What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full-Time Houseparent Couple position at Milton Hershey School?
Milton Hershey School is seeking married couples to become full-time houseparents, providing a nurturing environment for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. As a houseparent couple, you will reside in an on-campus student home and manage a range of responsibilities including guidance, medication administration, and financial budgeting.
Our ideal candidates have experience working or volunteering with youth, preferably from under-served settings, and are comfortable leading students in daily devotions and taking them to Judeo-Christian Sunday chapel services. You must also be able to lift up to 50 lbs and demonstrate a high degree of integrity as all staff are role models for students.
We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a unique opportunity to make a difference in students' lives. Our flex houseparents provide a consistent family-like structure for students and handle responsibilities such as driving, administering medication, budgeting, reporting, etc.
**Job Highlights:**
- Salary: $43,825 per person (total compensation package of approx. $150,000 per couple)
- Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings and flexible spending accounts; life insurance; disability options; retirement savings
- Relocation assistance and paid training provided
- Schedule of nine days on followed by three days off
- Three-week paid summer vacation
Salary : $43,825
