Full Time Relief House Mentors

ADP, Inc.; Naples (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Path2Freedom seeks Full Time Relief House Mentors in Naples, FL to provide direct, on-site care for child survivors within a Christ-centered Safe House model. You will establish routines, support education and life skills, manage home operations, and document daily progress in a trauma-informed environment.

As part of a team, you will collaborate with mentors and staff to ensure seamless transitions, safety compliance, and family-centered care while fostering healing and spiritual development.

Qualifications

• Provide direct care and supervision to residents in a home-like, family-style setting
• Maintain established routines, behavioral interventions, and individualized treatment plans using trauma-informed approaches
• Create and maintain a safe, nurturing environment that promotes healing and trust
• Support residents’ educational progress, social development, and life skills acquisition
• Coordinate closely with Relief Mentors to ensure seamless care transitions and unified co-parenting approach

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care and supervision to residents in a home-like, family-style setting
• Maintain established routines that support the clinical and behavioral interventions, and individualized treatment plans using trauma-informed approaches
• Create and maintain a safe, nurturing environment that promotes healing and trust
• Support residents’ educational progress, social development, and life skills acquisition
• Manage household operations including meal preparation following dietician-approved menus, household chores, and maintenance coordination
• Maintain accurate documentation of resident progress, incidents, and daily activities
• Ensure compliance with all safety protocols, facility policies, and DCF regulations
• Participate in service plan development, case review meetings, and treatment team collaboration as needed
• Fosters Path2Freedoms Christ-led approach to navigating potentially triggering situations with residents, such as offering prayer or praying with residents who request it
• Facilitate age-appropriate activities, routines, and community engagement
• Coordinate closely with other mentors to ensure seamless care transitions and unified co-parenting approach
• Respond to behavioral incidents and crises with trauma-informed de-escalation techniques
• Support residents’ spiritual development including church attendance, youth group, Bible studies, and daily family devotions
• Foster an environment that supports optimal wellness across spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and environmental dimensions
• Provide transportation during working hours as needed
• Oversee house chores including room cleanliness, laundry, dishes, and general household maintenance
• Participate in various administrative tasks and house operations
• Collaborate with teachers, case coordinators, therapists, and other program staff
• Adjudicate disputes between residents in a fair, trauma-informed manner
• Incorporate healthy eating plans and physical activity into daily home routines
• Provide transportation during working hours as needed
• Oversee house chores including room cleanliness, laundry, dishes, and general household maintenance
• Participate in various administrative tasks and house operations

Skills

Direct care

Trauma-informed care

Family-style environment

Behavioral interventions

Education support

Job description

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Full Time Relief House Mentors

Full Time Naples, FL, US

EMPLOYER: Path2freedom

SUMMARY:

The House Mentor provides residential care and supervision for Path2Freedom’s child survivors of human trafficking within a therapeutic, family-style Safe House Model. This is an on-site role, typically paired with another mentor, responsible for day-to-day home operations, resident support, and the consistent implementation of routines, boundaries, and life skills that promote safety, stability, and healing. Path2Freedom’s residential program operates within a family-style model of care and an evidence-based, trauma-informed framework. House Mentors ensure daily care practices align with the organization’s Christ-centered identity in ways that are invitational and compliant with resident rights, court orders, and licensing requirements.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide direct care and supervision to residents in a home-like, family-style setting

Maintain established routines that support the clinical and behavioral interventions, and individualized treatment plans using trauma-informed approaches

Create and maintain a safe, nurturing environment that promotes healing and trust

Support residents’ educational progress, social development, and life skills acquisition

Manage household operations including meal preparation following dietician-approved menus, household chores, and maintenance coordination

Maintain accurate documentation of resident progress, incidents, and daily activities

Ensure compliance with all safety protocols, facility policies, and DCF regulations

Participate in service plan development, case review meetings, and treatment team collaboration as needed

Fosters Path2Freedoms Christ-led approach to navigating potentially triggering situations with residents, such as offering prayer or praying with residents who request it

