About Us

Meet Joan Lockhart, Executive Director Read about Joan in the Napa Valley Marketplace... http://nvmarketplace.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/finding-napa-july-2007/ How We Work When a child is diagnosed with a disability -- which can be anything from a learning issue like ADHD, a mental health issue like Bipolar disorder, a developmental issue like autism, to a physical health issue like cerebral palsy -- families usually are overwhelmed. "What do I do?" is a common question. The situation typically is experienced as a crisis. This is where ParentsCAN comes to offer vital assistance.

Our Family Advocates guide families through the systems and social service resources available to help them become a healthy, whole familyagain, and to train parents to become advocates for their children with special needs. ParentsCAN helps parents, siblings and children meet the challenges they face with hope and confidence.

ParentsCAN is dedicated to the fundamental principle that every family deserves to be a healthy family -- to reach their fullest potential for health, happiness, and independence. Families with children who have special needs are no exception. We believe that the best way for children with disabilities to achieve their potential is by remaining united with their families.

ParentsCAN staff members are uniquely qualified to help -- they are all fully trained advocates for special needs children. More importantly, each Family Advocate on our staff is the parent of a child with a disability or healthcare issue. When a family asks "What do I do?”, our staff can help because they've been there.

ParentsCAN is the only Napa County-based resource that addresses the needs of families who have children with disabilities, providing parent-to-parent peer support, resources, support groups and workshops for information about systems and skill building. Our staff is the most highly trained team of advocates in the area of disability and healthcare issues in Napa County.

Who We Are

Board of Directors 2008

ParentsCAN Staff

Joan Lockhart	Executive Director
Jan Hanson	Operations Manager
Marlena Garcia	Program Director
Karen Roby	Site Supervisor for Behavioral Health
Open	Site Supervisor for Education & Health Care
Open	Intake Coordinator/Office Assistant

Program Area:	Advocate/Parent Partner:
Child Welfare Services & Village Project Child Welfare Services, bilingual Education Education, bilingual Full Service Partnership/Adult Mental Health, bilingual Health Care Liaison, bilingual Juvenile Probation Juvenile Probation, bilingual Up Valley and Kinship Support, bilingual Up Valley Family Advocate Up Valley, bilingual Village Project	DeAnna Moore Aldo Hernandez Donna Arbios Rosa Ambriz Juanita Pena Monica Linarez Pat Wells Martha Soto Hilda Gutierrez Vilma Moreno Dodds Maria Calderon Christine Lieber

CONTACT US for more information

Posted ParentsCAN Job Opportunities

Join our ParentsCAN team!  Two newly created positions now open:

SITE SUPERVISOR

One 20 hours per week position - Health & Education programs

The Site Supervisor oversees and coordinates the work of family advocates/parent partners in their assigned program area.  Works in collaboration with local agencies to assure coordinated services to families of children with disabilities in Napa County.  Compiles data and produces reports on client activity and services.

Required experience:

• Supervision/management of staff to include excellent communication, organization and time management skills
• Knowledge of program/system area
• Ability to represent ParentsCAN and the “disability voice” at community and inter-agency meetings
• Excellent skills in engaging and working with others from diverse ethnic and cultural groups
• Knowledge of database input and reporting

Preferred experience:

• Parent of a child with a disability
• Bilingual English/Spanish

To apply send a cover letter and resume detailing your experience in management of people and data and/or programs to:

ParentsCAN, 3299 Claremont Way, Suite 3, Napa, CA 94559

Fax: 707.253.2244

Email: parents@parentscan.org

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INTAKE COORDINATOR/OFFICE ASSISTANT:
20 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Required experience: Communication, organization, customer service, database, bilingual English/Spanish.

Essential Duties/Tasks

Communication:
• First contact and impression of ParentsCAN with phone callers and visitors to the office
• Handles all incoming calls within capacity/knowledge; routes calls as needed
• Acts as intake coordinator for new clients; routing of client information to appropriate staff
• Maintains conference room use schedule/calendar
• Takes minutes at staff meetings and other meetings as required

Office Support:
• Supports staff with correspondence, reports and filing
• Creates correspondence for Executive Director’s signature
• Maintains files and records for Board of Directors, including information packets and member binders
• Assists with donor database - input, data management, reporting, tickler file for Executive Director
• Research of data for potential grants
• Maintains resource library, including check out, organization, ordering new books
• Inventories and purchases office supplies, equipment


To apply please send a cover letter and resume to ParentsCAN in one of these ways:

Mail: 3299 Claremont Way, Ste. 3, Napa, CA 94558
Fax: 707-253-2244
Email: parents@parentscan.org -- please indicate the position you are applying for in the subject line.