Employment Requirements:

The Hope House accepts resumes at all times. Submitted resumes will be held until a position is available. At that time the resumes on file will be reviewed and interviews will be scheduled. No application will be considered without a resume on file in The Hope House office.

Initial Minimal Requirements

Minimal PROOF of HIGH SCHOOL EDCATION as required by state law.

CPR/First Aid: Have to have completed within 30 days of employment.
TB Skin Test: Have to have completed within 30 days of employment.
Physical: Have to have completed within 30 days of employment.

Managing Aggressive Behavior Training: You will be told what days your training is to be.  If you are unable to attend training on the required days, you will not be allowed to continue employment and reach “FULL TIME TRAINED” status until training is completed.

EMPLOYEES

The Director/Intake-Case Coordinator will be on site to oversee the daily running of the home. Normal working hours for this position are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday and on-call for emergencies at all times except for vacation time. During this time, the Assistant Director will take call and any other time that is deemed necessary. All staff will be notified if Assistant Director is placed on-call.

The Assistant Director will work from 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. This position is responsible for assisting the Director with administrative and intake duties and for assisting the Director with teaching the residents hygiene, nutrition, and group activities and other duties as assigned.

STAFF:
2 staff will work from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday-Sunday.
2 staff will work from 2:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday-Sunday.
Overnight staff will work from 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Sunday-Saturday.

The staff ratio during awaken hours is seven boys to one staff (7: 1). During sleep hours, staff ratio is ten boys to one staff (1 0: I). During sleeping hours, the overnight staff is to have all alarms set and remain awake.

STAFF JOB DUTIES

Responsibilities shall include but not be limited to the following:

• To provide service in the following areas: daily living services, transportation, recreation, personal health and hygiene education, independent living education, behavior management and remediation, and youth communication skills.


• To provide day-to-day care, custody, and treatment of the youth in the program.


• To assist the Director in any way the Director directs.


• To maintain reasonable cleanliness and sanitation standards in the home and/or grounds.


• To develop and maintain good relations with the juvenile court, social welfare department, the youth's parents and the community.


• To supervise the progress of youth admitted to the program as well as make any necessary recommendations to the Director regarding a youth's program and/or specialized services.


• To supervise and train the alternate Staff.


• Keep track of food and other supplies, notifying the Director when more supplies are needed.


• Insuring that all locks are secured at all times, and privacy is maintained in cooperation with the Director for any/all records, medications, treatments, diagnosis, progress, and general development.


• To attend required training of a minimum of 45 hours per year.


• To do required paper work to maintain the facility.


• To assist each resident as needed with the academic tutoring work if qualified to do so.

Job Descriptions

Teaching Parent

Assistant Teaching Parent

Overnight Awake Staff

 

NON-DISCRIMINATORY POLICY

In compliance with Kansas Statues, Hope House Group Home shall operate as an Equal Opportunity Employer, providing employment opportunities without regard to race, religion, color, sex, physical handicaps, national origin, or ancestry in maters of recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensations, layoff and/or termination.
Furthermore, as a licensed facility (via Kansas SRS), Hope House Group Home shall provide resident services and programming without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, or ancestry. However, residents must meet SRS referral guidelines for placement in regards to sex, age, and appropriate level for placement, and physical and mental handicaps.

All Purely Administrative Policies are subject to the Director's discretion subject to Advisory Board oversight.