Description:

The Dale House Project seeks a Daytime Supervisor to support its ministry among youth building independent living skills. The Dale House is a Christ-centered community of and for broken people doing life together. This position is part of the DHP’s staff training program, where staff work closely in relational ministry with youth while also gaining more clarity on their God-given purpose, identity, and calling.

We operate a home where young people learn how to live on their own independently. Many come from the Colorado Division of Youth Services, and they’re finishing a commitment to the State after having criminal charges. You also will have youth from the Colorado Department of Youth Services - usually older adolescents who aren’t placed with a foster family but need to learn how to do life independently as adults. During the day most youth spend their daytime hours out in the community - either at school, or working a job (or two or three), or volunteering and gaining new pro-social experiences. However, youth may also spend a great deal of time “on the block” during the day: they may be relaxing, be in between appointments, hunting for jobs, reading, or trying to beat back the boredom until their next item on their schedule.

As the daytime supervisor, you watch the house from 7:30am until 3:00pm every weekday and your day ends at 4:30pm. On any given day, there may be between zero and ten residents in the house with you. You remind residents when they need to leave to go to work, you find fun things to do when residents are around the house, and you spend time with them being a Christ-focused presence for them.

Responsibilities:

• You must demonstrate spiritual maturity, a clear commitment to Christian faith, and seeks to serve Jesus among people at the margins of society
• You must have a High School Diploma (or equivalent) and must be at least 22 years old.
• Must have completed one Training year as a Primary Careworker and/or Team Leader at the Dale House Project, or you can show you have significant experience working with at-risk youth in a residential setting.

Who You’d Be Working With:

You’d report to our Training Director, Frank Gill. Frank’s job is to ensure our staff training program operates effectively, supervising primary careworkers (our front-line staff with youth), team leaders (who manage teams of primaries), and you.

You also work on a team of people who are in an intentional community of caring, mutual support, and Christian ministry. We strive to do our best on the team, but as a training program, we acknowledge that we are all learning and growing in this place. We commit to being honest and real with one another, to spend time together (and have fun together!), and, when we have issues, we clear the air with one another when we’ve let one another down. (We call that keeping “short accounts” with each other, so we don’t build long lists of grievances with each other.)

We are a ministry built around community. But, this position can feel like the exception. You’re often on your own in the house with youth. (Other staff are in the DHP offices a block away, and can be called when a little extra help may be necessary.)

What you’ll be doing:

In this position, you’re mostly on your own with residents in the house. It’s your job to remind kids of the plans on their schedules, to de-escalate and work through conflicts as they arrive, and to find fun things to do with residents to make “unproductive time” useful for their work towards independent living. You will need to be creative, resourceful, a competent multitasker, and a great communicator.

You have full responsibility for the whereabouts and safety of all residents who are currently “on the block.” That means you review the day’s notes on where and when youth will leave, you check in on folks periodically, and you use the time spent together to deepen relationships. Every day is different. You may have to help a resident calm down after being upset and surprised at something. You may have to encourage someone to get up and go to work. You might have someone with lots of energy. You may have a house full of grumpy teenagers who snip at each other to pass the time. And, on other days, you may be all by yourself.

At the end of your shift, you’ll host the “2:30 meeting” where you share the plans and whereabouts for every youth in our community so that the oncoming team of staff can make a plan for the evening or weekend.

When you’re off shift (after 3:00pm) you’ll also be responsible for planning and shopping for meals for the house. Following the rules set by a dietician, you’ll plan healthy, delicious meals for our staff to cook each evening. You’ll make sure our pantries, refrigerators, and freezers are stocked on time for dinner to be ready at 6:00pm every night.

Qualifications:

What Success Looks Like:

• Ten inches of snow have fallen, and it’s a snow day for most of the residents in the house. School has been canceled for half of them, and you now have five residents cooped up in the house for the whole day. Thinking quickly, you decide to create a board game tournament for the residents in the house, with a prize for the winner at the end of the day.
• A youth is looking agitated and clearly bothered by something, and they seem restless. You and he are the only ones in the house. So, you decide to roll out a basketball and say you’ll rebound for her.
• You weren’t in the Monday Core meeting, but you read the notes and notice that a youth must reconcile with a staff who will be coming onto shift later that evening. Since she is at the house that day, you decide to ask her her perspective on what happened. You are a supportive listening ear, and you say, “I think our staff will understand where you’re coming from when you talk with them today.”
• You do more than simply plan meals. You think about how to create a family atmosphere for our house during each day’s dinner. So, while you keep meals within budget, you make a variety of meals.

Core competencies of an effective daytime supervisor include:

• Ability to enforce standards & reinforce behavior
• Compassionate
• Clear communicator
• Scheduling & time management
• Strong organizational ability
• Interpersonal ability
• Clear thinker & communicator
• Solution oriented
• Working knowledge and practice in trauma-informed care
• Skilled in conflict resolution

Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage (at no cost to you).
• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• 401(k) matching plan (up to four percent).
• Health club benefit.
• And more!

Notes:

Salary Range: $36,000, depending on experience and will include a full benefit package. This is a full time position. Housing in a DHP property is not a requirement.

Working at the Dale House means you are officially an employee of Young Life, our parent organization.

How To Apply:

Submit an online application, including resume and cover letter