Bilingual Health Advocate for Head Start Services

Community Health Systems; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 39,647 - 81,746; Full time

Job summary

Venice Family Clinic is seeking a Health Advocate to support Head Start Health Services. You'll assist with follow-ups, referrals, appointments, reporting, monitoring, and maintain an effective record-keeping system to ensure health and disabilities requirements are fulfilled.

Under the guidance of the Health Services Manager, you will travel to locations as needed and work in a bilingual environment, with emphasis on confidentiality and professional judgment.

Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills, bilingual in Spanish.
• Good interpersonal skills; ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with staff, children, parents, and other agencies.
• Ability to exercise professional judgment, evaluate information before making decisions, and maintain all information in strict confidentiality.
• Experience working with Childplus.net and Nextgen databases, internet, and MS Office Suite (MS Excel and Word).
• A valid CA State driver’s license, ability to travel to other locations as needed, and schedule flexibility.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, medical documentation, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to assess information, solve practical problems, and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Responsibilities

• Assist with follow-ups, referrals, appointments, reporting, monitoring, and maintaining an effective record‑keeping system for Head Start Health Services.
• Ensure health and disabilities requirements are fulfilled in the Head Start Performance Standards.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Interpersonal skills

Professional judgment

Confidentiality

Tools

ChildPlus.net

NextGen

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Office Suite

Job description

Venice Family Clinic is seeking a Health Advocate to support Head Start Health Services. You'll assist with follow-ups, referrals, appointments, reporting, monitoring, and maintain an effective record-keeping system to ensure health and disabilities requirements are fulfilled.

Under the guidance of the Health Services Manager, you will travel to locations as needed and work in a bilingual environment, with emphasis on confidentiality and professional judgment.