P/T Child & Youth Worker
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Part Time Child & Youth Worker - Neighborhood Foster Homes
Do you want a meaningful career providing Hope, Homes & Healing for children in foster care? 4KIDS is looking for a part time staff person to support our Neighborhood Foster Homes in Broward and Palm Beach County. This position partners closely with house parents to help create a safe, nurturing, and Christ-centered home environment for children in foster care.
The hours would be 20-25 per week Monday through Friday, between 11:00 a.m. with 7:00 p.m. with occasional weekend coverage. Travel between neighborhood foster homes may be required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support house parents in creating a safe, structured, and nurturing home environment
- Build safe, trusting relationships with children using trauma-informed care principles
- Recognize the impact of trauma and respond with patience, empathy, and consistency
- Provide attentive, developmentally appropriate care for infants and toddlers
- Engage children of all ages through play, conversation, and relationship-building
- Assist with homework, routines, chores, and life skills development for older children and teens
- Provide supervision and reinforce expectations and appropriate behaviors
- Transport children to daycare, school, appointments, and activities as needed
- Help maintain the home (light cleaning, organizing, and maintaining a child-safe environment)
- Respond calmly and effectively to behavioral challenges and crisis situations
- Administer medications as trained
- Provide on-call support and coverage for house parents as needed
Qualifications:
- Committed Christian with alignment with 4KIDS statement of faith
- Must be 23 years of age or older with valid drivers license in order to drive children in company provided vans
- Associates Degree preferred in related field
- Minimum two years experience working with children
- Strong communication and relational skills
- Basic computer skills for documentation
- Knowledge of trauma informed care principles and experience working with children impacted by trauma preferred
- Ability to meet the physical demands of caring for young children (lifting, carrying, active supervision)
- Ability to work in a team within a home-based environment
- Must have reliable transportation that can be used for work purposes
Why work at 4KIDS?
- Certified Best Christian Workplace for 9 years in a row
- Excellent benefit package (medical/dental/life/disability insurance provided, 403b retirement plan with match)
- Great staff culture
- Amazing workplace environment
- Excellent vacation and holiday benefits
- Fulfilling career providing Hope, Homes & Healing for children in crisis