What are the responsibilities and job description for the Residential Youth Caregiver position at Milton Hershey School?
The Milton Hershey School is seeking married couples to serve as residential youth caregivers. These individuals will provide a family-like environment for 8-12 students from disadvantaged backgrounds, guiding them and fostering a supportive community.
Description:
Milton Hershey School is one of the world's best private schools, offering a unique opportunity for students in pre-K through 12th grade to receive an exceptional career-focused education with housing, meals, and more - all costs covered.
Thanks to the generosity of Milton and Catherine Hershey, who founded the school in 1909, we have the resources to ensure both students and staff thrive.
We are hiring married couples to become flex houseparents, providing a consistent family-like structure for students and handling responsibilities such as driving, administering medication, budgeting, and reporting.
Benefits
• Competitive salaries: $43,825 per person (total compensation package of approx. $150,000 per couple, including 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
• Schedule of nine days on followed by three days off, with 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 should 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; no alcohol is permitted while on duty
• Limitations on pets; only fish and one dog of approved breeds are permitted
• Valid driver's license; 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
• Must be able 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 - $150,000
