What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Caregiver Career Opportunity position at Milton Hershey School?
Role Overview
Milton Hershey School is seeking married couples to serve as flex houseparents, providing a nurturing environment for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Residential Youth Caregiver position requires experience working with youth, guiding and supporting a small group of students, which involves driving, administering medication, and maintaining a family-like structure.
- Salary: $43,825 per person (total compensation package 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
Key Responsibilities
Flex houseparents will be responsible for:
- Guiding and supporting a group of students
- Driving and administering medication
- Maintaining a family-like structure
- Covering different student homes before being assigned to one specific home
Qualifications
To be eligible for this role, couples must:
- Have experience working or volunteering with youth, preferably from under-served settings
- Be legally married for at least two years
- Be age 27 or older
- Not have more than three dependent children residing in the student home
- Abide by a smoke-free and weapon-free campus
Salary : $43,825
