Help Children Feel Safe . . . Even While They Sleep
Children's Village is seeking caring, dependable individuals to serve as Overnight Awake Staff in our family-style cottage homes for children.
Some of the most important moments in a child's healing happen during the quiet hours of the night. As an Overnight Awake Staff member, you will provide attentive supervision, maintain a safe and structured environment, and help ensure children feel secure, supported, and prepared for the next day.
If you are patient, observant, emotionally steady, and looking for meaningful work that truly makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
About Children's Village
Children's Village is a Christian home providing hope and healing for abused and neglected children in East Texas.
Our family-style cottage homes provide children—often sibling groups—with a safe, stable, and nurturing environment where they experience consistent relationships, healthy routines, and opportunities to heal and grow.
Every member of our direct care team plays an important role in helping children experience safety, stability, and hope.
Position Overview
Overnight Awake Staff serve as the primary caregivers responsible for children during overnight hours.
Your primary responsibility is to provide continuous awake supervision while maintaining a calm, safe, and structured overnight environment that protects the continuity of care established within each cottage home.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll partner with Cottage Parents, Relief Cottage Parents, Assistant Cottage Parents, Case Managers, the Treatment Director, and Administration to help ensure children experience consistency, safety, and stability throughout the night and into the next day.
Typical Schedule
- Overnight shifts are typically 10:00 PM – 6:00 AM
- Children's Village provides care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays. Employees should expect to work schedules that may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and other times based on organizational needs.
- Number of scheduled shifts varies based on organizational needs and employee availability.
- Assignments may occur in either cottage home.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide continuous awake supervision throughout the entire shift.
- Monitor children's safety, well-being, and overnight needs.
- Maintain a calm, structured, and secure overnight environment.
- Support established bedtime routines, overnight expectations, and morning transitions.
- Comfort and assist children who wake during the night.
- Respond appropriately to illness, emergencies, emotional distress, or behavioral concerns.
- Complete required documentation and communicate significant overnight events to the daytime caregiving team.
- Help maintain consistency and continuity of care within the Children's Village Cottage Home Program.
Qualifications Required
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Valid Texas driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
- Ability to remain awake, alert, and attentive throughout the entire shift.
- Ability to successfully complete required background checks, fingerprinting, and drug screening.
Preferred
- Experience working with children, youth, or families.
- Experience in childcare, education, residential care, healthcare, ministry, or related fields.
- Knowledge of trauma-informed care.
- Strong observation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Why You'll Love Working Here
- Competitive compensation.
- Paid Time Off (PTO).
- Paid training and professional development.
- Supportive, mission-driven team environment.
- Opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of children.
Why Children's Village?
Children's Village is more than a workplace—it's a mission. Every member of our team helps provide hope and healing to children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and trauma. We believe healing happens through consistent relationships, safe environments, healthy routines, and compassionate care.
As a Christian ministry, we seek team members who are comfortable working within a faith-based environment, support our mission and values, and are committed to treating every child with compassion, dignity, consistency, and respect.
If you're looking for meaningful work where you can make a lasting difference in the lives of children, we encourage you to apply.
Pay: From $12.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Paid training
Work Location: In person
