What are the responsibilities and job description for the Houseparents - Relocation to Hershey, PA Required position at Milton Hershey School?
Couples who are married and reside on campus as Houseparents provide a family-like environment for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, offering guidance, support, and daily care. They manage the daily responsibilities of 8-12 students while residing on campus, ensuring their well-being and development.
This role comes with competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on students' lives.
Description:
Milton Hershey School is a world-renowned private school that provides an exceptional career-focused education to students in pre-K through 12th grade from underprivileged backgrounds. The school covers all costs, including housing, meals, and more.
The school's founders, Milton and Catherine Hershey, endowed the institution in 1909, ensuring it has the necessary resources to support both students and staff.
MHS is seeking married couples to become Flex Houseparents. These couples live in on-campus student homes, guiding and nurturing a group of approximately 8-12 students. Flex Houseparents provide a consistent family-like structure for students and handle responsibilities such as driving, administering medication, budgeting, and reporting.
Benefits:
A salary of $43,825 per person, totaling approximately $150,000 per couple, which includes free housing, meals while on duty, utilities, and more.
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.
A schedule of nine days on followed by three days off, with workdays including personal time while students are at school.
Three-week paid summer vacation.
Qualifications:
Experience working or volunteering with youth, preferably from under-served settings.
This is a two-person job for couples who have been legally married for at least two years.
Both spouses must be age 27 or older.
No more than three dependent children may reside in the student home.
Abide by a smoke-free and weapon-free campus, with no alcohol permitted while on duty.
Limited pet ownership: only fish and one dog of approved breeds are permitted.
Valid driver's license and ability to become certified to drive student home vans.
Couples must be comfortable leading students in daily devotions and attending Judeo-Christian Sunday chapel services (Note: Proselytizing is prohibited).
High school diploma or GED required.
Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
Candidates must demonstrate a high degree of integrity as all staff are role models for students.
Both spouses must complete an individual employment application.
Salary : $43,825
