Job Summary
Earthora Orchard Living Services LLC is seeking compassionate, stable families to become certified Sponsor Families for children and adolescents (ages 0–17) with developmental disabilities who cannot currently remain in their own family home. This is not a shift-based caregiving job — it's a long-term, family-style living arrangement. A child moves into your home and becomes part of your household, and you provide the day-to-day care, routine, and connection a family provides, while Earthora surrounds you with training, supervision, and around-the-clock support. This is a paid position, and no prior clinical or nursing background is required — we provide full training before any child is placed with you, and ongoing training and support for as long as you're certified.
What a Typical Day Looks Like
Life with a child in your home functions like any family's daily routine — meals, school, homework, activities, bedtime — but with extra structure and support built in. You'll follow the child's Individualized Service Plan (ISP), created by our clinical team to outline their specific needs and goals. Your assigned Supervisory Staff contact checks in with you weekly, and you're included in periodic treatment team meetings where the plan is reviewed and adjusted as needed. You're never doing this alone.
Duties
Provide a safe, stable, and nurturing home environment
Deliver daily care and consistent routines — meals, hygiene, sleep, homework, and recreational activities
Implement each child's Individualized Service Plan with guidance from your Supervisory Staff contact
Support behavioral needs using Positive Behavior Support and trauma-informed care, taught in our required training
Administer medication accurately when applicable, following proper protocol and documentation
Attend weekly check-ins and treatment team meetings
Complete required daily documentation of care provided
Support community integration, including transportation to school, appointments, and activities
Maintain strict confidentiality of each child's personal and medical information
Qualifications
At least 21 years old, with a stable home in or near Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, or Rappahannock County, VA, or the surrounding region
Patient, dependable, and comfortable working as part of a team
Able to pass a full background check, fingerprinting, and Central Registry review for all adult household members
Financially stable independent of this role's compensation
Home meets basic safety and space requirements (confirmed during a home evaluation visit)
Willing to complete Earthora's required pre-service training — provided at no cost, covering developmental disabilities, trauma-informed care, crisis de-escalation, medication administration, mandatory reporting, documentation, and emergency procedures
Prior experience with children or individuals with developmental disabilities is a plus, but not required
Compensation
Competitive monthly compensation based on the individual needs and support level of the child placed in your home.
About Us
Earthora Orchard Living Services is a small, family-led agency based in Culpeper, VA, proudly serving families throughout Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock counties, as well as Warrenton, Front Royal, Stafford, Dumfries, Woodbridge, Manassas, Gainesville, and Haymarket. If you have room in your home and your heart for a child who needs one, we'd love to talk with you.
Pay: $2,800.00 - $4,500.00 per month
Work Location: In person
