Family Advocate

Family Advocate

Now hiring: Family Advocate at our Magna, 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!

Pay & perks

• $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!

About the role

As a Family Advocate, you'll provide strengths-based case management services that support family well-being while ensuring compliance with Head Start, licensing, and health regulations. You'll connect families with resources, monitor health and screening requirements, maintain accurate documentation, collaborate with teachers, lead family engagement activities, assist with enrollment and recruitment, and support families in accessing the services they need to thrive.

What makes you a great fit

• Bachelor's degree in social, human, or family services
• Two years of related experience
• Wendover site only: In place of a bachelor's degree, a newly hired employee will have up to 18 months from the date of hire to obtain a Family Development Certification.

Why Utah Community Action?

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

Apply now! It only takes 3 minutes to join a team that's changing lives every day.

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.