House Parent Manager

Seamark Ranch•Green Cove Springs, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Houseparent Manager plays a critical leadership role in ensuring the strength, stability, and sustainability of the residential program at Seamark Ranch. This position is responsible for recruiting, training, scheduling, and supporting house parents and relief staff, while maintaining compliance with Seamark policies, Florida DCF requirements, and best practices in residential care. This individual serves as both a shepherd and systems manager—investing relationally in house parents while also ensuring operational excellence. The House Parent Manager works to build a strong pipeline of mission-aligned house parents and ensures current staff are equipped, supported, and held accountable in their role of providing Christ-centered, family-style care.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
Strong organizational and scheduling skills
Relational leadership with the ability to support and guide families
Clear and effective communication skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond to urgent needs
Ability to uphold policies while maintaining a supportive and encouraging approach
Proficiency in basic technology systems (email, scheduling tools, spreadsheets)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in social work, education, ministry, human services, or a related field
Experience in residential care, foster care, ministry, or family-style caregiving
Experience in staff supervision, scheduling, or recruitment
Understanding of trauma-informed care and youth development principles

Responsibilities

Develop and manage all houseparent and relief parent schedules, including weekly rotations, vacation coverage, relief weeks, date nights, trainings and professional development, meetings and required program events.
Ensure all homes are consistently and appropriately staffed.
Maintain proactive scheduling systems to prevent gaps in coverage.
Coordinate last-minute coverage needs and emergency staffing situations.
Build strong, trusting relationships with house parents through regular communication and presence in the homes.
Provide ongoing support by understanding individual and family needs, addressing challenges in real time, offering encouragement and spiritual support.
Serve as a first-line support for problem-solving within the homes.
Promote a healthy, sustainable work-life rhythm for houseparent families.
Ensure house parents are fully trained and consistently operating in alignment with Seamark Ranch policies and procedures, Florida DCF licensing requirements, trauma-informed, and Christ-centered care practices.
Coordinate and/or lead new houseparent onboarding and training, ongoing professional development, and required compliance trainings.
Monitor and document adherence to expectations.
Provide coaching, feedback, and corrective action when needed.
Partner with leadership to maintain audit readiness and documentation compliance.
Develop and implement a strategic recruitment plan to build a strong pipeline of future house parents.
Actively recruit through local churches and faith-based networks, colleges and universities, job fairs, community events, summer camps, and ministry organizations.
Cultivate relationships with potential candidates and maintain an active candidate pool.
Coordinate interest meetings, informational sessions, and on-campus or church presentations.
Partner with leadership in the interview and selection process.
Collaborate with the Director of Programs to ensure consistency across homes.
Support alignment between residential life and each youth’s individualized care plan.
Participate in team meetings and contribute to program improvement initiatives.
Assist in developing systems that improve communication, efficiency, and staff support.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Support campus-wide events and ministry activities as needed.