherwise indicated.
MHCC will only pay the premium portion for medical, dental and vision coverage for your spouse/domestic partner and/or eligible dependents if they are not covered under another policy.
If you elect to have double coverage for a spouse/domestic partner or eligible dependent, you will be required to have the premium associated with the double coverage deducted out of your payroll check each month.
Retirement Exception: The College will waive the double coverage premiums when an employee is adding a spouse/domestic partner and/or eligible dependent during open enrollment prior to the employee's anticipated retirement date for that plan year.
Other College Paid Insurances
Life Insurance Coverage = $50,000
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage = $50,000
Long Term Disability (LTD) Approved benefit claims begin after 90-day elimination period. Maximum benefit is 66 2/3 of monthly salary; benefit may be adjusted based on other income received by retirement benefits.
Public Employees Retirement Plan (PERS)
On behalf of the employee, MHCC contributes 6% of their gross salary into an Individual Account Program (IAP) with PERS. At the time of retirement, based on one of the following programs, a monthly pension benefit is calculated.
Please refer the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) website for detailed information on retirement benefits: http://oregon.gov/PERS/Public Employees Retirement System - Tier One/Tier Two
Hired by a PERS employer before August 28, 2003 and have an active account.
Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan - OPSRP
Hired on or after August 28, 2003 and do not have active account in the PERS Program.
Tuition Waiver Plan
Full time employees, their spouses, domestic partners and children through the age of 23 who qualify as legal dependents will be entitled to tuition-free enrollment in MHCC courses. All fees are the responsibility of the employee. The employer will pay the following fees for hiring requirements and renewals: health appraisal, First Aid/CPR, Recognizing Reporting Child Abuse & Neglect, CDL, School Bus License, CDA application fees and Food Handler's Card, as authorized through designated provider.
The employer will pay for the initial enrollment and the cost of renewal in the Criminal Background Registry for all eligible employees.
*Part-time hourly employees who worked