Providing Promising Futures

Full Time House Parents  | 

Be a part of something great, join the Bethesda Lutheran Services Team!

For over 100 years we have grown from a small orphanage to the leader in Mental & Behavioral Health Services, serving over 7000 children and youth from our local communities.

**Advertised wage is for two full-time house parents and includes other benefits such as housing, utilities, a vehicle, gas, entertainment, groceries as well as other benefits. **

Job Summary: The House Parents will live at the Petersen Home located in Meadville, PA, and will be responsible for providing temporary or long-term care to children removed from their own homes. The House Parents will be devoted to the well-being of the child(ren) living in the Petersen Home. The House Parents will teach the children socially acceptable behavior and provide the structure, discipline, support and nurturance that is necessary to raise children to have a sense of confidence, integrity, and acceptable behaviors.

Essential Functions of Position:

1. Provide a safe and comfortable home with a separate bed for each child and a place for
each child's personal belongings.

2. Ensure each child's attendance at school and monitor his/her progress.

3. Ensure both emergency and routine medical and dental needs are met.

4. Instruct and act as a role model for good health and hygiene habits.

5. Help children through the emotional process that occurs upon placement in a foster home.

6. Provide recreational and enrichment activities that will promote healthy development.

7. Provide age appropriate instruction in the areas of independent living skills, housekeeping, socialization, vocational training, education, recreation, and other areas as outlined in the treatment plan.

8. Enable children to maintain their religious affiliation, if they desire.

9. Plan individual, quality time with each child in the home.

10. Treat child(ren) with trust and respect in order to establish a mutually respectful relationship.

11. Help child(ren) to maintain a realistic relationship with their families through cooperation with visitation plans as outlined in the Individual Service Plan; assisting children as they prepare to return home or move into other placements as may be deemed necessary by the placing agency or the courts.

12. Attend court hearings, treatment planning meetings, and other meetings and appointments as needed.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Demonstrate successful experience (paid or volunteer) working with children from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds who may also be mentally or emotionally troubled.

Knowledge of family dynamics and child development.

Knowledge of the foster care system.

Superior organizational skills to maintain records, appointments, and important timelines.

Possess excellent parenting skills.

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Salary:

75k per year

Advertised wage is for two full-time house parents and includes other benefits such as housing, utilities, a vehicle, gas, entertainment, groceries as well as other benefits.