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STAFF
POSITIONS
Staff at Special K Ranch is made up of people who are
committed to the concept of Christian community living
with people who developmental disabilities.
Each of the six homes on the ranch has live-in home advisors.
This may be a single person, married couple, or married
couple with children. Home advisors live with four residents
in a large comfortable home. Every household functions
as a family group.
In the case of a married couple in a home, one spouse
works as a vocational advisor during the work hours. This
is a teaching, supervising, and laboring position with
four residents.
Home advisors and vocational advisors receive a salary
plus full medical, food, housing, paid vacation and all
travel related to the job.
LIVE-IN HOME ADVISOR
Position available for a married couple to live in-home
with four adults who have developmental disabilities.
Responsibilities
include managing the household and assisting the residents
with their independent living skills. Also supervising
a work crew in the greenhouses or on the ranch.
TO
APPLY
Print your Special K Ranch employment application,
CLICK HERE! Mail application to address listed on form.
(* application is in pdf format - click here to download Acrobat Reader )
Contact
the Special K Ranch program director, Mike Oberg at
(406)322-5520 or e-mail specialkranch@hughes.net.
 RESIDENT
OPENINGS
The
program at Special K Ranch is designed to be a long term
or permanent living arrangement for people who have mental
retardation. It is not often that there is a vacancy. However,
on occasion a resident may move.
The
process for filling a vacancy begins with the family of
the prospective resident filling out an application packet.
Along with the application a psychological evaluation
and any other activity and development reports are requested.
A
visit to the ranch for a tour and an interview with the
screening committee is than scheduled. If the prospective
resident, following this interview, would like to live
at Special K Ranch and the report from the screening committee
is favorable, a sixty (60) day trial and evaluation visit
is set up.
After
the sixty day trial visit the screening committee makes
a determination based on the prospects desire to live
at the ranch and the programs ability to meet the specific
needs of the individual.
When
an individual becomes a resident at Special K Ranch they
are encouraged to bring their own bedroom furniture and
decorate their room.
To
learn more about this vacancy call (406)322-5520 and ask
to speak with Mike Oberg the program director.
APPLICATION FOR RESIDENCY
Potential
residents come to Special K Ranch though private referral
by family. Click Here to view and print a resident application and information form. Mail application to address listed on form.
(* application is in pdf format - click here to download Acrobat Reader )
After completed application and background information
is received, the screening committee determines whether
or not to proceed with an interview with the applicant
and family. Following this interview a sixty-day trail
period may be offered to the applicant.
At the end of the trial period the screening committee
may extend the trial period, offer permanent residency,
or reject an applicant based on information gathered and
experience with the applicant during the trial period.
If accepted, the final decision to live at Special K Ranch
is the applicant's.
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