Family Advocate

Family & Children's Service

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Job Summary

Family Advocates provide services to support families in maintaining stability through addressing adjustment issues and family conflicts, assisting with accessing services within the community, and advocating on behalf of families within the social service, educational and health system of services. The Family Advocate safeguards the dignity and protects the rights and individuality of each caregiver under his/her care. The Family Advocate promotes client participation in all program services to assist clients in achieving self sufficiency, emotional well-being and family preservation.  The Family Advocate may also provide training and/or support to program participants. Family Advocates also model the Agency values of customer focus, life- long learning, decision making by fact and knowledge, systems perspective and continual improvement in all job duties and interactions internally/externally.

Job Responsibilities

• Receive referrals and complete assessments to determine family needs and assess the safety and well-being of the children and the caregivers.
• Verify eligibility and re-determination of eligibility, complete required documentation, and assist family in completing forms.
• Formulate action plans based on completed assessments with the family and work towards goal attainment of action plan developed.
• Assist families in accessing public and private community resources.
• Assist caregivers in obtaining services from and navigating systems of agencies such as DCS, DHS, Juvenile Court, schools, health services, etc.
• Make monthly home visits with caregivers and children and enter documentation into the designated database within the required timeframe.
• Keep digital charts up to date and compliant with program requirements.
• Complete monthly and quarterly data as required by federal, state, and relative caregiver guidelines and submit in a timely manner.
• Plan, coordinate and co-facilitate support groups.
• Assess, analyze, and identify solution strategies to assist families in achieving family preservation, stability and self-sufficiency.
• Provide emotional support to the caregiver and children and assist families with reunification efforts when appropriate.
• May coordinate storage facility and donated items.
• Attend court dates, Child & Family Team meetings (CFTM), Individualized Education Planning meetings (IEP), or other meetings pursuant to the needs of the caregiver and the child(ren).
• Assist teens who are transitioning to young adulthood by supporting them with educational and career opportunities.
• Plan and facilitate educational workshops around financial stability, educational success, permanency and others.
• Facilitate/Co-facilitate Teen and Youth Activity Groups and Enrichment Activities schedule.
• Attend scheduled staff meetings, training, and other agency/program meetings.
• Any other duties deemed appropriate by the Supervisor and/or Program Director.
• Regular attendance during office hours and reliable transportation required.

Qualifications

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a related discipline, or three to four years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Must reside within Davidson County.

Additional Information

Benefits

How to Apply

Submit resume to hrdept@fcsnashville.org

Details

• Date Posted: September 2, 2026
• Type: Full-Time
• Job Function: Programs and Service Delivery
• Service Area: Children / Youth
• Salary Range: 50,000