Houseparents
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Landmarks for Families

Job description

Houseparents

Landmarks for Families is seeking married couples to fill the importantrole of Houseparents.

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Supervisor's Title: Residential Director

Schedule: Will work seven (7) days every other week and be off in alternate weeks.

OVERALL JOB PURPOSE: Responsible for providing a safe, nurturing, and therapeutic environment with optimal learning for abused/neglected youth. House Parents work in a structured, home-like environment and are responsible for providing emotional, physical, intellectual, and psychological support to clients. House Parents are responsible for teaching life skills to youth aging out of the foster care system.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: The House Parents will provide youth with a caring environment in which to grow and learn; model and teach social skills, self-help skills, academic skills, and independent living skills; foster the moral and spiritual development of youth; administer the day-to-day operations of a large family residence; supervise and work with other professional Family Teachers in carrying out responsibilities; and maintain confidentiality of youth and program information. The House Parent is provided a private living area to sleep, shower, and spend time when they are not on duty and to receive personal visitors. The House Parent will model healthy grocery shopping with the residents as well as model independence by making their own healthy meals in the kitchen. Food, entertainment, household items, supplies, and utilities will be paid for by Landmarks for Families as the Family Teacher lives in and manages the group home.

The House Parent will be responsible to care for up to 10 residents, aged 13 - 21. Initiates and ensures completion of daily activities related to maintenance of resident schedules including completion of chores, laundry, food service/meals. Initiates reports that improve the safety and security of the building. Actively takes steps to improve physical environment in order to increase the therapeutic nature of the program. Effectively assists Residential Director in coordinating all aspects of the day-to-day program operations. Initiates proactive problem solving to improve client care services. Follows policies and procedures and adheres to licensing and auditing standards. Ensures facility cleanliness. Completes other duties as assigned by supervisor. The House Parent will be an important part of a caring and supportive team to provide the residents with effective treatment.

Specific Duties:

• Teach residents to engage in appropriate social behavior using the Teaching-Family Model (paid training is provided for full-time employees).

• Provide a supportive, sensitive, and caring environment.

• Provide supervision and monitoring to residents in care.

• Schedule doctor and dentist appointments for residents.

• Provide for moral/educational development.

• Keep records by ensuring skill cards, incident reports, medication logs, and allowance forms are complete.

• Schedule and conduct weekly meetings to discuss the residents, their goals, the home, and upcoming events to ensure coordination among staff members.

• Assist with weekly activities.

• Maintain physical facilities of the home.

• Accept feedback and direction from the Director of Residential Programs.

• Help the residents respect their boundaries within the main part of the home and the individuals who reside there.

• Plan and oversee preparation of nutritious meals and snacks that are in line with guidelines from a nutritionist.

• Attend to all the physical, emotional and treatment needs of each individual resident in an ethical and responsible manner.

• Plan and organize a lesson from the Independent Living manual each week and document each lesson.

• Supervise and follow through with the weekly and monthly skill building activities planned for the residents.

Candidates are required to:

This job description is not intended to be a complete and exhaustive statement of the requirements of the job of the House Parent. It is more representative of what is typical of this job. Because the House Parent acts as a resident's guardian and substitute parent it is impossible to describe all of the things that may be involved in this job. The House Parent may be asked to do other things that are not listed here, as directed by his or her supervisor or as the circumstances may dictate.

Job Type: Full-time; one week on, one week off schedule.

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• On site housing available on campus during off weeks

Work Location:

• North Charleston, SC and/or Moncks Corner, SC

Company's website:

• landmarksforfamilies.org

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply

Work Remotely:

• No