Assistant Unit Director

Location: Denton State Supported Living Center, 3980 State School Rd, Denton, TX. Posting 22670, closes 11/06/2026. Full-time, day shift, exempt. Travel up to 10%. Not eligible for telework per posting metadata (though telework disclaimer notes potential eligibility per agency policy).

About the role

The Assistant Unit Director (AUD) works under the direct supervision of the Unit Director and has primary responsibility for providing leadership and direction to other unit staff to assure the delivery of quality care, support, active treatment, and leisure activities to individuals served. The AUD supports the Unit Director in planning, implementing, directing, and evaluating unit operations and goals, works cooperatively with other divisions and departments, and ensures harmonious working relationships among staff, family members, and other facility employees. The AUD performs supervisory, consultative, and administrative duties plus Administrative Assistant tasks, acts as the additional duty safety officer for the unit (ensuring safety drills are completed correctly and timely, addressing safety/resident concerns through the Facility Safety Department or Interdisciplinary Team process), and assures the unit meets Life Safety Code regulations. The AUD serves as first-line supervisor for Unit Supervisors on personnel issues and training compliance, monitors staff deployment/minimums, leave approval, and overtime utilization, serves as Administrative Officer on Duty (AOD) for campus-wide issues and as acting Unit Director as needed, and ensures the unit reduces abuse, neglect, exploitation, injuries, accidents, and restraints.

Responsibilities

• Attends work regularly; may be required to work specific shift schedules, rotating schedules, extended shifts, and/or overtime per agency leave policy; may serve in on-call status on a rotating schedule.
• Establishes and maintains positive, supportive relationships with employees, individuals served, family members, and visitors to create an environment of caring, dignity, and respect.
• Provides formal/informal supervision and support to unit staff per facility procedures to ensure effective delivery of needed services (health, safety, individual support planning, etc.).
• Implements Positive Performance Management system per facility guidelines to improve staff performance, attendance, and work behavior.
• Assists Unit Director in conducting performance evaluations of assigned staff to give timely feedback.
• Monitors implementation of unit staff management systems (staff schedules, assignment sheets, deployment, leave approval, overtime utilization) to ensure adequate staff coverage meeting minimums.
• Monitors utilization of staffing resources to maintain fair distribution of overtime.
• Follows facility procedures when granting/approving leave requests to ensure fairness.
• Makes regular rounds/visits throughout the unit to monitor scheduled activities, ensuring safety and implementation of levels of supervision, positive behavior support plans, physical/nutritional management plans, documentation of injuries, restraint documentation, cleanliness, and appropriate staff-to-resident interactions.
• Monitors and enforces unit compliance with internal and external audits and plans of correction to ensure safe environments promoting dignity and respect.
• Monitors reduction of abuse, neglect, exploitation, unusual incidents, injuries, and restraints through implementation of applicable facility procedures.
• Serves as Acting Unit Director as needed.
• Ensures assigned staff participate in mandatory training to ensure staff competence and development.
• Ensures compliance with all ICF/IID conditions of participation, Life Safety Code regulations, and continued progress toward Settlement Agreement requirements.
• Takes action on financial responsibilities: annual budget planning, activity fund monitoring, trust fund oversight, and property inventory.
• Other duties as assigned, including active participation/supporting role in disaster response/recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation, which may require alternate shift patterns or locations.