House Parent

House Parent

We are currently looking for a Full Time House Parent to join our Childrens Village Residential team located at the Chickasaw Children's Village.

Summary:

Works in conjunction with other house parents to provide a structured and caring environment for student's grades 1-12, with emphasis on Academic, Social, Cultural, Spiritual, and Physical well being. Provides live-in/on-site 24-hour presence/supervision to student cottages.

Responsibilities:

• Reports any unusual behavior, conflicts, or physical and mental health concerns to line of support
• Seeks support from leadership when experiencing personal challenges impacting work performance
• Provides orientation for new students and ensure all paperwork is complete
• Maintains preparedness and cleanliness of the cottage and living areas
• Maintains daily tasks and chore list for students and ensure completion
• Keeps cottage stocked with necessary food and non-food items
• Assists students with school and homework needs
• Enforces structure of student schedules in regard to sleep habits, school and activities
• Provides a structured and disciplined environment devoid of negative intervention methods
• Assists students in learning and developing through daily living skills training
• Ensures all student health and hygiene needs are met and attended to
• Provides stable and caring guidance to meet the individual needs of student's emotional and social development
• Prepares reports as needed or requested
• Provides first class customer service - courteous and helpful to all internal and external customer types
  - Answers questions in a courteous and professional manner
  - Greets and engages with a smile
  - Determines needs, seeks positive experience and outcomes
• Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
• Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
  - Maintains general upkeep of work area and maintains a safe environment
  - Maintains and promotes professionalism
  - Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
  - Adheres to Chickasaw Nation dress code standards
• Maintains knowledge of and follows all laws, rules, regulations, policies and SOPs for assigned area, e.g. MICS, TICS, hospital standards, health codes, food sanitation, accounting principles, etc.
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Competencies:

• Ability to work effectively in a stressful environment or situation
• Ability to recognize, interpret, and regulate your own emotions, and understand those of other people
• Ability to use a trauma-informed approach with individuals, which promotes environments of healing and recovery
• Demonstrates and prioritizes personal well-being and utilize available resources as needed to support others effectively
• Able to follow instructions, both written and oral
• Able to adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements
• Maintains strict confidentiality in all matters
• Good driving record and be insurable by the Chickasaw Nation
• Operate standard and automatic vehicles
• Must be self-motivated
• Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
• Able to read, understand, apply, and retain knowledge of Chickasaw Nation, departmental, divisional and all other rules, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines
• Ability to relate with youth, parents and training partners
• Must have empathetic understanding of common social problems (i.e., addictions, mental health problems, domestic violence, sexual assault, etc.)
• Organizes work and assigned area logically and orderly
• Must be friendly with an outgoing personality
• Ability to remain calm under stress
• Establishes professional working relationships as appropriate
• Works well within a team
• Organizational and time-management
• Ability to plan, organize and follow through on assignments
• Able to verbally communicate in a professional and positive manner with other team members, departments, guests and management
• Teach children various skills and knowledge

Skills:

• Must be familiar with the Microsoft Office Suite of products
• Demonstrates strong self-management skills, including maintaining a healthy work life balance to ensure quality customer service

Experience:

• 2 years directly related experience

Education:

• High School, GED or Equivalent

Credentials:

• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Pass general background check
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification (CPR)
• Standard Driver's License
• Nonessential:
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