Youth Care Specialist (Teaching Parent)

Part-Time | Overnight | Weekend | PRN Opportunities
Starting Pay: $18.40–$19.15/hour
Hope Ranch of Missouri – Stanton, MO

Every Child Deserves a Safe Place to Heal

At Hope Ranch of Missouri, we provide a safe, family-style home for children and teens who have experienced abuse, neglect, and significant trauma.

Our **Youth Care Specialists—known within the Teaching Family Model as Teaching Parents—**play an important role in creating the stability, structure, and encouragement our youth need to heal and grow.

We are currently hiring for:

• Part-Time Positions
• Overnight Shifts
• Weekend Shifts
• PRN / As-Needed Positions

This is a great opportunity for someone looking for part-time hours, weekend work, overnight shifts, or a flexible PRN position while making a meaningful difference in the lives of young people.

If you're compassionate, dependable, patient, and comfortable working with youth who have experienced trauma, we'd love to meet you.

What You'll Do

As a Youth Care Specialist (Teaching Parent), you'll help maintain a safe, structured, supportive, and family-style environment for up to six youth.

Depending on your assigned shift, responsibilities may include:

• Build positive, trusting relationships with youth
• Provide supervision and ensure the safety and well-being of youth
• Maintain a safe and structured environment during evening, overnight, and weekend hours
• Assist youth with bedtime, morning, weekend, and daily routines
• Teach life skills such as communication, responsibility, hygiene, cooking, and problem-solving
• Encourage positive behavior using the nationally recognized Teaching Family Model
• Respond calmly and appropriately to challenging behaviors or situations
• Administer medications after required training
• Complete required documentation accurately and on time
• Communicate important information to incoming and outgoing staff
• Work closely with therapists, educators, case managers, and other team members to support each youth's treatment goals
• Transport youth to appointments, activities, family visits, or community outings when needed

Whether you're helping a young person through a difficult evening, providing stability overnight, or spending a weekend teaching everyday life skills, your presence matters.

No Experience? We Can Teach You.

Previous experience working with children, teens, behavioral health, foster care, residential treatment, or trauma-informed care is helpful, but not required.

We provide paid training in the Teaching Family Model, along with ongoing coaching and professional development.

If you have the heart to serve and the willingness to learn, we'll help you develop the skills you need.

We're Looking for Someone Who Is

• Compassionate, patient, and dependable
• Punctual and reliable
• Comfortable working overnight and/or weekend hours
• Able to stay awake, alert, and attentive throughout overnight shifts
• Comfortable setting healthy and consistent boundaries
• A positive role model for children and teens
• Able to remain calm during challenging situations
• A strong communicator
• Team-oriented and willing to learn
• Able to maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be at least 21 years old
• High school diploma or GED
• Valid driver's license with an insurable driving record
• Ability to pass required background checks and drug screening
• Ability to meet physical requirements of the position
• Ability to obtain CPR, MedAide, and other required certifications (training provided)

Scheduling Opportunities

We are specifically seeking applicants interested in:

• Overnight shifts
• Weekend shifts
• Part-time schedules
• PRN / as-needed coverage

PRN team members may help provide coverage for staff absences, vacations, open shifts, weekends, and other scheduling needs.

Availability for overnight and weekend shifts is especially valuable.

Why Join Hope Ranch?

At Hope Ranch, you aren't simply supervising youth—you are helping provide the consistency, safety, and positive relationships they need to move forward.

We offer:

• Part-time and PRN opportunities
• Overnight and weekend shifts
• Flexible scheduling opportunities
• Paid training
• Ongoing professional development
• Supportive team environment
• Meaningful work with lasting impact
• Opportunity for additional hours when available
• Experience in trauma-informed care and residential treatment
• Opportunity for advancement
• A workplace where relationships matter

About Hope Ranch of Missouri

Hope Ranch of Missouri is a Christian nonprofit residential program serving children and teens who have experienced abuse, neglect, and complex trauma.

Through the Teaching Family Model, we provide a safe, structured, family-style environment where youth can build healthy relationships, develop life skills, experience stability, and prepare for successful futures.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're looking for part-time, overnight, weekend, or PRN work where your time and compassion can have a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply.

Apply today and become a positive part of a child's story.

Pay: $18.40 - $19.15 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18 - $19