House Parent

House Parents for Foster Care Group Home (Youth)

Make a difference by making a home.

GAP Ministries, a faith-based ministry serving Southern Arizona since 1999, is looking for a House Parent Manager married couple who is passionate about children, committed to following Christ, and ready to invest in the lives of children in foster care.

As House Parents, you will help create a safe, nurturing, Christ-centered home where children can experience stability, learn important life skills, build healthy relationships, and grow emotionally, spiritually, and physically. You will work as part of a larger Christ-centered team that values honesty, integrity, respect, compassion, responsibility, and servant leadership.

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WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a House Parent Manager, you will:

• Create a home environment where children feel safe, cared for, respected, and supported.
• Provide direct care and supervision for children in GAP Ministries' foster care group home.
• Teach children practical life skills, including personal responsibility, household chores, appropriate behavior, and healthy relationships.
• Use Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) strategies and GAP's Behavior Management Plan to build trust and respond appropriately to challenging behaviors.
• Work alongside your spouse or teammates to jointly manage the home and care for the children.
• Help establish daily routines, schedules, meals, homework time, recreation, appointments, and other activities.
• Build meaningful relationships with children through activities such as games, hiking, biking, swimming, and other recreation.
• Provide transportation for appointments, activities, shopping, and other needs as necessary.
• Maintain a clean, safe, organized, and inspection-ready home, yard, and vehicles.
• Complete required documentation accurately and on time while maintaining confidentiality.
• Communicate and work closely with the Group Home Manager, teammates, DCS, and other professionals involved in the care of the children.
• Embrace and exhibit GAP Ministries' mission and core values and love our children placed under your mentorship and care..
• Continue growing personally in leadership and spiritual life while serving as an example of Christ-centered character.
• Remain flexible because caring for children sometimes requires evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and school breaks.

WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE

Salary: $74,000-$125,800 annually per couple based on a (3-day to 5-day work week)

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid leave, COSTCO membership, grocery vouchers, etc.

Housing: Housing provided in the Group Home house

Meals: Meals provided as part of the position

JOIN THE GAP MINISTRIES' TEAM

This is a unique opportunity for someone who wants their work to have a lasting impact on the lives of children.

If you are ready to open your heart, share your life, and help children experience a safe and Christ-centered environment, we would love to hear from you.

GAP Ministries is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

?Being authorized to work in the United States is a precondition of employment. GAP Ministries does NOT sponsor employment visas.

Learn more at gapmin.com or visit our YouTube channel.

GAP Ministries , a faith-based ministry standing in the GAP for those in need in three core areas: Children, Family, and Community. GAP has been serving Southern Arizona since 1999.

CHILDREN - GAP Ministries began by caring for foster children in the home of our founders, and that aspect of the ministry has grown over the years, depending on the need, from 9-14 family model group homes where the love of God is shared with the children and teens each day. GAP also licenses and trains individuals and couples to care for foster children to increase the number of homes where these children can live and thrive while away from their own family.

FAMILY - Children are at the heart of GAP, but if we continually care for abused and neglected children but never help their families, it becomes a never-ending cycle. If we can begin to heal these families we can change the direction of their lives and generationally impact them going forward. To heal the root causes of the foster care crisis, GAP has programs to provide supervised visitation and parent aid for the birth parents. It is our desire and goal to see healthy restoration of families when possible

COMMUNITY - Breaking cycles of poverty and creating transformed communities. Tucson is a beautiful city, but unfortunately there are many children, women, and men who are really struggling. One in four of our residents are below the poverty line. GAP's Community Warehouse reclaims food and new items from major retailers that would otherwise end up in landfills, and redistributes them to individuals in need through nonprofit partnerships.

GAP Ministries is all about impacting One Life. Because we believe each and every person matters to God, we strive to lift up each child we care for and each individual we serve to become all God made them to be and live out their best life.

THIS IS MORE THAN A JOB

This position is designed for a couple that is comfortable becoming part of a community and sharing life with the children entrusted to GAP Ministries' care. You will help provide consistency, structure, encouragement, and a genuine sense of home.

This is a hands-on role. You should enjoy being active with children and be comfortable stepping in when children need guidance, encouragement, correction, or simply someone who will spend time with them.

The right couple will be able to remain calm in challenging situations, use good judgment, accept constructive feedback, and work cooperatively with teammates.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

You may be a good fit for this position if you:

• Are at least 22 years old.
• Have a high school diploma/equivalency and at least one year of experience providing direct care to children.
• Have a genuine desire to serve children and families.
• Demonstrate strong character, honesty, integrity, impartiality, and respect.
• Can build trusting relationships while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Can remain calm and make sound decisions during stressful situations.
• Are comfortable working in an active, sometimes unpredictable home environment.
• Be physically fit to keep up with the children, home, and paperwork!
• Be self-aware so you are emotionally able to display warmth and able to enjoy and be comfortable. with active, occasionally frustrated, and disorganized children.
• Are willing to learn and apply Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), behavior management, crisis intervention, and other required practices.
• Are comfortable using computers, email, calendars, and online documentation systems.
• Have a great sense of humor in the worst of situations!

REQUIRED CLEARANCES & CERTIFICATIONS

GAP assists all employees to obtain required clearances and certifications. Because this is a safety-sensitive position working with children, selected candidates must meet GAP Ministries and applicable state requirements, including:

• FBI fingerprint clearance and Fingerprint Clearance Card
• Required criminal background and Central Registry checks
• Pre-employment and random alcohol/drug screening
• Required staff training, including TBRI, Behavior Management, Conflict Resolution, Crisis Intervention/De-escalation, and Medication Administration
• Obtain CPR and First Aid certification, including adult and pediatric CPR
• Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification and ongoing required training

DRIVING REQUIREMENTS

House Parent Managers may need to transport children, run errands, and attend appointments or activities.

Applicants must:

• Have a valid driver's license held for at least five years.
• Meet GAP Ministries' and DCS driving/insurability requirements.
• Provide a 60-month driving record.
• Have access to a safe, reliable vehicle with appropriate insurance.
• Be willing and able to transport children using a company provided 15-passenger van almost daily.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

This is an active, hands-on position. House Parent Managers must be able to perform physical tasks associated with caring for children and maintaining a home, including standing, walking, bending, kneeling, lifting, carrying, driving, cooking, cleaning, and other daily household activities.

The position may require lifting up to 50 pounds, separating children during a physical altercation, and assisting or carrying a child when necessary.

GAP Ministries is a smoke-free, alcohol-free, and drug-free workplace and requires drug screening of all new employees as well as random screenings to ensure enforcement of this policy. Our policy also includes zero acceptance for marijuana use. Although medical and recreational marijuana use is lawful in Arizona, GAP Ministries must comply with all state and federal laws. Since federal law prohibits the use of marijuana, employees are prohibited from consuming marijuana in any of its various forms.

No pets allowed, at this time all our homes which can accommodate pets are staffed. You are welcome to call to find if this situation is current .