Presbyterian Home for Children Jobs in and around Dallas, TX

Company:

Presbyterian Home for Children
Current Opportunities (1)
Company Website

Location(s):

3400 S. Bowie
Amarillo, TX
79109
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Phone:

(806) 352-5771

Fax:

(806) 352-4058

Industry:

Non-Profit

Size:

20-49

Company Overview

For more than 80 years, the Presbyterian Home for Children has provided a safe haven for children. Children come to the Home from a variety of circumstances. Some come from broken homes or because tragedy has interrupted their lives. Others are placed in the Home by children's service agencies or court order. Many have incarcerated parents who don't even know where they live. They may have known hunger, physical or sexual abuse or neglect.

The Children's Home provides that soft, safe place and a therapeutic program based on the Girls and Boys Town USA Family Teaching Model. This holistic approach addresses each child's specific physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs. Children live in a family environment with a married couple as Family Teachers and an assistant living in each of six cottages. Additional services each child may need including tutors, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health counselors are provided. Children attend Amarillo public schools and participate in extracurricular activities. Their life includes daily devotions, mealtime prayer, and weekly church attendance. A special program for high school seniors, Transitional Living Concepts (TLC), helps to prepare them for the time in the future when they will live on their own.

The Children's Home is a 501(c)(3) corporation licensed by the Texas Department of Human Services as a basic twenty-four-hour childcare facility. It is operated by a multi-denominational board of trustees approved by the Palo Duro Presbytery.