Houseparents - GAP Ministries

Job Description

Job Description

Houseparents-- GAP Ministries

GAP Ministries, a faith-based ministry serving Southern Arizona since 1999, is seeking mature, compassionate houseparents (live-in) with a heart for ministry. At GAP one will provide supervision, structure and assistance in meeting neglected children’s physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. Don’t miss this ministry opportunity to invest in the lives of children and youth by serving children in foster care in northwest Tucson, Arizona.

What One Will Do:

• Lovingly care for the needs of the children and model a Christ-centered character for children.
• Working as a team with one's husband/wife and one's house supports the statt to creating a safe, nurturing environment for children who come from difficult backgrounds.
• Creatively teach basic life skills and Christian values through positive behavior responses and engagement with children, doing homework, cleaning house, doing community activities, etc. either as a family, or one-on-one, as the needs require.
• Complete many of the daily tasks one might take care of in one's own home, from meal prep and laundry to transportation and housework to homework to model to the children a healthy family and welcoming home.
• Initiate and follow a daily schedule to create structure and stability for the children.
• Collaborate with team members on community activities, as families or adults only.
• Of course, there is plenty of paperwork.

Essential Skills We Need From the Candidate:

• Be physically fit to keep up with the children, home, and paperwork.
• Be self-aware so one is 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 smartphone to request one's vacation leave, submit reports, respond to email, and follow a Google Calendar for oneself and one's 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 one's supervision.
• Be flexible and have a great sense of humor in the worst of situations.

How Much Will One Earn: $80,000/year/couple (IE: $40,000 annually per person) based on a 48 hour work week (3-days at 16 hours/day). Out of State relocation assistance bonus is negotiable. After experience with our team there is a possibility to move to 4 days a week for $50,000 annually per person.

When One Will Work: 3 days on with 4 days off weekly, one must work weekends so one can enjoy family time and church attendance. One will also receive seventeen days of paid leave just in the first year.

What Will GAP Ministries Do For for the Candidate:

• Provide:
  • FBI fingerprint clearance check and Card
  • Medical and Mental Health physicals and Drug screen
  • Bi-Annual CPR, AED & First Aid Certification
  • Annual De-Escalation Certification
  • Paid training
  • Free company swag
  • accrue up to 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave annually to use as the applicant wants
  • $600 annually to shop our Community Warehouse and Treasures & More resale store
  • COSTCO Warehouse Gold Membership
• Full Time Employees also receive:
  • The applicant's choice from 3 Medical Plans: a PPO plan 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 after 1st, 3rd & 5th year
  • Access to employer matching retirement savings plan and retirement planning resources through Principal

What We Need From the Candidate:

• To be at least 22 years old in order to drive the applicant's home’s 15 passenger van
• Provide at least a high school diploma or equivalency diploma (GED), and one year experience working, or volunteering, with children
• Successfully pass FBI and interstate criminal history background checks promptly
• Possess a valid US driver license and a good 5-year driving record
• Drive a 15 passenger van to transport children

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 tolerance for marijuana; 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.

More About GAP Ministries:

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.