What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cottage Support Staff 4 day work week (Thursday - Sunday) position at Bethany Children's Home?
Starting rate up to $21 per hour.
Overview
Do you have a passion for helping teens realize their full potential? Are you looking to join a committed and collaborative team that strives to show up and provide our best selves and best work? Bethany Children's Home is looking to add to our Cottage Support Staff Team on its Womelsdorf campus!
A Day in the Life
Are you ready to jump in!? You’ll be joining some pretty awesome, dedicated and compassionate Team Members who carry out our mission on a daily basis. You’ll be the role model, mentor and life experience extraordinaire to our youth, who are residing with us on a temporary basis. Assisting with all
daily living activities, you’ll be helping with meals, education and programming fun. This can include, but is not limited to, transporting to off-campus appointments, promoting a safe and healthy environment, modeling life skill development, and other responsibilities as assigned.
Bethany's Cottage Life program serves youth referred by Children & Youth Services or Juvenile Probation who have been temporarily removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or other family trauma. Bethany provides a specialized setting for children and youth who are at risk for, or are survivors of, human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Our programs range from short-term intensive residential services to supervised independent living and offer youth-centered care to promote growth, change, and independence. Bethany embraces a trauma-informed whole system approach designed to facilitate the development of structures, processes, and behaviors on the part of the team members, youth, and the community that can counteract the biological, affective, cognitive, social, and existential wounds suffered by the youth. Bethany fosters a safe, non-violent, social, emotional, and moral environment for all on campus.
The Ideal Candidate
You have a minimum of a high school diploma and, preferably, prior experience working with a school-aged population. You are knowledgeable in delivering trauma-informed care to others (or are ready and willing to learn!). You're able to communicate effectively by balancing listening and speaking, writing clearly, and influencing others. You're able to demonstrate excellent teamwork skills by being helpful, accountable, respectful and approachable. You seek out learning opportunities and are hungry for more. You’re able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and can easily reprioritize as needs arise.
Full time candidates: 4 days a week: 10-hour shifts
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Bethany does not require that Team Members be vaccinated against COVID-19 or the seasonal flu; however, as a Joint Commission accredited organization, Bethany recommends getting vaccinations according to CDC guidelines and is required to document each Team Member's vaccination status. If you join our Team, you will be given the opportunity to either produce a copy of your vaccination record or sign a declination form if you have chosen to not receive the COVID-19 and/or the seasonal influenza vaccinations.
Why Work for Us?
At Bethany, we believe that every Team Member is essential in creating a safe, supportive environment to walk alongside our youth as they heal. We'll provide you the resources and support to grow as an Ideal Team Player with the tools to best prepare you to serve in a trauma-informed environment. Don't just take our word for it; here's what one of our Team Members recently had to say on social media about his experience as a Bethany Team Member:
"...You all know how much I love my job, but to me, it’s not a job, but a passion. A passion that daily when I come here, along with hundreds of other Team Members, I have a chance to impact young lives for the better and help them to find their very best as they become young adults. I'm proud to be part of this team... that protects and helps our Youth feel safe. There is no better feeling."
Plus, our benefits are pretty amazing! Some highlights include:
- Low cost health insurance for all Team Members;
- Generous PTO plan including more than 4 weeks off in first year;
- Eleven paid holidays per year;
- Substantial tuition assistance after one (1) year of service; and
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
Who We Are
Bethany Children's Home is a Joint Commission Accredited non-profit residential services provider in rural Berks County, just outside of Reading, PA. Bethany's mission is to provide a safe place of nurture, protection, and supportive care to aid our residents in their self-understanding, growth, and healing toward a brighter, healthier future.
Bethany is committed to actively expressing inclusiveness and welcomes all people with no boundaries of age, race, ethnicity, culture, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, economic condition, physical or mental ability, faith background, marital standing or family structure. EOE
Salary : $21