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My wife and I have a two hour interview with an organization that uses the
Teaching Family Model, and we have never been houseparents/family teachers.
They plan to ask scenario questions as well as other questions. Do any of you
all have any suggestions about what type of questions might come our way? And
two, what would be the best way to prepare for this interview? We have been
told that we may end up working with teenage girls. This organization is a
Christian organization that is coed taking kids ages 2-16. The children come
either through private placement or through state placement. It is a basic care
facility. If you'd prefer you can email me at calebconner@peoplepc.com with
your answers.
CaringCouple|Interview Questions
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We've interviewed in the past with two facilities that employed the "Teaching
Family Model" and did not find the interview much different than any others. If
you've been through a couple I wouldn't expect it to be much different.
As to Role Playing...... I sure hate that aspect of it but it has definitely
been a part of several interviews.
They tend to set up different scenarios and try to see how you will react. If
they get into it as well you can expect someone acting as a child in crisis,
probably in your face, possibly using some profanity (most administrators don't
like to do that) or possibly a Parent acting not much different and expecting
YOU to be able to answer all the questions that will come faster than you can
think of the answers. It's usually done to see how fast someone will think in a
crisis situation and how anaytical they are of the situation.
As a male I have been asked a variety of things but the most difficult scneario
I was presented that caught me unprepared was
" Your doing a room inspection and you notice that 16yo Tommy's pillow is a
pit disheveled. You reach down and start to straighten the pillow and find a
pair of your wife's underware under the pillow. Tommy walks in to the room at
that time"
That relates to working with boys of course....
But I was also
"It's summer and the kids have been pretty good so an outing is planned for
a day at the beach. After getting there you realize that the Bathing Suit that
17yo Debbie was supposedly wearing under her shorts and shirt which was
approved of has been replaced by a very risque bikini. She refuses to comply
and begins to argue with you when you direct her to put her shorts and TShirt
back on. Now you roleplay for a few minutes and the arguing is nonstop from
her. When she gets totally frustrated by your unwilligness to give in she
strips the bikini off and throws it in your face and tells you There. I'm
not wearing it now! Are you Happy? and stands there stark naked on a public
beach."
Those were very creative questions/scenarios I thought at the time. I now know
them to have come from real situations encountered.
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