Do you want to make a living by making a difference?
Florence Crittenton has always been about people building healthy, safe, trusting relationships. We believe that our program works because we recruit and retain top quality, dedicated people. We know that our staff is our greatest asset, and that they are the key to our continued success.
We believe that the birth of a baby offers a unique opportunity for change and growth in the life of a teen mother and her extended family. One of the best ways to model healthy relationships is by providing a supportive and nurturing working environment.
The following opportunities currently exist at Florence Crittenton:
Foundation Relations Officer
The Foundation Relations Officer designs and administers the foundations giving program of the development department. This includes corporate donors that have a specific grants process; otherwise, annual business appeals are performed by other staff. May include writing federal or other public-funded grants. (read more…)
DIRECT CARE STAFF
Positive male and female role models are needed to provide direct care in our Home. Successful applicants will be responsible for assuring the safety of all Crittenton clients as well as guiding, teaching and providing loving and disciplined care (read more…)
If you’re looking for a rewarding job where you can use your talents to truly make a difference in the lives of our young women and their children, please apply for a direct care staff position today!
Mail, fax or e-mail application or resume to:
FC - Director of Operations
901 N. Harris
Helena, MT 59601
(406) 442-6571 (fax)
SallyW@florencecrittenton.org
Why Florence Crittenton?
The emotional and physical attachment occurring between a parent or parent figure, especially a mother, and offspring, that usually begins at birth and is the basis for further emotional affiliation.
At FC we work together as a team. This team includes not only the residents but co-workers, volunteers, our Board and supportive local and state wide community members. As a team we strive to provide a loving, safe environment for every young woman that needs our services. In order to provide these services for our residents we must also provide a loving and safe environment for every staff person, volunteer, board member and donor.
The employees at FC truly believe in the work that they do. We all recognize that we can not change the entire world and we may not immediately see the difference we make for a resident. What we are doing is planting seeds and the seeds we plant today have the potential to grow into something beautiful days, months or years down the road. Florence Crittenton is always looking at new ways to help teach and support its residents. We are using cutting edge therapeutic techniques which help in the areas of bonding, attachment, independent living training, parenting and adoption.
In order to provide the best work place environment for our employees we offer extensive training opportunities, flexible work schedules, vacation, sick and personal leave, health insurance and matching retirement plans. We are always looking for people who have the potential to help strengthen the future of the young women we serve. If you feel that you would be able to act as a positive role model, mentor, disciplinarian and teacher then contact us for further information about becoming a part of the Florence Crittenton Team.
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Why I Work For Florence Crittenton Home
As a college student at MSU-Northern researching community service programs, I came across an organization that helped pregnant and parenting young moms: Florence Crittenton Home. I found myself drawn to this program not only because of the services they provide and the history of the organization, but also because I was a single Mom trying to go to college and support my baby. During that time of my life I struggled with accessing services for young moms, and some of the people who were supposed to be there to help me were judging me instead and treating me poorly. I often felt frustrated and, at times, humiliated.
I knew I wanted to help young moms so they wouldn’t feel like I did. Florence Crittenton Home was the perfect place for me. With my degree in hand, I moved to Helena with the hopes that some day, I might be able to work at my dream job. There were no positions available at the time so I took another job and waited. About four months into my new life in Helena, there was an opening for a Program Coordinator/Case Manager at Florence Crittenton Home and I immediately applied. I started working here in June of 2007, and find it to be everything I imagined and more. I love coming to work, and feel truly blessed that I can be a part of this incredible organization.
By Shannon Martin, Pathways To Success Case Manager
Why I Work For Florence Crittenton Home
My entire adult life has been spent advocating for women and their children. I’ve written federal and state policy, lobbied, lectured and crafted many an article. From Capital Hill to Beverly Hills I’ve used words to try and explain what it is that pregnant and parenting young women need. But it has only been in the last year, since working for Florence Crittenton Home that I have even begun to learn what it is that they truly need.
I didn’t find it in textbooks, studies or theories. I found it in the eyes of a young woman who recently asked that I be her support person during childbirth. This isn’t a role that normally falls under my purview. We have amazing direct care staff and case managers who are inherently compassionate and impeccably trained in labor and delivery support. But this young mother said she wanted a “pitbull” to stand at the door while she was delivering…and I was the person she requested.
I won’t dishonor the privilege she gave me of being in the room when she welcomed her child into the world by sharing any intimacies. It was a unique and precious gift that I will carry with me forever. But what I saw in that delivery room, the strength of a woman entwined with the smallness of a child is beyond words.
While I still believe that it’s imperative we give young moms a voice, I now realize that only accounts for a part of what these girls need. They also need a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen, a heart to hold them dear and a hand to give them a boost. I am thankful each day that I have a job that allows me to do all of that and more.
Sally Winn, Director of Operations