Residential Manager

Are you interested in making a positive difference in the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities? Join Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health and work where you know you are making a difference every day.

About the role

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health New York provides programs and services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and dual diagnoses. As a Residential Manager, you will coordinate daily operations for assigned residences in conjunction with the Residential Director. Responsibilities include overseeing compliance with OPWDD regulations, managing daily operations and procedural routines (resident inventories, supply inventories, food inventories, recreation supplies), ensuring proper staffing ratios, and monitoring benefit use and overtime. You will also ensure staff receive necessary trainings and that Treatment Team meetings are prepared for and attended by assigned staff.

Location: Beck Rd IRA, Poughkeepsie

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily operations for assigned residences in conjunction with the Residential Director.
• Oversee compliance with OPWDD regulations in the assigned residence.
• Manage daily operation and procedural routines, including resident inventories, residence supply inventories, food inventories, and recreation supplies.
• Ensure proper staffing ratio and monitor benefit use and overtime.
• Ensure staff assigned to the residence receive all necessary trainings during orientation and on an annual basis.
• Prepare for and attend Treatment Team and treatment planning meetings, ensuring procedures are followed and implemented.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; Associate’s Degree or 60+ credits required (will consider substituting three years of experience in the mental health field for the academic requirement).
• Two years of progressively responsible positions in a residential setting serving the same population (age, diagnosis, etc.).
• Valid driver’s license.
• Flexible, patient, energetic, creative, and a sense of humor.
• Strong passion for working with and helping children and adults with special needs.

Physical Requirements

• Pre-employment physical required.
• Significant and frequent amounts of walking, sitting, stooping, bending, and standing.
• Frequent planned, outside activities causing exposure to sunlight and heat.
• Speaking and hearing ability sufficient to communicate effectively by phone or in person at normal volumes.
• Vision adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc.
• Good manual dexterity.

Benefits

• Paid orientation.
• Over 5 weeks of paid time off your first year.
• Quality low-cost benefits, plus student loan debt assistance and 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires. Learn more.
• Access to the Savi Student Loan Checkup tool to navigate repayment plan options and discover potential savings.
• Comprehensive health and welfare program (medical, dental, prescription drug, preventative care, mental health services, telemedicine).
• Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement, and continuing education assistance.
• Generous time-off (accruing from the first day), 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and voluntary/employee-paid supplemental life and accident coverage.
• Employee assistance/work-life balance program.

Pay

$62,353.20 per year

About Devereux

Devereux is one of the nation’s 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 10,000+ 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 6,500 employees working in programs across the country, Devereux is a trusted partner for families, schools, and communities.

Devereux offers ASCEND, a career accelerator program exclusively for behavioral healthcare workers, providing career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills development, and financial assistance, including tuition assistance and student loan repayment.