Assistant Unit Director

Texas Health & Human Services Commission•Denton, TX

3d•$4,750 - $6,779•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Unit Director (AUD) works under the direct supervision of the Unit Director and provides leadership and direction to unit staff to ensure delivery of quality care, support, active treatment, and leisure activities for individuals served. The AUD supports the Unit Director in planning, implementing, directing, and evaluating unit operations and goals, and works cooperatively with other divisions and departments to maintain harmonious relationships among unit staff, family members, and facility employees. The position includes supervisory, consultative, administrative, and Administrative Assistant duties. The AUD serves as the unit’s additional duty safety officer, ensuring safety drills are completed correctly and promptly, addressing identified safety or resident concerns through the Facility Safety Department or Interdisciplinary Team process, and ensuring compliance with Life Safety Code regulations. The AUD is the first-line supervisor for Unit Supervisors on personnel matters and training compliance; monitors staffing deployment, minimum staffing levels, leave approvals, and overtime use; serves as Administrative Officer on Duty for campus-wide issues; and acts as Unit Director when needed. The AUD helps protect individuals served by reducing abuse, neglect, exploitation, injuries, accidents, and restraints. The role is based at Denton State Supported Living Center. It may require a specific or rotating schedule, extended shifts, overtime, rotating on-call duty, weekends, holidays, and flexibility in working hours. Employees may also be assigned an alternate shift pattern or location during disaster response, recovery, or Continuity of Operations activation.

Requirements

Three years of work experience in health care or business administration, social work, or public health.
Two years of experience in a management position in a residential program area, home, or unit in an ICF/IID residential facility serving more than 50 individuals.
Knowledge of ICF/IID standards; facility and departmental policies and procedures; Positive Performance Program; and record-keeping procedures.
Knowledge of computers, Microsoft Office and other business software, copiers, printers, and fax machines.
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely verbally and in writing, and to direct and instruct others.
Ability to work independently and cooperatively, maintain harmonious working relationships, and plan, assign, and supervise others’ work.
Ability to establish goals and objectives, solve problems, make decisions, and use good judgment when handling critical incidents.
Knowledge of basic residential services, program planning, and training techniques.
Ability to react calmly and quickly in emergency situations.
Knowledge of facility policies, DADS regulations, the Settlement Agreement, Life Safety Code, ICF/IID requirements, and applicable building standards.
Knowledge of Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behavior (PMAB) techniques and ability to apply them appropriately.
Ability to prioritize assignments and meet work deadlines.
Pass a fingerprint criminal background check, pre-employment drug screen, and applicable registry and exclusion-list checks.
Be at least 18 years of age to be considered for employment at a state-operated facility.
Males aged 18–25 must be registered with the Selective Service.
Be willing to work weekends and holidays and, as needed, overtime or extended hours; flexibility in work hours may be required.
All State Supported Living Center employees are subject to random drug testing.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university, with major coursework in health care administration, social work, public health, business administration, human resources, education, or a related field.
Direct supervisory experience in a program area, home, or unit in an ICF/IID residential facility may substitute for the bachelor’s degree year for year, up to a maximum of four years.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and direction to unit staff to ensure quality care, support, active treatment, and leisure activities for individuals served.
Support the Unit Director in planning, implementing, directing, and evaluating unit operations and goals.
Maintain positive and supportive relationships with employees, individuals served, family members, and visitors.
Provide formal and informal supervision and support to unit staff; implement the Positive Performance Management system and assist with staff performance evaluations.
Monitor staff schedules, assignments, deployment, leave approvals, overtime utilization, and staffing minimums to maintain adequate and fair coverage.
Conduct regular rounds and visits to monitor activities, safety, supervision levels, behavior support plans, physical and nutritional management plans, injury and restraint documentation, cleanliness, and staff-resident interactions.
Monitor and enforce unit compliance with internal and external audits and plans of correction.
Implement applicable procedures to reduce abuse, neglect, exploitation, unusual incidents, injuries, and restraints.
Serve as Acting Unit Director when needed and as Administrative Officer on Duty for campus-wide issues.
Ensure assigned staff participate in mandatory training and maintain training compliance.
Ensure compliance with ICF/IID conditions of participation, Life Safety Code regulations, and progress toward Settlement Agreement requirements.
Perform financial duties including annual budget planning, activity fund monitoring, trust fund oversight, and property inventory.
Act as the unit’s additional duty safety officer, ensure safety drills are completed correctly and promptly, and address safety or resident concerns through appropriate facility processes.
Participate in agency disaster response, recovery, or Continuity of Operations activities as assigned.
Attend work regularly, fulfill any required on-call or shift schedule, and perform other duties as assigned.