Join Our Team!
Joy Ranch provides a safe, stable, and loving home founded on Christ’s love to boys and girls from crisis situations. We believe that each child who comes to us is first and foremost a kid and needs a safe, supportive environment; that means movie nights, water gun fights, homework time, road trips, chores, being silly, and all of the other typical parts of being a kid.
There is also another side to each of our kids: each child that comes to us comes from a difficult, painful situation. Many of our children have faced trauma, heartache, and loss, and many come from broken homes.
Our team receives ongoing training and understands that our children are in many ways typcial, goofy, growing kids, but each team member is also trained to recognize that all of our children come to us from a place of hurt and need.
Current Openings:
Currently, there are no open positions. However, if you’re a strong, Christian couple or individual who feels led to join our ministry, please email us so we can keep you in mind for any future openings. As a house parent, you will act as a parent, an advocate, a life skills teacher, and a role model for the children and teenagers placed in your care.
House parenting is not just a job: we believe it is a calling!
For more details about this position, please check out the links below!
For more information, please email our Human Resources Director at hr@joyranch.org
Employment Application (MS Word)
Employment Application (PDF)
House Parent Brochure
Employee Benefits
Health Insurance
Joy Ranch provides health insurance coverage through Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The ministry pays $250.00 toward the employee’s coverage. Dependent coverage is available.
Dental Insurance
Joy Ranch provides dental insurance coverage through Delta Dental. The ministry pays 100% of the premium including dependent coverage.
Life Insurance
Joy Ranch provides life insurance coverage for the employee in the amount of $25,000, plus an Accidental Death and Dismemberment provision, through Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The ministry pays 100% of the premium.
Simple IRA
Joy Ranch provides a Simple IRA after one year of employment whereby the ministry matches the employee’s contribution up to 3% of salary.
Paid Time Off Days for vacation, sickness, or personal needs are provided annually.
Application for Employment
We welcome applicants for House Parent staff positions on an ongoing basis. Joy Ranch Home for Children seeks Christian couples and individuals with experience in child care who share the purpose of meeting the physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs of children in family crisis situations. Please feel free to contact Human Resources regarding these positions or fill out the application form.
You may also print the application and send it to us by mail or fax.