Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) Advocate

Are you passionate about empowering parents and building stronger families? Cowlitz Family Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center looking for a Parent-Child Assistance Advocate to provide compassionate support, resources, and guidance to families in need. If you’re ready to make an impact in your community, we want to hear from you!

The Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) is a paraprofessional intervention for high-risk women and their families. This position will be responsible for providing direct outreach, home visitation case management, and advocacy services to high-risk mothers who have used alcohol and/or drugs heavily during pregnancy, and to their children, partners, and extended families when needed. The PCAP Advocate maintains a professional, collegial positive relationship with staff and clients.

Benefits: We offer competitive wages and benefits including:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vison Plans – 100% for employee, up to 50 % for spouse/dependent(s) depending on plan
• Vacation: 160 hours per year to start, accrued bi-weekly
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Matching 403b Retirement Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance- $50,000 employer paid
• Long Term Disability and AD&D employer paid
• Employee Assistance Plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance.

Cowlitz Family Health Center provides a wide range of services to all individuals, regardless of background or socio-economic status, including medical, dental, family planning, substance abuse treatment, and behavioral health services. We believe every person has value, is worthy of respect, and deserves quality care regardless of their financial situation. Cowlitz Family Health Center is growing and evolving. We are looking for people who share our vision, want to use their skills to provide exceptional customer service to our patients, and can adapt as we continue to make positive changes.

Cowlitz Family Health Center is a drug-free workplace and performs drug testing consistent with federal guidelines in the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. All candidates who receive a written offer of employment will be required to undergo testing for commonly abused controlled substances.

• 4-year BA or BS degree and 4 years of community-based experience working with high-risk populations
• Experience on issues/projects working with prenatal substance abuse or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to effectively engage with high-risk mothers and their families
• Ability to conduct interviews covering extremely sensitive and confidential issues
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Minimum of 1-2 years of previous/related experience.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Valid, unrestricted driver’s license.
• Must maintain all certifications necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of this position
• Ability to work with a low-income, multi-ethnic patient population and a demonstrated ability to relate respectfully and effectively to people of diverse racial, educational and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Must be a confident, self-directed individual who can work within a team as well as independently
• Strong communication, organization, documentation and record keeping skills necessary.