Family Advocate - Bilingual Spanish - Head Start & Early Head Start (Multiple Openings)

Family Advocate - Bilingual Spanish - Head Start & Early Head Start (Multiple Openings)

Salary

$20.55 - $26.41 Hourly

Location

Assigned Head Start location, OR

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

2026-00017

Division

CDFS

Opening Date

08/25/2026

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Job Summary and Responsibilities/Duties

Please note:

• Location: We are hiring for positions at our Head Start locations in East Portland, Gresham & surrounding areas.
• We are hiring for multiple vacancies and applications will be reviewed as they are submitted.
• FTE: .88076 - Full Time Hours, Partial Year
• 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 OR Associate degree in social service, mental health or related field OR ability to obtain one of these requirements within eighteen (18) months of hire

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
• Experience working with diverse backgrounds of the College's community, students and employees
• Current driver's license, insurance, and access to a reliable automobile during work hours. Must have at least three (3) years of driving history

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social work, counseling, psychology or related field

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 works occasional evening hours as needed (i.e., parent meetings, home visits, etc.)

Additional Qualifications and/or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

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 50lbs a distance of 10 feet. Ability to push/pull up to 50lbs.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.

This position is primarily on site but may be eligible for remote work on an intermittent basis.

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. Please include all relevant education and full and part-time experience (including unpaid and volunteer experience) in your application that you want the College to review towards potential placement. Hired employees will not have an opportunity to update past education and/or experience or appeal initial placement after the time of hire.

Family Advocate I - OSEA Range 11 - $20.55-$21.69 Per Hour - Family Service Credential

Family Advocate II - OSEA Range 13 - $21.60-$22.80 Per Hour - Associates Degree

Family Advocate III - OSEA Range 19 - $25.04-$26.41 Per Hour - Bachelors Degree

The following is a brief description of the benefits offered by Mt. Hood Community, this is intended to be a summary only - any errors or omissions are unintentional. Please refer to benefit booklets, plan documents, college policy and regulations for more detailed information.

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 dependents 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 a minimum of four hundred (400) hours in the immediate past fiscal year (July-June), and who reasonably expect to continue at that same level of employment, are eligible for a three (3) credit waiver during each term of employment.
• Part-time hourly employees (non-substitute employees) may apply for optional training through the employer's Child Care Resource and Referral program. If approved, up to two (2) classes will be made available per year at no cost to the employee. These training programs are on non-paid time.
• Substitute employees who have completed fifty (50) hours of work in a fiscal year may apply for one (1) optional training class per year through Child Care Resource and Referral program at no cost to the employee. This training program is on non-paid time.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

MHCC's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is through Canopy which provides services to help people privately resolve problems that may interfere with work, family, and other important areas of life.

The EAP provides FREE (no charge for utilization) and confidential services to employees and their dependents, living at or away from home, and all household members, related or not MHCC employees, spouses/domestic partner, dependents and their eligible household members have eight (8) free EAP services per new issue, including relationship, family, stress, anxiety, and other common challenges. Employees must get a referral from the EAP for each issue for services to be covered.

More information on the Employee Assistance Program can be found here.

Use of MHCC Swimming Pool

Full-time employees and dependents have free access to the MHCC swimming pool during open recreation sessions. Swimming classes through the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim program are not free under the tuition waiver plan or the swim pass. Employees are responsible to pay for the classes.

Sick Accruals

New full-time employees will receive 80 hours of sick leave upon hire to the College. Full time employees working 1.0 FTE will accrue sick leave at the rate of eight (8) hours per month. Full time employees who work less than 1.0 FTE but more than .50 FTE will accrue leave on a prorated basis. For example, an employee working .75 FTE receives six (6) hours per month (8 hours x .75 FTE= 6 hours).

All other employees working less than .50 FTE will earn sick leave consistent with Oregon law (currently 1 hour for every 30 hours worked up to 40 hours per year).

Vacation

Full time Head Start employees will accrue paid vacation on a monthly basis. Employees working less than 1.0 FTE but more than .50 FTE will accrue paid vacation on a prorated basis. An employee must work 75% of their possible work schedule for the first and last month of employment to receive accruals for that month. The vacation accrual rates are as follows for full-time 1.0 FTE employees:

Months Employed

Annual Accrual

0 - 23 Months15 Days24 - 47 Months16 Days48 - 71 Months

17 Days

72 - 95 Months18 Days96 Months+20 Days

An increase in the accrual amount will begin on the first day worked of the year in the chart. For example, once an employee works 24 months (2 years) the next month they will begin accruing at a rate of 16 days per year.

Holidays

Full-time employees shall be paid eight (8) hours for each of the following holidays which fall within their service calendar: Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, and Juneteenth (June 19th). If a holiday falls on a Saturday, Friday will be the observed holiday. If a holiday falls on a Sunday, Monday will be the observed holiday.

Additional Information

Detailed information regarding all Head Start - OSEA benefits are available in the Head Start and Oregon School Employees Association Bargaining Agreement.

01

Please select the answer below that reflects your level of education related to this role. -High school diploma or GED certificate AND Approved Social Service Certificate/Credential in social work, human services, family services, counseling, a related field -Associate degree in social service, mental health or related field -Ability to obtain one of these requirements within eighteen (18) months of hire

• High school diploma or GED certificate AND Approved Social Service Certificate/Credential in social work, human services, family services, counseling or a related field
• Associate degree (or higher) in social service, mental health or a related field
• Ability to obtain one of these requirements within eighteen (18) months of hire
• I do not meet this requirement

02

Do you have at least (2) years of experience providing social services to children and/or families?

• Yes
• No

03

Do you have bilingual skills with oral and written fluency in English and Spanish?

• Yes
• No

04

Do you have experience working with diverse backgrounds similar to those in the college's community, students and employees?

• Yes
• No

05

Do you have a current driver's license, insurance, access to a reliable automobile during work hours AND at least three (3) years of driving history?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer Mt. Hood Community College

Address 26000 SE Stark St.

Gresham, Oregon, 97030

Website https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/mhcc