Career Opportunities

 

HCYR Career Opportunities

Contact us about career opportunities at HCYR by
phone (830-367-6111), e-mail (contact@youth-ranch.org),
the electronic application form, or traditional mail:
 

Hill Country Youth Ranch
Personnel Department 
P. O. Box 67 
Ingram, Texas 78025 
 

If you are visiting this page from our website for 
Big Springs Ranch for Children, you may return here.
You might also be interested in visiting our Charter School website.

Houseparents - Singles & Couples

Job Description
Be parent figure(s) for abused and orphaned children, ages 6 - 18, in Christian family atmosphere.   Live in foster home setting with 6 to 8 children. Children's residences are part of educational village with on-campus schools, recreation facilities, general store, and more.  Salary plus housing, food, utilities, transportation.  Training provided.  Children come from abusive and tragic backgrounds, but are foster children who show significant aptitude for healing.  Need warmth and love combined with durability and structure.

Requirements
Twenty-one years of age or older.  High school diploma or GED.  Experience with emotionally disturbed youth preferred.  Current Texas driver's license.  No criminal record.  No children.  No pets.

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Direct Care Worker

Job Description
Work with emotionally disturbed children, ages 6 to 18, in treatment setting.  Some of the children are victims of severe abuse and consequent trauma, needing treatment team approach.  Training provided. 

Requirements
Twenty-one years of age or older.  High school diploma or GED.  Experience with emotionally disturbed youth preferred.  Current driver's license.  No criminal record.  No children.  No pets.

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Charter School Opportunities

The Big Springs Charter School System operates four schools on two campuses - Cailloux Elementary and Najim Middle Schools at Hill Country Youth Ranch in Ingram, and the Ed Brune Middle and High Schools on the Big Springs Ranch for Children near Leakey. Opportunities are regularly available for teachers, aides and administrative and support staff.  The schools serve approximately 120 HCYR resident children as well as some 30 community children whose needs are better met in our award-winning educational system than in their previous schools. Statewide recognition has been received for testing scores amongst our students, and teachers have been recognized for exceptional classroom work. If you are interested in being a part of our children's lives through education please visit the Charter School Website, then contact the Charter School receptionist at 830-232-4121 or fill out the preliminary application form below.

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Grandparent Couple

An Opportunity to Make a Difference
Make a contribution as grandparents to abused and orphaned children living at the Big Springs Ranch for Children (BSRC) near Leakey, Texas.  Serve as volunteer teachers, mentors, counselors and/or grandparents one day each week.  Live in a separate, two-bedroom home on the Frio River next door to a 6,000 sq. ft. "homestead" housing eight children and houseparent couple.  See Two Ranches to learn about BSRC, and also read about our Grandparents Program.

Requirements
Must be fifty years of age or older, in good health.  Able to live on current resources without additional salary.  Some experience with youth preferred.  Childcare training provided.  Housing provided.  Must have desire to offer time and share experience/knowledge with abused and orphaned children.

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Volunteer Work

Without volunteers, the Youth Ranch would not exist as it does today.  Volunteers have provided specialized contributions to enrich the HCYR program, in fields ranging from science to architecture to songwriting and many others.  An RV park at the Big Springs Ranch allows on-site stays by volunteer groups and individuals.  The HCYR Auxiliary, with chapters in Kerr and Real Counties, organizes volunteer opportunities for over 300 men and women in the central Texas area who live within driving distance of the two ranches.  Volunteer activities include helping with a variety of projects through either of the two Auxiliaries, one in Kerr County and the other in Real County.  Activities include working in one of the thrift stores, hosting special events, helping with new buildings or maintenance, mentoring or tutoring children, bringing Christmas and birthday gifts to the children, and acting as their ambassadors in the larger community.  For more information, visit our Two Ranches web pages with lots of info about the two campuses, or, to speak with someone about participating, first fill out and submit the electronic application form provided below, indicating that you want to know about volunteering.

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Childcare Training Program

If you are not an experienced child care worker, but desire to become trained as one in order to enter the profession, go to Introduction to Childcare Training or Childcare Career Ladder and learn about our training program.  You may also want to order some of our training materials.  See Training Materials.

You may also inquire by phone or email about this program or use the form at the bottom of this page to make a direct application, indicating in one of the boxes your desire to know more about the childcare training program.

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Order Childcare Training Materials

Professionally produced training materials are available for your home viewing and study.  View training materials or go to order online to shop for these tapes and manuals about residential childcare.

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General Inquiries

To further explore any of the opportunities mentioned on this page, please send your resume and work history to the following address:

Hill Country Youth Ranch
Attn: Staff Recruiting Officer
P. O. Box 67
Ingram, Texas 78025

Or call us at 830-367-6111, Monday through Friday, 8 to 5. 
Our Fax number is 830-367-6108 and the e-mail for personnel is
contact@youth-ranch.org.

All materials will be kept in strictest confidence. HCYR is an equal opportunity employer.

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Preliminary Application for Employment, Training, or Volunteer Service  

Answer a few questions about your capabilities and the kind of position you're looking for, and submit it to our personnel file. The positions listed on this page (above) are open currently.  You may want to follow up an inquiry about one of them with a phone call to be sure we got your information, as a decision about filling them will be made soon.  If your interest is in another area, we'll review your file the next time something opens up.  

If you do not have experience but wish to become trained as a professional childcare worker in order to enter this field, please tell us that in item #5, and check out our Childcare Training Program and its components.  And if you would like to serve as a volunteer, let us know about any special areas of interest in Items #8.  See the paragraph on Volunteer Work above.   If the submit button on this form should ever fail, just use our email address listed above and give us the information in your own words. 

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  1. What is your current position?


  2. How long have you held this position?


  3. Briefly describe your current responsibilities:


  4. If you know, please indicate which program(s) you are most interested in:
    Hill Country Youth Ranch, Ingram, TX (Basic Care and Residential Treatment, ages 6 - 18)
    Big Springs Ranch for Children, Leakey, TX (Basic Care, ages 6 - 18)
    Enhanced Horizons, Ingram, TX (young adults, ages 18 - 25)
    Charter Elementary Schools
    Charter Middle Schools
    Charter High Schools

  5. Describe the position(s) you are looking for:


  6. Describe your relevant experience (other than your current position):



  7. If you have a minimum salary requirement, enter it here:



  8. If you wish to volunteer, describe areas of interest in which you might offer help, and list relevant experience:


  9. What are the dates when you would become available to work either as a
    volunteer or paid employee, and for how long might you serve?


  10. Whether seeking a volunteer or paid position, you must have a criminal background check if you will come into contact with children at HCYR  This requires that we enter your name and social security number into the national law enforcement data base.  If you agree to this background check, all results will be kept strictly confidential.  Only you, the HCYR Executive Director, and the State Licensing Agent will receive this information.
                                  I agree to submit my name for a criminal background check. 

  11. I    been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor.

  12. If your answer is that you have been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, please explain:


  13. How long should we keep your information on file?

     

  14. How did you hear about Hill Country Youth Ranch, Big Springs Ranch for Children, Enhanced Horizons, or the Charter Schools, giving details if possible (e.g. friend, relative, employee, website, other publication, special event, etc.)?

     

We'll need to know how to reach you if a position is available. Enter whatever contact information you feel is most appropriate below:

                    Name 
         Mailing address 
         Address (cont.) 
                    City 
          State/Province 
         Zip/Postal code 
                 Country 
              Work Phone 
              Home Phone 
                     FAX 
                  E-mail 
               Soc Sec # 
Texas Driver's License # 
           Date of Birth

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