Professional Foster Parent (earn up to $22/hr)

Professional Foster Parent

SailFuture’s Residential Youth Counselors provide love, support, and accountability to six teenage boys living in a large family foster home.

Counselors have a 3 to 4-day work week, travel the world via sailboat, and receive complimentary room & board in addition to a generous compensation package.

The ultimate benefit? A one-of-a-kind opportunity to fundamentally alter the life trajectories of young men in foster care.

This is a live-in position and you have a separate bedroom with an electronic lock and a shared bathroom with a colleague.

Mornings are busy with wake-ups, breakfast, and motivational talks to get our kiddos to school (they attend our own off-site private high school – the SailFuture Academy.

Afternoons are filled with house projects and extracurricular activities until dinner. Evenings are busy with cooking, cleaning, and getting the boys settled into their bedrooms. Lights are usually out by 11pm.

Twice a year, we break from our daily routine to lead our kiddos through 6-week sailing expeditions (Caribbean in the winter and New Enwgland in the summer).

The ideal candidate is deeply passionate about social justice, patient, and possesses strong leadership abilities.

Responsibilities:

Work with mental health, education, and case management teams to ensure consistency across youth’s individual treatment and case plans

Assist with with job searches and applications

Teach basic life skills: laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc.

Home management: maintenance, landscaping, etc

Grocery shopping

Daily room checks for cleanliness

Nightly bed checks

Administer and log medication

Schedule medical and dental appointments

Assist with general transportation needs

Implement treatment plans and coordinate with all other teams

Other responsibilities as determined by the Program Director

Qualifications:

Team player committed to doing whatever it takes for youth in their care

Experience working with at-risk youth, specifically teenagers

Excellent communicator and problem solver

Passion for adventure

Sailing experience is a plus, but not required

This is a Live-in position. You will be expected to live on-site on your working days, but not required to on your off-days.

Benefits:

$1,946 Max 401k Contribution per year

$3,000 annual health insurance reimbursement

$18,000 value: On-site room & board including a furnished private room, utilities & food

80 hours PTO

Access to sailboats and kayaks during time off

Clearwater Community Sailing Center Membership; includes the use of facility and equipment

STCW Maritime Training & Credentialing

Provisioned phone & cell service

YMCA Gym Membership