What are the responsibilities and job description for the Overnight/Nighttime/Graveyard Child Caregivers -- Incentive Offer position at GAP Ministries?
Direct Care Position - Awake Overnight Staff
GAP Ministries is hiring for mature, compassionate direct care staff with a heart for ministry and ability to stay awake all night. In this position you will be supporting our house parent managers by performing bed checks, praying for the children and staff, cleaning common areas of the home, prepping food for meals, doing laundry -- overall making the home clean, tidy and ready for a new day! This is a ministry opportunity to invest in the lives of children and youth by serving foster children in a group home in northwest Tucson, Arizona.
Salary: $16.00 an hour plus $1.50 differential when working overnight 10:00PM to 6:00AM.
Where You're Needed:
32.438429717558115, -111.01241184072846
Skills Required:
- At least 1 year of working with children either paid or volunteer experience
- Be at least 21 years of age
- Remain awake overnight
- Overnight availability
- Dependable
- Trustworthy
- Housekeeping skills
What You Will Do:
- Provide direct care to children during overnight hours
- Ensure the safety and well-being of children in care
- Follow established protocols and procedures
- Maintain accurate records and documentation
- Communicate effectively with team members and supervisors
- Participate in training and professional development opportunities
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Work as a team with house parents and managers to create a clean, safe, nurturing environment for children who come from difficult backgrounds.
- Complete many of the daily tasks you might take care of in your own home, from meal prep and laundry to transportation and housework to model to the children a healthy and welcoming home.
What We Expect From You:
- Be physically fit to keep up with the children, home, and paperwork!
- Be self-aware so you are emotionally able to display warmth and able to enjoy and be comfortable with active, occasionally frustrated, and disorganized children.
- Know how to turn on and navigate a computer and use a smart phone to request your vacation leave, submit reports, respond to email, and follow a Google Calendar for yourself and your house.
- Be willing to be part of a community and participate in outings, trainings, and staff activities.
- Be flexible and have a great sense of humor in the worst of situations!
When Will You Work:
- Up to 40 hours per week
- Between Sunday and Saturday
- Hours during training (about 90 days): 5:00PM to Midnight
- Permanent Hours: 10:00PM to 6:00AM
How We Help You:
- $500 Bonus after successful completion of 90 days.
- We pay for your:
- FBI fingerprint clearance check and Card.
- Drug screen and physical examination (fit for duty).
- Bi-Annual CPR, AED & First Aid Certification
- Annual De-Escalation Certification
- We pay you during training.
- We clothe you in GAP apparel – well, at least one t-shirt.
- You accrue up to 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave annually to use as you want.
- You receive $600 a year in vouchers to shop our Community Warehouse and Treasures & More resale store.
- COSTCO Warehouse Gold Membership
FT Employees also receive:
- Your choice from 4 Medical Plans: 2 PPO plans and 2 Free HSA plans
- Employer Paid Dental
- Employer Paid Vision
- Dependents are eligible for insurance plans at employee’s cost
- Employer Paid $10,000 Life Insurance
- Additional 12 days of Paid Leave (PTO) in the first year
- Access to employer matching retirement savings plan and retirement planning resources through Principal
What We Need From You:
- Have at least 1 year of working with children either paid or volunteer experience.
- To be at least 22 years old in order to drive your home’s 15 passenger van.
- Provide at least a high school diploma or equivalency diploma (GED), and one year experience in working with children or related role.
- Successfully pass a FBI and Adam Walsh background checks.
- Possess a valid driver license and a good 5-year driving record to drive 15 passenger van.
- Have manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills and be able to perform various physical tasks.
- Be willing to learn our ways and love our children.
GAP Ministries is a drug-free workplace and requires drug screening of all new employees as well as random screenings to ensure enforcement of this policy – this includes marijuana.
Being authorized to work in the United States is a precondition of employment. GAP Ministries does NOT sponsor employment visas.
Salary : $600
