FEATURED JOB OPENING: Family-Teaching Couple - Washington, DC

Are you passionate about shaping the future of America’s Youth?

BoysTown is changing the way America cares for children, families and communities by providing and promoting an Integrated Continuum of Care that instills Boys Town values to strengthen body, mind and spirit.

Boys Town Washington, D.C. is seeking a Family Teaching Couple for our residential living program - you and your spouse are at the Heart of our Mission.  You will live in our residential homes creating a family environment for our at-risk kids aging 10-18 who often have nowhere else to turn.  After completing our two week in-house paid training, you will take on a life-changing mission by guiding, counseling, and helping to meet the emotional, educational and daily needs of our at-risk youth.  We are looking to you to provide compassion, internal strength and competence for these kids. 

We are looking for a positive, energetic couple who have a desire to help at-risk youth, can create a safe and caring environment, help them to succeed for day and the future, guide and counsel them on appropriate skills and behaviors and have a deep desire to provide them moral, spiritual and educational development.

We need you to have a desire, dedication, and an interest in integrating your family with the kids in the home, creating a cohesive environment for all.

Due to the critical nature of this position, Boys Town Family Teaching Couples who meet our high standards of care will receive excellent compensation by providing you a caring and supportive environment, comprehensive pay, no cost of expenses living within the home, extensive paid training, followed by 24-hour professional support, future career opportunities, and state-of-the-art treatment techniques.  In addition, medical/dental/vision and prescription benefits, paid vacation and tuition reimbursement.

The Boys Town mission has always been and always will be centered around creating an environment for children that includes trust, discipline, emotional support and respect.  We at Boys Town believe that all children and youth have the potential to become bright, productive, adjusted, loving people.

BoysTown is nationally recognized for its research-proven child, health and family care programs.  One of the country’s largest nonprofit, publically funded child-care organizations, Boys Town annually touches the lives of more than 400,000 boys, girls, parents and others nationwide through its highly effective services and programs.