Community advisor vs house parent

The differences between community advisors and house parents can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a community advisor has an average salary of $65,055, which is higher than the $34,797 average annual salary of a house parent.

The top three skills for a community advisor include energy efficiency, residential life and crisis management. The most important skills for a house parent are crisis intervention, foster care, and direct care.

Community advisor vs house parent overview

	Community Advisor	House Parent
Yearly salary	$65,055	$34,797
Hourly rate	$31.28	$16.73
Growth rate	12%	36%
Number of jobs	51,226	25,144
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Average age	26	26
Years of experience	-	-

Community advisor vs house parent salary

Community advisors and house parents have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Community Advisor	House Parent
Average salary	$65,055	$34,797
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $110,000	Between $24,000 And $49,000
Highest paying City	Washington, DC	-
Highest paying state	California	-
Best paying company	Southern California Edison	-
Best paying industry	Government	-

Differences between community advisor and house parent education

There are a few differences between a community advisor and a house parent in terms of educational background:

	Community Advisor	House Parent
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Most common major	Psychology	Psychology
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Community advisor vs house parent demographics

Here are the differences between community advisors' and house parents' demographics:

	Community Advisor	House Parent
Average age	26	26
Gender ratio	Male, 44.5% Female, 55.5%	Male, 33.9% Female, 66.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 14.4% Unknown, 5.9% Hispanic or Latino, 15.1% Asian, 6.6% White, 57.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 16.5% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% Asian, 6.7% White, 56.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between community advisor and house parent duties and responsibilities

Community advisor example responsibilities.

Provide one-to-one contact, conflict mediation, and referral services to residents.
Coordinate and supervise weekly staff meetings, changing programming requirements, and mediation.
Care for individuals with dementia, Alzheimer's disease, physical disability, those undergoing post-operative recovery and convalescents.
Plan and execute internal communications activities, as well as provided guidance and support to leadership on communication execution.
Provide leadership and ensure implementation of support programs require to deliver a complete and rewarding work experience for student team.
Train to administer basic first responder first aid as necessary to youth, including, cardiopulmonary and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

House parent example responsibilities.

Lead support groups with an emphasis on recovery and strength base techniques, DBT, CBT, self-care and coping skills.
Attend multiple trainings on child development, wellness action plans, as well as CPR certification.
Demonstrate proficiency in administering medications, assisting with ADL's.
Promote continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided.
Create new forms to help house moms stay better organize and help with household and DHS responsibilities.
Prepare meals, pick up groceries when need, administer and document all medications.

Community advisor vs house parent skills

Common community advisor skills

Energy Efficiency, 22%
Residential Life, 13%
Crisis Management, 5%
Strategic Communications, 5%
Press Releases, 4%
Policy Violations, 4%

Common house parent skills

Crisis Intervention, 12%
Foster Care, 9%
Direct Care, 9%
CPR, 9%
Child Care, 7%
Foster Children, 7%