House Parenting is an Amazing Job but GAP has issues - House Parent Gap Ministries Employee Review

Even though there was much to enjoy with the job there was almost as much negatives. House Parents have no control over what kind of kids come into the home. Management never takes into consideration what the House Parents have to say about the kids. There have been countless times we would say why a child would not be good for our home because of safety reasons and they were always ignored. We had a teenage girl who was a sex victim put into our home where we had many teenage boys. Another time we have one little girl who was 5 and the rest were all older boys. The management acts like they know your kids better then you even though they go months without seeing them and if they do its a short quick conversation. When they are short staffed they expect you to take kids from other houses for no extra pay. We had to take up to 4 extra kids for a week at a time. The time off we got was barely enough. It was JUST enough to get through the next month until your days off. Management would lie about the kids and not tell House Parents information on new kids. We were told that a kid we got had no sexual background after we asked questions seeing red flags. We came to find out that this particular child was kicked out of GAP previously due to molesting another child. He was an extreme high risk child and GAP refused to inform us of his aggressive sexual background. We have seen management all the way up to the CEOs lie to cover the image of GAP and protect them. They will claim they have no clue something wrong is going on in the house while deleting reports House Parents make. They will say there was never anything clues or signs something was happening while all the house parents sit there and listen knowing they are lying because we all knew what was going on. There was a older teen who tried to molest a little girl and they removed him that night and tried putting him in my house where we had a girl the same age. They do not care about House Parents bio kids. They do not care if they are protected and often times will treat you like your child is an inconvenience. They will tell you that your child comes first but not one single action matches that. They will guilt trip you and telling you how your kid is taking up a space for a state child. Basically, the management there is poor. They lie to staff, state, and local news to always protect their image. They say one thing and will always do another. When you address the management they will never accept any wrong doing and tell you that you have a spirit of offense and you need to change.