House Parents

GAP Ministries needs mature, compassionate houseparents with a heart for ministry. At GAP you will provide supervision, structure and assistance in meeting neglected children’s physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. Don’t miss this ministry opportunity to invest in the lives of children and youth by serving foster children in a group home in northwest Tucson, Arizona.

What You Will Do:

• Live in provided housing to properly care for the needs of the children.
• Work as a team with your husband/wife and your team to create a safe, nurturing environment for children who come from difficult backgrounds.
• Creatively teach basic life skills and Christian values through positive behavior responses and engagement with children, doing homework, cleaning house, doing community activities, etc. either as a family, or one-on-one, as the needs require.
• Complete many of the daily tasks you might take care of in your own home, from meal prep and laundry to transportation and housework to homework to model to the children a healthy family and welcoming home.
• Initiate and follow a daily schedule to create structure and stability for the children.
• Collaborate with team members on community activities, as families or adults only.
• Of course, there is plenty of paperwork.

What We Expect From You:

• Be physically fit to keep up with the children, home, and paperwork
• Be self-aware so you are emotionally able to display warmth and able to enjoy and be comfortable with active, occasionally frustrated, and disorganized children.
• Know how to turn on and navigate a computer and use a smart phone to request your vacation leave, submit reports, respond to email, and follow a Google Calendar for yourself and your house.
• Be willing to be part of a community and participate in outings, trainings, and staff activities.
• Be flexible and have a great sense of humor in the worst of situations

How Much Will You Earn: $100,000 to $110,000/year/couple (IE: $50,000 to $55,000 annually per person) based on a 50 to 65 hour 5-day work week. Out of State relocation bonus as well as a $3,500.00 incentive bonus.

When You Will Work: 5 days on with 3 or 2 days off weekly, you must work weekends so you can enjoy family time and church attendance. You’ll also receive seventeen days of paid leave just in the first year.

How We Help You:

• We pay for your:
• FBI fingerprint clearance check and Card.
• Bi-Annual CPR, AED & First Aid Certification.
• We pay you during training.
• You will live in our homes with minimal maintenance requirements and NO utility expenses.
• We cloth you in GAP apparel – well, at least one t-shirt.
• You accrue up to 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave annually to use as you want.
• Vouchers to shop our Community Warehouse and Treasures & More resale store.
• COSTCO Warehouse Gold Membership.

Full Time Employees also receive:

• Your choice from 4 Medical Plans: 2 PPO plans and 2 Free HSA plans.
• Employer Paid Vision.
• Dependents are eligible for insurance plans at employee’s cost.
• Employer Paid $10,000 Life Insurance.
• Additional 12 days of Paid Leave (PTO) in the first year.
• Access to employer matching retirement savings plan and retirement planning resources through Principal.

What We Need From You:

• To be at least 22 years old in order to drive your home’s 15 passenger van.
• Provide at least a high school diploma or equivalency diploma (GED), and one year experience in working with children or related role.
• Successfully pass a FBI and Adam Walsh background checks.
• Possess a valid driver license and a good 5-year driving record to drive 15 passenger van.
• Have manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills and be able to perform various physical tasks.
• Be willing to learn our ways and love your children.

GAP Ministries is a smoke-, alcohol-, and drug-free workplace and requires drug screening of all new employees as well as random screenings to ensure enforcement of this policy – this includes marijuana .

Being authorized to work in the United States is a precondition of employment. GAP Ministries does NOT sponsor employment visas.

Qualifications Needed for Live-In Houseparents:

• Live-In Houseparents should be physically fit to perform job duties. Be emotionally able to display warmth and able to enjoy and be comfortable with active, occasionally frustrated and disorganized children in an intimate, integrated living situation.
• Proficient in the use of a personal computer and corresponding programs.
• Be able to respect and work cooperatively with a variety of persons.
• Able to work well with ever changing priorities and or situations. Have the ability to stay calm in tense situations and utilize common sense and logic.

GAP Ministries Pays These Requirements:

• FBI fingerprint clearance check and procure a Fingerprint Clearance Card.

Requirements of House Parents:

• Must be 22 years old in order to drive GAP's 15 passenger vans.
• At least a high school diploma or equivalency diploma (GED), and one year experience in working with children; or one-year post-high school education in a program leading to a degree in the field of child welfare or human services.
• Successful clearance of Criminal Background Check(s), Central Registry in Arizona and any state(s) lived in within 5 years of hire.
• Valid driver license and a good 5 year driving record to drive 15 passenger van.
• Staff children must have proof of current immunizations at all times.
• Have manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills and be able to perform various physical tasks.

GAP Ministries is a drug-free workplace and requires drug screening of all new employees as well as random screenings to ensure enforcement of this policy.

Being authorized to work in the United States is a precondition of employment. GAP Ministries does NOT sponsor employment visas.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION GAP Ministries , a faith-based ministry standing in the GAP for those in need in three core areas: Children, Family, and Community. GAP has been serving Southern Arizona since 1999.

CHILDREN - GAP Ministries began by caring for foster children in the home of our founders, and that aspect of the ministry has grown over the years, depending on the need, from 9-14 family model group homes where the love of God is shared with the children and teens each day. GAP also licenses and trains individuals and couples to care for foster children to increase the number of homes where these children can live and thrive while away from their own family.

FAMILY - Children are at the heart of GAP, but if we continually care for abused and neglected children but never help their families, it becomes a never-ending cycle. If we can begin to heal these families we can change the direction of their lives and generationally impact them going forward. To heal the root causes of the foster care crisis, GAP has programs to provide supervised visitation and parent aid for the birth parents. It is our desire and goal to see healthy restoration of families when possible.

COMMUNITY - Breaking cycles of poverty and creating transformed communities. Tucson is a beautiful city, but unfortunately there are many children, women, and men who are really struggling. One in four of our residents are below the poverty line. GAP's Community Warehouse reclaims food and new items from major retailers that would otherwise end up in landfills, and redistributes them to individuals in need through nonprofit partnerships.

GAP Ministries is all about impacting One Life. Because we believe each and every person matters to God, we strive to lift up each child we care for and each individual we serve to become all God made them to be and live out their best life.

EOE STATEMENT We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.