Assistant Director of Community Services - Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health

Are you interested in making a positive difference in the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities?

If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!

Being the Assistant Director of Community Services has its Advantages

As Assistant Director of Community Services at Devereux, you will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. We offer:

• Trainings to further develop your professional skills.
• Knowledgeable and experienced team members.
• 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! https://www.mydevereuxbenefits.org/
• Access to the Savi Student Loan Checkup tool to help you navigate the student loan system – quickly see your repayment plan options and discover potential savings!
• A rewarding career, while making a difference!

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health New York provides programs and services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and dual diagnoses. Located in Kingston, NY, this position assists the Director of Community Services with the overall supervision of all community services programs. They will offer assistance, direction, and support to the community supervisory group, and will provide direction regarding regulatory oversight. The Assistant Director will assist in staff recruitment and meet established PO targets for the programs under his/her direction, including: staff turnover; staffing levels; one-to-one staffing requirements; staff overtime and timely evaluations. This position will ensure that all fiscal policies are adhered to in the programs under his/her direction, including: house budgets; residents’ personal spending accounts; house petty cash funds; and all other related fiscal matters. The Assistant Director will provide supervision to assigned staff in accordance with Devereux New York Policy, including individual scheduled bi-weekly sessions. They will also address parent/legal guardian issues in cooperation with the Residence Managers and/or Dayhab Director. They will ensure that each program manager maintains and implements a weekly schedule that ensures appropriate active programming each day, and documents participants’ involvement in accordance with policies and procedures. The Assistant Director of Community Services will ensure compliance with all NYS OPWDD Medicaid Waiver policies and procedures with regard to Res Hab Dayhab services and will act as back-up and temporary replacement for the Director of Community Services, if needed.

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 tuition assistance and student loan repayment, among other benefits!

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree required.

Experience: Minimum of three years of experience in a comparable residential and/or day treatment program, all of which shall be in a supervisory capacity. Strong interpersonal skills required. Must be able to get along with diverse personalities. Must handle detailed, complex concepts and problems and make rapid decisions.       

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.