Family Advocate

Description

Be the Change for Children and Families.

Ready to make a real, lasting impact in your community? Join Devereux as a Family Advocate and help keep families safe and together, all while enjoying exceptional benefits and career growth!

Devereux Florida provides vital intervention services for families in crisis referred by the Department of Children and Families. Our mission is clear: to prevent children from entering the foster care system, eliminate abuse, neglect, and abandonment, and guide parents who need a trusted support system. As a field-based Family Advocate, you will work hand-in-hand with Case Managers to implement Safety Services and Support Plans, providing direct, in-home and community-based support to parents and children.

What You Will Do?

- Direct Family Support: Deliver immediate family engagement and hands-on assistance to actively manage and reduce danger threats in the home.

- Crisis Response: Provide reliable support as part of a 24/7 crisis response approach.

- Skills Training & Guidance: Empower parents with practical skills training and a professional, team-oriented approach to family preservation.

- Resource & Community Connection: Provide ongoing resource support—including food, housing, clothing, medical care, daycare, and counseling connections.

- Advocacy & Transport: Provide transportation to essential appointments when appropriate to ensure families never navigate their challenges alone.

Why This Role Matters

You will play a critical, front-line role in ensuring families quickly stabilize and build strong, healthy, and safe households where children can thrive, excel, and grow into confident individuals.

Position Details:

Salary: Starts at $17.50 - $19.95 / hr (rate is based on education and relevant experience). This is a position is eligible for up to a $2,000 sign-on bonus.

Schedule: Full time; Flexible schedule; this is NOT a 9-5 position

Location: This position is based out of Daytona, FL: providing field-based services throughout Volusia County.

Benefits and Rewards

- Up to 24 PTO days/year (increases with service)

- Up to 64 hours of sick time

- Low-cost medical, dental, vision Devereux Benefits

- 403(b) retirement plan

- ASCEND Tuition Program

- Student loan repayment assistance

- Payactiv: Access your earned wages early

- Employee Assistance Program & Discounts

See what it's like to work for our Family Builders Program!

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Qualifications

Education:

- High School Diploma or equivalent required

Experience:

- 1+ years working with at-risk children and families, child welfare, case management, social work, direct support, or related required

Other Requirements:

- Valid, unrestricted driver's license required

- Must be at least 21 years of age or older.

- Must be able to complete a 3-day new hire orientation class via MSTeams; hours are approximately 9:00am to 5:00pm each day

- Flexibility to train and/or provide coverage if needed at other Family Builders work locations such as in Deland, Daytona Beach or Palatka, FL.

- Successfully pass pre-employment medical screenings which include: Drug Test and TB Test.

- Successfully pass a Level 2 background screening with the State of Florida. To learn more visit: https://info.flclearinghouse.com.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Company Overview

Company Overview

Devereux is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations, providing services, insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912, Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical, therapeutic, educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10,000+ children, adults – and their families – every year.

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives – by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral or cognitive differences.

With nearly 6,500 employees working in programs across the country, Devereux is a trusted partner for families, schools and communities, serving individuals in the areas of autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, specialty mental health, education and foster care.

Our Culture, Our Expectations

At Devereux, Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven, people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide – every day – for the individuals and families we serve, and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work, and our team environment creates an empowering, positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux, you will: put the needs of others first, feel called to serve and called to lead. As a member of our team, you will be a significant part of our commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive work environment across all programs and services, and within all policies and employee practices.

We believe a workplace rooted in inclusivity – offering a sense of belonging to all those who walk through our doors – is fundamental to delivering the highest quality healthcare services. Through open dialogue and the creation of brave spaces, we will engage in work that gives each of us a chance to change the world – one person, one family, one community at a time.

What Devereux Offers You

In addition to a competitive salary, Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees, family members and domestic partners. Eligible employees are eligible to start benefits after 30 days of employment. In addition, we offer;

- Medical (including telemedicine via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care, and mental health services.

- Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.

- Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day), 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.

- Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

Visit www.mydevereuxbenefits.org to see why Devereux is a great place to work!

Devereux is a drug-free workplace, drug screening required. EOE