Facilitate age-appropriate activities, routines, and community engagement

Coordinate closely with other mentors to ensure seamless care transitions and unified co-parenting approach

Respond to behavioral incidents and crises with trauma-informed de-escalation techniques

Support residents’ spiritual development including church attendance, youth group, Bible studies, and daily family devotions

Foster an environment that supports optimal wellness across spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and environmental dimensions

Provide transportation during working hours as needed

Oversee house chores including room cleanliness, laundry, dishes, and general household maintenance

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position does not have direct supervisory authority but works collaboratively with all House Mentors and provides guidance to volunteers and support staff as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Provide direct care and supervision to residents in a home-like, family-style setting

Maintain established routines, behavioral interventions, and individualized treatment plans using trauma-informed approaches

Create and maintain a safe, nurturing environment that promotes healing and trust

Support residents’ educational progress, social development, and life skills acquisition

Manage household operations including meal preparation following dietician-approved menus, household chores, and maintenance coordination

Maintain accurate documentation of resident progress, incidents, and daily activities

Ensure compliance with all safety protocols, facility policies, and DCF regulations

Participate in service plan development, case review meetings, and treatment team collaboration as needed

Facilitate age-appropriate activities, routines, and community engagement

Coordinate closely with Relief Mentors to ensure seamless care transitions and unified co-parenting approach

Respond to behavioral incidents and crises with trauma-informed de-escalation techniques

Support residents’ spiritual development including church attendance, youth group, Bible studies, and family devotions

Collaborate with teachers, case coordinators, therapists, and other program staff

Adjudicate disputes between residents in a fair, trauma-informed manner

Foster an environment that supports optimal wellness across spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and environmental dimensions

Incorporate healthy eating plans and physical activity into daily home routines

Provide transportation during working hours as needed

Oversee house chores including room cleanliness, laundry, dishes, and general household maintenance

Participate in various administrative tasks and house operations

COMPETENCIES:

Trauma-Informed Relational Care & Healthy Boundaries: Builds trust and emotional safety with residents; models healthy relationships; maintains appropriate boundaries; responds to trauma behaviors with empathy, consistency, and professionalism.

Safety, Supervision & Crisis De-escalation: Maintains safe supervision and follows safety protocols; responds calmly to incidents/crises using approved trauma-informed de-escalation; documents and escalates concerns appropriately.

Home Environment & Household Operations Management: Maintains a stable, family-style home environment through routines, meal planning/preparation, chores, cleanliness, supply organization, and coordination of basic home maintenance needs.

Teamwork, Communication & Documentation: Collaborates effectively with partnering program teams (fellow mentors, teachers, case coordinators, therapists); communicates clearly with staff and residents; completes accurate, timely documentation of daily activities, progress, and incidents.

Consistency, Flexibility & Professional Self-Management: Demonstrates reliability and follow-through in a 24/7 care environment; adapts to changing needs and unexpected situations; practices self-management to sustain effective care (stress tolerance, pacing, asking for support when needed).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Residential home environment with Christ-centered, family-style living arrangements

Capacity to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally (groceries, supplies, assisting residents)

Ability to stand, walk, bend, and perform household tasks for extended periods

May need to physically intervene in crisis situations following approved safety protocols

Exposure to emotional intensity, trauma responses, and challenging behaviors

Coordinate and participate in physical activities with the family (riding bikes, playing sports, walking, etc.. )

Work performed in trauma-informed environment serving vulnerable child survivors

On-site living quarters provided during work week

May be required to transport residents in agency vehicle

SCHEDULE:

One week on/one week off rotation starts on Wednesday at 3pm and ends the following Wednesday at 9am.

Because Path2Freedom is a 24-hour safe house that never closes, House Mentors are required to work scheduled holiday shifts.

Holiday schedule: When a holiday falls during your scheduled coverage, you will work 6am - 10pm shift for that holiday (even if it falls on a weekday or during school hours).

Thanksgiving & Christmas requirement (Husband/Wife teams) : Husband-and-wife mentor teams are expected to cover Thanksgiving and Christmas as part of the family-first model of care.