Home Provider

Looking to make a difference? Have a spare bedroom and some extra time? Apply to be a Home Provider with Families First!

The mission of Families First is to provide person-centered support for youth and adults living with developmental disabilities. Our services promote independent living skills, enhance self-esteem, and cultivate community membership through caring and respectful relationships.

Families First is seeking a Home Provider for some of our adult self-advocates. A Home Provider will share their home and time with an advocate. Families First aims to provide access to direct support staff for the advocate during the week. Applicants should have an awareness or training in trauma informed care and shouldbe located in the state of Vermont, within 45 minutes of Brattleboro.

The ideal candidate should be compassionate, patient, and creative. They should be able to set limits and work in a team setting. Applications for this position will be sent to Service Coordinators actively seeking a home placement.

This is a contracted, tax exempt position. There are no benefits included. Pay is need based funding dependent on the advocate and may be higher. Home Providers may receive funding to hire respite if they wish for it.

Requirements:

• Comfort with personal care assistance (bathing, wiping, medication administration) and providing occasional behavioral support.
• An extra/spare bedroom with a lockable door for privacy
• Availability to provide support to the self-advocate on evenings and weekends or temporarily when a respite or agency staff is unable to provide services.
• A valid driver’s license and car insurance
• A home inspection: checks for fire extinguishers, fire alarms, a means of egress, and other safety considerations.
• Background checks are required
• If offered a position, completion of a hire packet with Aris.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: From $42,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Salary : $42,000