Job Description

Houseparent

Starting at $16.59/hr! Pay based on experience

Masonic Villages of Pennsylvania - Elizabethtown Campus - is immediately hiring Houseparent's.

With over 145 years of providing award-winning care and services across the state of PA, Masonic Villages is driven by our Mission of Love to assist individuals in realizing their potential and enjoying the highest possible quality of life.

Why Choose Masonic Villages:

Each campus is supported by corporate leaders who are fully invested in our Mission of Love and hiring like-minded individuals who are committed to providing heartfelt customer service and contributing to our team environment. When you join our team you can expect:

• Industry-leading benefits such as $0 cost medical coverage option ***
• Vacation Time/Flex Time and Paid Holidays ***
• Option for pay in lieu of benefits.
• Pay on-demand. Access to a portion of your earned wages in real-time.
• Unlimited Referral Bonuses of up to $1,000 per referral
• Tuition and Educational Reimbursement ***
• Discounts for onsite Daycare
• Free Gym and Pool Membership
• Paid Lunch ***
• Discounted Grocery gift cards
• Discounted tickets for movies, theme parks, hotels, and MORE!
• Shoe discounts
• Cell phone discounts
• Weekend bonuses and additional shift bonuses!
• Employer matched Retirement Savings with free financial planning
• A commitment to growing our leaders, with at least 50% of our leadership positions being filled internally

Key: *** = Full Time & Part Time Regular Staff Only

As a Houseparent, you will carry out our Mission of Love by providing nurturing care, supervision, guidance, and discipline to the children in our care.

Our Houseparent is responsible for the following:

• Establishes and maintains good rapport and credibility with children in our care. Has close personal interchange with children. Maintains appropriate boundaries and professional relationship.
• Provides a home-like environment for children's cottages. Reports cottage needs and maintenance items.
• Accountable for children's whereabouts , participates in and supervises all children's activities in daily living including work, recreation, church and study
• Maintains positive communication with families, volunteers, college students, professionals, alumni, employees, and visitors in person and through telephone contact.
• Models good decision-making responsibility, communication, planning, and related activities.
• Performs housekeeping duties such as cleaning, laundry, and cooking.
• Completes required paperwork.
• Maintains good communication with other staff using appropriate forms of communication.
• Trained in the use of passive restraint concepts, uses preventative techniques to deescalate behavior, enforces routine and guidelines, assigns appropriate consequences, and reports incidents.
• Attends scheduled staff meetings, cottage meetings, educational meetings, team meetings etc.
• Transports children to appointments, shopping, work, school, church, and recreational activities.
• Understands and consistently follow through with procedures and policies established by the supervisory staff.

What You Have:

• Must meet the Department of Public Welfare required 40 hours of annual in-service training to include First Aid, CPR, Fire Safety, and the Heimlich Driving, Masonic Village, Resident Advocacy, and Medication Administration.
• Must possess a current motor vehicle operator's license from the state of Pennsylvania.
• At least 21 years of age, high school graduate or equivalent with one year experience involving the supervision of a group of children or experience of a practical nature with children.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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