The Overnight Assistant plays a vital role in ensuring the safety, well-being, and comfort of children residing at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch during overnight hours. This position requires a compassionate, responsible, and attentive individual who can provide supervision, address any emergencies, and maintain a secure and nurturing environment for children. Responsible for working as a team in the provision of direct daily care to the residents of Boys Ranch, and to provide for the health, safety and well-being of each child in care.
Shifts available: 10 p.m.-10 a.m. & 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
Requirements
1. A high school diploma or GED equivalency is required.
2. Experience in childcare is preferred.
3. Computer knowledge is preferred.
4. Must be at least 21 years of age.
5. Must possess a valid Texas driver’s license.
6. Bending, lifting, grasping, fine hand/eye coordination, pushing/pulling, prolonged sitting/standing.
7. Must be available for travel as needed.
8. Proficiency in general office equipment operation is required.
9. Must possess exceptional time management and detail-orientation skills.
Benefits
Cal Farley's is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Organization
Founded in 1939 north of Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle, Boys Ranch, Founded by Cal Farley's is one of America's largest privately-funded child and family service organizations, specializing in residential services provided at no cost to the families of children in its care. Boys Ranch's residential programs offer a campus environment at the organization’s flagship campus where children live in homes or cottages, and basic-care services offer 24-hour supervision in a small, community setting where the residents attend school and have a myriad of academic, experiential learning, athletic and other extracurricular opportunities. Houseparent couples, caseworkers, other adult mentors and professionals guide the children to develop their potential and help them become principled, contributing members of society upon graduation or completion of their individual therapeutic plans.
Boys Ranch sits on about 12,000 acres in the rugged mesas northwest of Amarillo. Boys Ranch itself is a self-supporting community on a 1,000-acre footprint. Facilities on the property include barns, livestock and horse arenas; residence homes; a chapel; an independent school district with elementary, middle and high schools, a gymnasium, a natatorium and an auditorium; recreational installations such as a ropes course; a greenhouse; a fire department; and water treatment facility. While at first glance, the Boys Ranch campus might appear much like any other Texas Panhandle town, it is much more. Open to at-risk children ages 5 to 18, Boys Ranch is an entire community built intentionally to surround children from across the nation with nurturing support and structure, meeting the six essentials of Cal Farley’s Model of Leadership and Service®, those areas of need the organization believes every human being must satisfy to achieve his/her God-given potential: safety, belonging, achievement, power, purpose and adventure.
