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Abbott House offers a variety of rewards in terms of employment. In addition to a full benefits package, employees are able to grow in their careers through extensive training and annual and performance salary reviews. We offer competitive wages, and a work environment that is intellectually stimulating and personally satisfying. Ask us about our hiring bonus!
We are currently seeking applicants for the following positions:
Youth Engagement Specialist
Located in Mitchell, SD. Looking for Full-Time and Part-Time. The Youth Engagement Specialists spend their day using social work skills nurturing, leading group discussions. Youth Engagement Specialists (YES) have a four day work week in Social Services and Human Services field.
Activities Coordinator
Located in Mitchell, SD. The Activities Coordinator will spend their days planning and managing activities for adolescents in a residential setting. He/She will also pan activities for staff.
Director of Bridges by Abbott House
In the field of Social Work! This position ensures that all clients and potential clients of the Bridges Foster Care program are provided srevices conducive to devloping and nurturing physical, emotional, mental, and academic progress.
Cook/Housekeeper
Located in Mitchell, SD. There's nothing more important than good food and a clean home, which is exactly what the Cooks and Housekeepers at Abbott House are responsible for daily! Ensuring safety, sanitation, and nutritious meals are the most important areas of this position.
Crisis Management Team Member
Located in Mitchell, SD. Looking for full-time and part-time. No experience necessary! This social work position provides crisis and non-crisis intervention services for adolescents in a residential setting who have behavioral health issues.
Food Truck Specialist
Abbott House has partnered with WellFully to create a unique food truck offering in Rapid City: WellHouse Pizza. This food truck is different from other food trucks in that its sole purpose is to provide hands-on workforce training for the at-risk youth in both organizations. It will also be the only food truck in Rapid City to offer pizza! This will be a youth-run, adult-supervised business. This program will offer youth a chance to prepare for the future by practicing much-needed life and job skills. We are looking for a part-time food truck manager to run the business and supervise the employees. If you enjoy working with kids and have a business or food background, this could be the opportunity you’re looking for!
Foster Family Support Specialist
Located in Mitchell, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls. Foster Family Support Specialists are like the aunts and uncles to our foster children. This position provides respite care when our foster parents are off duty. As a Foster Family Support Specialist, you will stay at the foster home overnight, serving as the "parent" of the foster home while the foster parents have days off. During this time, you will transport children to and from school and medical appointments, cook meals, keep the home space clean, assist children with homework, help with morning and night routines, and ensure the safety and appropriate supervision of all the children in the home.
Foster Parents
We are currently looking for caring people (individuals or couples) to fill the roles of foster parents in Rapid City! If you have a special place in your heart for children and want to help them overcome their past, then this is the position for you! Abbott House hires married couples to live as a family with up to 6 children in a home provided by Abbott House. These children have no safe place to call home and desperately need a stable and safe environment to grow in! We will provide training and support to ensure you feel prepared and confident working with children who have experienced trauma.
Night Youth Care Worker
Located in Mitchell, SD. This position involves supervising adolescents during overnight hours in a residential setting to ensure safety on a day to day basis.
On-Call Nurse
Located in Mitchell, SD. If you are a nurse who likes flexibility and can work 6 or more days a month, this might be the position for you! The more shifts you pick up, the larger your monthly incentive pay is. On Call nurses complete assessments after hours, holidays, and on weekends in the event of an emergency safety intervention.