Child/Youth Care Workers

Grandfather Home for Children has immediate openings at our Banner Elk Mental Health Licensed Residential Treatment Center campus.Openings are forchild/youth care workers, to stay in an assigned cottage, withother workers, 24 hours a day on a 5 day on / 5 day off rotation basis (Staff sleep at night on campus in separate secure staff quarters). Whether you are looking to jump start a career or wanting to return to a Human Services environment and further your career opportunities, gain experience towards becoming a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP), or even start a second career, inquire/apply now. Examine our training, credentialling, levels of expertise, and advancement opportunies.

Qualified applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent, be at least 21 years of age, have basic computer skills and a valid driver’s license. Download an application packet following links from "employment opportunities" on the home page. Complete the general application doc and the supplemental application doc for the youth care worker. Return address is on page one of application. You do not pay for the background checks within the application, simply complete and return the pages as part of the application document. Valid applications should be thorough and complete with references and work histories. Return Fax:(828) 898-8513 You can also contact Thomas Harrison at (828) 898-5465 ext. 235 or email at t.harrison@grandfatherhome.orgEOE.

Service Team Director

(listed October 2008)

This position supervises and is the treatment responsible professional for the delivery of individual and group treatment services, and is part of a team of 3 Service Team Directors for a residential treatment center Level III campus. Services are provided for child victims of sexual/other abuse and children with sexual behavior management problems. Other duty areas include: assessment, person-centered planning, and discharge planning for children in care and supervision of staff connected to respective team. Masters degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or related field req’d, supervisory exp, and exp working with a specific client/consumer population to receive Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) designation. Applicant should live or be prepared to live within 30 minutes of campus. On-call duties are req’d. Send resumes and applications with salary historiesto sue. knowles@grandfatherhome.org EOE.

Managing Director of Foundations

Work with the CEO and the Board of Trustees to develop and sustain a sound funds development program to insure the availability of the necessary financial resources to accomplish the goals of Homes for Children and all subsidiaries. Supervise and Assists the Director of Development with strategies for all fund raising activities including donor development, fund raising events and grant development. Supervise and Assists the Director of Church Relations with strategies for developing and strengthening all aspects of church relations. Supervise and Assist the Director of Children’s Trust Society to increase trust donor participation. Performs other duties as assigned. Master's degree (M. A.) or equivalent; five to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and
experience. Send resume and salary history to sue. knowles@grandfatherhome.org. EOE

Systems Administrator

As Systems Administrator in a non-profit organization, you will be responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining workstations and servers in an active directory environment. You will perform software installations and upgrades to current hardware and oversee the distribut6ion of new work stations and laptops. The systems administrator will assist the MIS Director with the management of network administration, staff technical support, maintenance of computers and basic management of information systems and technology equipment for Grandfather Home for Children. We are located in Banner Elk, NC and position may require moderate travel to our remote offices/group homes. Qualified applicant must have an Associate Degree in a computer related field, 2-4 years of work-related experience in a similar position, strong networking, VPN and VLAN skills, strong hardware and software troubleshooting skills, Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory, inventory/asset management, consumer appreciation, excellent driving record and clear background check. Experience with the following desired: HIPPA requirements, VMware ESX Server, Symantec Enterprise Antivirus and Backup Exec., MS Exchange 2003/2007, SQL 2005, WSUS, IIS, Terminal Services, PBX/VOIP interoffice communications and experience working with Dell hardware. Salary range - $28,000 - $38,000. Qualified applicants please send resume with salary requirements to m. naumowich@grandfatherhome.org or download an application packet to complete and fax back to 828-898-8513. EOE.