Family Advocate
Description
Job Description: Family Advocate
JOB TITLEFamily Advocate | PROGRAMPREIS | REPORTS TO Project Director | SALARY$43,000 |
LOCATIONBayamón and Ponce, Puerto Rico | JOB TYPEExempt | WORK SCHEDULEExempt |
General Description
Serves as the primary liaison among participating youth, parents and caregivers, facilitators, and community-based implementation sites in Bayamón and Ponce. Leads the common parent-engagement foundation for caregivers in both study conditions and implements Survival Skills for Healthy Families (SSHF) only with caregivers assigned to the enhanced condition. Supports family engagement, referrals, and evaluator-directed procedures while protecting confidentiality and maintaining separation between study conditions.
About YouAn organized, compassionate family advocate who builds trusting relationships, facilitates caregiver learning, identifies barriers to participation, and connects families with qualified community resources while following approved program and study procedures. |
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What You’ll Be Doing
Caregiver Engagement and SSHF Delivery
- Lead the approved common parent-engagement foundation for caregivers in both study conditions and municipalities. All caregivers receive the common foundation; only enhanced-condition caregivers receive SSHF.
- Organize caregiver cohorts of approximately 20–25 participants and prepare delivery of the approved eight-session Family Wellness: Survival Skills for Healthy Families component for enhanced-condition caregivers.
- Prepare materials and facilitate the approved eight-session sequence and make-up opportunities; monitor the operational completion benchmark of at least six of eight sessions without using it to determine inclusion in impact analysis.
Documentation Fidelity and Improvement
- Maintain separate, accurate attendance, dosage, session, and fidelity records for the common foundation and SSHF.
- Report parent-component fidelity information and implementation concerns to the Project Director and participate in approved corrective actions.
Recruitment Retention and Family Referrals
- Support evaluator-directed recruitment, enrollment, retention, tracking, and follow-up procedures and identify barriers to participation.
- Identify and maintain an updated network of qualified community-based services and resources; establish referral relationships with service providers.
- Coordinate allowable family referrals and document caregiver contacts and referral follow-through. Award funds will not pay for health care or related services to which participants are referred.
Participant Protections and Study Boundaries
- Use only approved consent and assent supports and evaluator-approved study explanations; protect privacy and confidentiality.
- Maintain separation between the enhanced and active comparison conditions. Ensure active-comparison caregivers do not receive SSHF.
- Promptly refer questions about eligibility, assignment, or research participation to the independent evaluation team.
About Urban Strategies
Urban Strategies exists to equip, resource and connect faith- and community-based organizations so that all children and families can reach their full potential. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., our team serves in the U.S. mainland, Puerto Rico, and Central America. | |
COMPANY CULTURE | Our work is driven by our three core values:
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