Compliance Advocate

Rate: $25.13 per hour

The Family Advocate serves as a liaison between the classroom and home environments to support family engagement, child development, and overall family well-being. Maintains a caseload of 40-45 families and provides direct services through recruitment, enrollment, family partnership development, and advocacy to support positive outcomes for children and families.

Family Engagement, Advocacy & Case Management

Develop Family Partnership Goals with families within 90 days of enrollment.

Conduct Family Needs Assessments biannually and connect families to appropriate community resources and support services.

Collaborate with Guadalupe Centers, Inc. programs and external community agencies to support family economic self‑sufficiency, education, and health.

Plan and implement recruitment, orientation, and enrollment activities for eligible children and families.

Support families in understanding program expectations, including the Dual Language Curriculum and other program components.

Participate in referral processes and support families through Special Education services as needed.

Documentation, Compliance & Professional Responsibilities

Maintain accurate and timely documentation of family interactions, services, and follow‑up needs, including attendance, health, dental, nutrition, hearing, vision, and family goals.

Complete a Family Needs Assessment biannually to identify community resources that support.Ensure compliance with confidentiality requirements and all applicable program standards.

Attend and complete required professional development, training, meetings, and workshops.

Bachelor’s degree or certification in Social Work required.

Minimum of one (1) to three (3) years of experience in early childhood, family services, social services, or a related field required.

Bilingual (English/Spanish) verbal and written communication skills required.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace applications.

Knowledge of community resources and family support systems preferred.

Ability to successfully pass a background check, drug screening, TB test, and required state and federal fingerprint clearances.

This role continually uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. Guadalupe Centers serves a diverse population, including children, adolescents, and adults, who may have mental or behavioral health problems. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

This job's specific abilities include close vision, such as reading handwritten or typed material and adjusting focus. GCI is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, age, sex, gender, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, genetic information, veteran status, service member status or any other category protected by federal, state or local law. GCI's policy of Equal Opportunity extends to all conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, placement, training, compensation, discipline, transfers, separation, layoff, recall, leave of absence and promotion. GCI will not tolerate any discrimination in the workplace, and it is expected that any employee who believes they have been subjected to any practice that appears to be inconsistent with this policy will contact Human Resources. There will be no retaliation or adverse action against an employee for raising an issue or complaint pursuant to this policy.