Residential Youth Caregiver

Residential Youth Caregiver

The Residential Youth Caregiver position at Milton Hershey School involves married couples serving as flex houseparents, residing in on-campus homes for students with disadvantaged backgrounds. Couples are responsible for guiding and nurturing students while managing daily tasks such as driving, medication administration, and budgeting.

This unique role provides a family-like structure to students and offers an attractive compensation package along with comprehensive benefits and relocation assistance.

About Milton Hershey School

Milton Hershey School is one of the world's best private schools, where students in pre-K through 12th grade from disadvantaged backgrounds receive an exceptional career-focused education with housing, meals, and more—and all costs are covered.

Thanks to the generosity of Milton and Catherine Hershey, who founded the school in 1909, the school is fully endowed and has the resources to ensure both students and staff are provided everything they need to thrive.

Responsibilities

Flex houseparents provide a consistent family-like structure for students and handle responsibilities such as driving, administering medication, budgeting, reporting, etc. When initially hired, flex houseparents cover different student homes before being assigned to one specific home.

Benefits

Couples working as flex houseparents will receive:

$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. Workdays include a period of personal time while students are at school

Three-week paid summer vacation

Requirements

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 is permitted

Valid driver's license; ability to become certified to drive student home vans

Couples must be comfortable leading students in daily devotions and take students to 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

Keywords

Youth caregiver, houseparent, flex houseparents, childcare positions, support for students, education careers, Milton Hershey School, couple jobs, student support, community service

Salary : $43,825 - $150,000