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The core skill of this job is not control. It is steadiness — remaining regulated when a young person is not, so that she can borrow your calm until she finds her own.
Seven people keep one house of up to five girls safe and cared for, every hour of every day. Every role is a W-2 job with the training to do it.
The roles
None of the roles is open yet. Each role's pay range and how to apply are to be announced, and will be in its posting.
Child Care Worker
Pay: to be announcedPart-time, about 32 hours a week in eight-hour shifts, including awake overnights, weekends and holidays
The person the girls actually live with day to day: supervision, care and daily support for up to five girls, the daily schedule, and the safety of the house.
Qualifications: High school diploma or GED; 21 or older.
Lead Child Care Worker
Pay: to be announcedHourly, about 30 hours a week: three direct-care shifts plus supervision
Works shifts alongside the team, keeps the program schedule, supervises the child care workers, and is the supervisor on call whenever the girls are home.
Qualifications: A bachelor's degree and one year working with children, or an associate's degree or 60 credit hours and three years working with children; 21 or older; A Department-approved medications administration course within the past two years; Restrictive procedure training within the past year, if you will use one.
Relief Child Care Worker
Pay: to be announcedHourly, variable, about 16 hours a week on average
Covers scheduled and unscheduled shifts so no shift ever goes uncovered. The same work, the same training and the same checks as every child care worker; only the schedule differs.
Qualifications: High school diploma or GED; 21 or older.
Director
Pay: to be announcedFull-time, salaried, on call around the clock, with a rotating presence across all shifts, including nights, weekends and holidays
Runs the home and answers for the girls' safety, every policy and the home's licensing. Not a back-office role: present in the house, known to the girls and seen by staff on every shift.
Qualifications: A master's degree and two years in administration or human services, or a bachelor's degree and four years; A valid driver's license, an acceptable driving record and age 21 or older.
The shifts
Three eight-hour shifts, 21 a week. The night shift is awake all night. New staff work paired with an experienced colleague until their first 30 hours of training are done.
Day 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Mornings, school runs, appointments, and the quiet hours when records get written
Evening 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
School return, homework, dinner, family calls and visits, lights out; the busiest shift
Night 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Awake all night: a check on each girl every hour, the house, and whatever the night brings
What every role requires
- Three background checks before any contact with the girls: Pennsylvania State Police, the Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Certification, and an FBI fingerprint check
- A health statement from a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant, renewed every two years, and a physical and TB screening before you start
- Orientation before you work with the girls, 30 hours of training before you work alone, and 40 hours of training a year after your first
- Current first aid, Heimlich and CPR certification, renewed at least every year
- Mandated reporter training under Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Law
- A valid driver's license, an acceptable driving record and age 21 or older if you drive the girls anywhere
- Every role is a W-2 job. No one here works as a contractor.