LULAC Head Start Inc. · 2 months ago
Health Advocate
New Haven, CT
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelLULAC Head Start Inc. is seeking a Health Advocate to support the Health Manager in ensuring quality assurance and compliance in the Health department. The role involves collaborating with various teams to maintain children's health records, conduct health screenings, and assist families in obtaining necessary health services.
Non-profit Organization Management
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred
Company
LULAC Head Start Inc.
Lulac Head Start Inc is a government administration company based out of 375 James St, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Founded in 1983
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Janic Maysonet, MBA
Family Community Partnership Manager
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