GH (Youth) Direct Care Overnights

Group Home Direct Care Position - Awake Overnight Staff

STATUS: Part-Time, Hourly/Exempt from overtime.

HOURS WORKED: Varies, includes nights & weekends

SHIFTS AVAILABLE: 10:00 pm - 8:00 am Friday, Saturday & Sunday

PAY: $16.00 - $17.50 per hour (DOEE)

GAP Ministries is hiring for mature, compassionate direct care staff with a heart for ministry and ability to stay awake all night. In this position you will be supporting our house parent managers by performing bed checks, praying for the children and staff, cleaning common areas of the home, prepping food for meals, doing laundry - overall making the home clean, tidy and ready for a new day! This is a ministry opportunity to invest in the lives of children and youth by serving foster children in a group home in northwest Tucson, Arizona.

MISSION AND SERVICE

Live out and support the mission and core values of GAP Ministries in your daily work, reflecting compassion, purpose,

and service others.

Serve as a positive example of our culture by practicing servant leadership, communicating with care, showing respect, taking responsibility, acting with integrity, working as a team, and maintaining a hopeful, encouraging attitude.

Honor GAP Ministries’ Code of Conduct and Ethics and faithfully protect the privacy and confidentiality of those we serve in accordance with HIPAA guidelines.

Skills Required:

• At least 1 year of working with children either paid or volunteer experience
• Be at least 22 years of age
• Remain awake overnight
• Overnight availability
• Dependable
• Trustworthy
• Housekeeping skills

What You Will Do:

• Provide direct care to children during overnight hours
• Ensure the safety and well-being of children in care
• Follow established protocols and procedures
• Maintain accurate records and documentation
• Communicate effectively with team members and supervisors
• Participate in training and professional development opportunities
• Work as a team with house parents and managers to create a clean, safe, nurturing environment for children who come from difficult backgrounds.
• Complete many of the daily tasks you might take care of in your own home, from meal prep and laundry to transportation and housework to model to the children a healthy and welcoming home.

What We Expect From You:

• STAY AWAKE and help keep our homes clean and tidy.
• 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.
• Know how to turn on and navigate a computer and use a smart phone to request your vacation leave, submit reports, respond to email, and follow a Google Calendar for yourself and your house.
• Be willing to engage in our community and participate in outings, trainings, and staff activities.
• Embrace our mission and love our children placed under your supervision.
• Be flexible and have a great sense of humor in the worst of situations!

When Will You Work:

• 28- 30 hours per week
• Between Friday - Sunday
• Hours during training (about 90 days): 5:00 PM to Midnight
• Permanent Hours: 10:00 PM to 8:00 AM

How We Help You:

• We pay for your:
• • FBI fingerprint clearance check and Card.
  • Drug screen and physical examination (fit for duty).
  • Bi-Annual CPR, AED & First Aid Certification
  • Annual De-Escalation Certification
• We pay you during training.
• We clothe you in GAP apparel – well, at least one t-shirt.
• You accrue up to 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave annually to use as you want.
• You receive $600 a year in vouchers to shop our Community Warehouse and Treasures & More resale store.
• COSTCO Warehouse Gold Membership

FT Employees also receive:

• Your choice from 4 Medical Plans: 2 PPO plans and 2 Free HSA plans
• Employer Paid Dental
• Employer Paid Vision
• Dependents are eligible for insurance plans at employee’s cost
• Employer Paid $10,000 Life Insurance
• Additional 12 days of Paid Leave (PTO) accrued upon hire, increases 1st, 3rd & 5th year
• Access to employer matching retirement savings plan and retirement planning resources through Principal

Essential Skills We Need From You:

• Have at least 1 year of working with children either paid or volunteer experience.
• To be at least 22 years old in order to drive your home’s 15 passenger van.
• Provide at least a high school diploma or equivalency diploma (GED), and one year experience in working with children or related role.
• Successfully pass FBI fingerprint clearance check and procure a Fingerprint Clearance Card. R21-7-131.A.9.a
• Successful clearance of criminal background check(s), Central Registry in Arizona and any state(s) lived in within 5 years of hire in accordance with Title 21. R21-7-131.A.9.b
• Possess a valid driver license and a good 5-year driving record to drive 15 passenger van.
• Have manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills and be able to perform various physical tasks.

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. Although medical and recreational marijuana use is lawful in Arizona, as an Arizona Department of Child Services (ADCS) licensed contractor, 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..

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

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

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

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.

EOE STATEMENT

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.