Program Manager - Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health

Are you interested in making an impact on the lives of individuals with intellectual/developmental/behavioral health disabilities? Do you enjoy helping others strive to their full potential?

If you answered YES to either of these questions, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!

Being a Program Manager has its Advantages

As a Program Manager at Devereux, you will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need.

What Devereux offers YOU:

• A Challenging, rewarding and exciting management position that makes a positive impact on the lives of the individuals we serve.
• The opportunity to collaborate with like-minded and creative management professionals across the entire organization.
• A Servant Leadership culture, where employees feel welcomed, valued and empowered to voice ideas that will benefit the individuals and families we serve.
• The opportunity to drive change in a fast paced environment.
• A supportive team environment that creates an empowering and positive atmosphere.
• Ability to grow and develop both personally and professionally as a part of our Operations team.
• Best available, highest quality, low-cost benefit options – learn more at benefits.devereux.org.
• Most importantly, the opportunity to change the world – one person, one family, one community at a time.

You deserve to work somewhere that gives back to you!

Devereux is proud to offer ASCEND – thefirst 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! 

The Program Manager reports directly to the Program Director. This position is based in Hewitt, NJ and oversees our group home.

Salary: $56,000-$65,000

What Devereux Looks for in YOU:

• Plans and implements the occupational, recreational, social and other developmental plans designed for each individual in their care.
• Responsible for ensuring the internal and external facilities of the program are maintained in a way to present Devereux as a good neighbor and welcomed member of the community.
• Responsible for all the staff within their assigned program(s) inclusive of the hiring, performance management, attendance management, payroll accuracy and training compliance of each team member.
• Ensure all shifts within the program are adequately covered.
• Supervise the planning, implementation, and documentation of programs designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and personal needs of our individuals.
• Plan and participate in group outings for our individuals.
• Manage the shopping for the home’s necessities, such as food, clothing, and household items.
• Schedule and transport our individuals to doctor’s appointments, shopping trips, and day programs/schools.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• High School Diploma required, Bachelor's in a related field preferred.
• One year of supervisory experience in a child behavioral health care agency.
• Two years experience working with individuals with disabilities in a community setting preferred.
• Excellent organizational, oral and written communication skills.
• Consistently meets deadlines, ability to prioritize, multi-task and flexibility.
• Willingness to be on-call.
• Previous experience and knowledge of monitoring and managing fiscal responsibilities of a group home or residential setting.
• Experience with DDD licensing site visits preferred.

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.

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