Health Advocate

Description

• Collaborates with the Health department, Social Service team in supporting the enrollment of children into the program and providing support in health services while they are enrolled.
• Maintains children’s records to ensure compliance with health and nutritional needs. 
• Reviews and updates children files, including but not limited to data entry, filing, physical dental notices to parents, etc. 
• Conducts health screenings including vision, hearing, height and weight, and assists with dental screening under the supervision of the health manager or nurse consultant. 
• Works with families on children referral processes and follow up.
• Supports efforts to refer families for follow up with medical and dental care.
• Assists families in obtaining a complete medical, dental and developmental history for each child.
• Maintains a variety of logs, and inventory of health and nutrition supplies for classrooms.
• Conducts monthly safety checks of physical environment, playgrounds and completes monthly reports and follows up with facilities as needed.
• Monitors First Aid kits and and follows up as needed. 
• Under the supervision of the health manager the health advocate monitors children’s medications, medication administration documents and care plans and follows up as needed. 
• Conducts monthly safety drills, reports on the drills and provides follow-up as needed.
• Supports the accuracy of Health data.
• Collaborates with the Health Manager to educate teaching staff on children’s health and nutritional needs.
• Communicates with the LULAC team, parents, and children to provide information related to health and nutrition. 
• Participates in professional development- e.g. attending meetings, workshops, conferences, etc. 
• Other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

Required Education and Experience

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with an Associate’s Degree with a concentration in Health and Nutrition or certification in related field.  
• Any other combination of training and/or experience, which demonstrates that the applicant is likely to possess the required skills, knowledge and abilities, may be considered.
• Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred

Additional Requirements

• Ability to prioritize tasks and be flexible to programs changes deemed necessary.
• Ability to work in an open, fast-paced, nontraditional agency under high pressure.
• Ability to frequently meet deadlines with attention to detail.
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
• Computer literate and comfortable with acquiring new technology skills.
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to travel from site to site per program needs.
• Must have a health screening and TB test prior to start of employment.
• Must pass a criminal records check (Fingerprint Clearance)