Position Description: Residential Care Staff
Position Summary:
The HOHKC Residential Care Staff reports to the Residential Care Manager. This position requires a responsible individual with leadership qualities. They should excel in domestic custodial care and discipleship/mentoring. Custodial care will encompass supervision, guidance and discipline of adolescents residentially placed at House of Hope. The individual will demonstrate the ability to develop spiritual growth, lovingly correct attitudes, plan leisure time activities, and teach personal hygiene and basic living skills.
Responsibilities:
- Models a Christ-like life in all areas of speech, conduct, worship and service.
- Consults House Staff manual on regular basis for outlined house staff responsibilities and training
- Oversees residents as they perform the duties of household chores and gives instruction as needed
- Teaches and comes alongside the residents with basic life skills such as cooking, laundry, organization, time management and other daily activities.
- Lovingly nurtures the spiritual, emotional & physical growth of the residents.
- Has the willingness to spend quality time with the residents.
- Has a listening ear and an understanding heart for each resident based on a knowledge and understanding of each residents’ history.
- Completes daily shift reports.
- Administers medications according to House of Hope policies and procedures.
- Confronts and disciplines in love and follows through on disciplines given during your shift
- Attends monthly house staff meetings & trainings.
- Discipleship: confronting in love, prayer, and having an understanding to be able to explain the rules of the program. Uses every opportunity to teach and to make it practical for life lessons so the resident can continue to thrive in their healing journey.
