Residential Program Director

You deserve to work somewhere that gives back to you!

Devereux is proud to offer ASCEND the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers the career guidance one-on-one coaching skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes 100% of tuition covered (up to fifteen thousand dollars annually for undergraduate and twenty-five thousand dollars annually for graduate) and student loan repayment among other benefits!

Being aProgram Directorat Devereux has its Advantages

You will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. The Program Directoris responsible for developing and coordinating program operations for multiple homes within the designated regional area to ensure a safe and therapeutic environment for the individuals in our care. The director is responsible for ensuring the delivery of all professional services has oversight of all financial components including budget adherence while holding high quality standards of care and habitation for a variety of community residential settings.

What Devereux offers YOU:

• Time off benefits starting on day one!
• Excellent health benefits effective 30 days after employment at and student loan assistance.
• Growth and training development.
• A Challenging rewarding and exciting management position that makes a positive impact on the lives of the individuals we serve.
• Working environment that is collaborative with multidisciplinary team.
• Opportunity to engage with an organization that values Servant Leadership principles allowing staff to be their authentic selves at work.

The Program Director reports directly to the Residential Operations Director. This position oversees our group homes in Sussex County NJ.

Salary: $75000- 83000

What Devereux Looks for in our Program Directors:

• Provide leadership and supervision to residential and direct care staff with guidance direction & mentorship regarding Devereux philosophies/program.

• Coordinate medical health and safety oversight for individuals served.

• Support crisis management de-escalation and emergency response.

• Lead quality assurance initiatives and prepare for audits and inspections.

• Manage Behavioral Support Plans and incident reporting investigations and corrective action.

• Facilitate interdisciplinary team collaboration and communication with families guardians and stakeholders.

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Youd make a great Program Director if you have:

• Have a minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Education Special Education Administration Psychology Social
  Work Business Administration or a related field is preferred.
• Have a valid non-provisional drivers license.
• Be able to attend ten days of paid onsite orientation on weekdays.
• 5-7 years years working within the field of human services with at least five of
  those years in a supervisory role.
• Be empathetic and have a team approach to care for our individuals.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Company Overview

Devereux is one of the nations largest nonprofit organizations providing services insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912 Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical therapeutic educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10000 children adults and their families every year.

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional behavioral or cognitive differences.

With nearly 6500 employees working in programs across the country Devereux is a trusted partner for families schools and communities serving individuals in the areas of autism intellectual and developmental disabilities specialty mental health education and foster care.

Our Culture Our Expectations

At Devereux Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide every day for the individuals and families we serve and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work and our team environment creates an empowering positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux you will: put the needs of others first feel called to serve and called to lead. As a member of our team you will be a significant part of our commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive work environment across all programs and services and within all policies and employee practices.

We believe a workplace rooted in inclusivity offering a sense of belonging to all those who walk through our doors is fundamental to delivering the highest quality healthcare services. Through open dialogue and the creation of brave spaces we will engage in work that gives each of us a chance to change the world one person one family one community at a time.

What Devereux Offers You

In addition to a competitive salary Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees family members and domestic partners. Eligible employees are eligible to start benefits after 30 days of addition we offer;

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone web app) dental prescription drug preventative care and mental health services.

• Student loan debt assistance tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.

• Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day) 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.

• Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

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Devereux is a drug-free workplace drug screening required. EOE