Houseparents, Full-Time

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Experience working with children or youth—such as teaching, coaching, social services, childcare, or residential care
• •Understanding of the challenges many students from diverse and often under-resourced backgrounds may face
• •Comfort working in a multicultural environment
• •Commitment to promoting equity, inclusion, and respect
• •Strong communication skills
• •Teamwork
• •Collaborative mindset
• •Ability to follow established protocols
• •Contribution to a professional, mission-driven culture
• •High levels of energy
• •Empathy
• •Patience
• •Organizational skill
• •Dependability as a caregiver
• •Ability to manage household logistics such as meal planning
• •Ability to perform basic budgeting for home needs
• •Ability to coordinate transportation to school functions or appointments
• •Ability to maintain a clean, orderly living space
• •Strong role-modeling capability
• •Ability to coach students in conflict resolution
• •Ability to teach social skills
• •Ability to teach personal responsibility
• •Ability to maintain clear expectations
• •Ability to enforce consistent discipline that aligns with school policies
• •Ability to plan recreational activities
• •Ability to participate in community service
• •Ability to participate in cultural experiences
• •Ability to coordinate daily routines such as wake-up, mealtimes, homework, recreation, and bedtime
• •Ability to support students in developing strong study habits
• •Ability to support students in developing life skills
• •Ability to support students in developing positive character traits
• •Ability to communicate regularly with teachers, administrators, health services, and other support staff
• •Ability to monitor student progress and behavior
• •Ability to collaborate with the broader MHS community
• •Ability to ensure students' needs are met in a consistent, caring way
• •Ability to manage a group of students
• •Ability to provide daily care, structure, and supervision for a group of students
• •Ability to foster a nurturing, stable home environment
• •Ability to create a safe, respectful, and inclusive living environment
• •Ability to help students grow academically, socially, and emotionally
• •Ability to guide students in behavior, decision-making, and interpersonal relationships
• •Ability to coach students in conflict resolution
• •Ability to coach students in social skills
• •Ability to coach students in personal responsibility
• •Ability to maintain clear expectations
• •Ability to enforce consistent discipline that aligns with school policies
• •Ability to plan and participate in recreational activities
• •Ability to plan and participate in community service
• •Ability to plan and participate in cultural experiences
• •Ability to expose students to new interests
• •Ability to support students' personal development
• •Ability to manage household logistics such as meal planning
• •Ability to perform basic budgeting for home needs
• •Ability to coordinate transportation to school functions or appointments
• •Ability to maintain a clean, orderly living space
• •Ability to work on campus
• •Ability to reside in school-provided housing attached to or near the student home
• •Ability to work extended blocks of on-duty time
• •Ability to work scheduled time off
• •Ability to be a dependable caregiver
• •Ability to manage household logistics such as meal planning
• •Ability to perform basic budgeting for home needs
• •Ability to coordinate transportation to school functions or appointments
• •Ability to maintain a clean, orderly living space
• •Ability to work with children or youth—such as teaching, coaching, social services, childcare, or residential care
• •Ability to understand the challenges many students from diverse and often under-resourced backgrounds may face
• •Ability to work in a multicultural environment
• •Ability to promote equity, inclusion, and respect
• •Ability to communicate regularly with teachers, administrators, health services, and other support staff
• •Ability to monitor student progress and behavior
• •Ability to collaborate with the broader MHS community
• •Ability to ensure students' needs are met in a consistent, caring way
• •Ability to provide guidance in behavior, decision-making, and interpersonal relationships
• •Ability to coach students in conflict resolution, social skills, and personal responsibility
• •Ability to maintain clear expectations and consistent discipline that align with school policies
• •Ability to plan and participate in recreational activities, community service, and cultural experiences
• •Ability to expose students to new interests and support their personal development
• •Ability to manage household logistics such as meal planning, basic budgeting for home needs, coordinating transportation to school functions or appointments, and maintaining a clean, orderly living space
• •Ability to be comfortable working in a multicultural environment
• •Ability to be committed to promoting equity, inclusion, and respect
• •Ability to have strong communication skills
• •Ability to demonstrate teamwork
• •Ability to exhibit a collaborative mindset
• •Ability to follow established protocols
• •Ability to contribute to a professional, mission-driven culture
• •Ability to be a mission-oriented individual or couple
• •Ability to seek meaningful, long-term work that directly impacts students' lives
• •Ability to help students build the confidence, resilience, and skills needed for future success