Developmental Disabilities Director of Residential Services

State of Delaware • Dover, DE

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About The Position

The position leads person‑centered services that support all aspects of life for residents of Stockley Center, including daily activities, community engagement, and overall health and well‑being. Reporting to the Executive Director, the incumbent directs residential service systems and oversees multiple departmental directors and administrators to ensure high‑quality supports. The role serves as Acting Executive Director when needed, represents DDDS/Stockley on committees and workgroups, and provides testimony for grievances, MERB, Workers Comp, and unemployment matters.

Requirements

• Possession of a Bachelors degree or higher in Behavioral or Social Science or related field.
• Three years experience in health or human services program administration such as overseeing and directing the development, implementation and evaluation of health or human services programs and services; planning and establishing short and long range program goals and objectives. Providing advice to other agency organizational units through consultation.
• Six months experience in strategic planning such as planning and mapping a path between the present and future usually for three to five years by determining key objectives, how to accomplish the key objectives, what strategies should be used, what activities would contribute to accomplishing the key objectives and developing performance measures to gauge and report progress or success.
• Six months experience in operations management which includes planning, directing, coordinating, controlling and evaluating operations typically through subordinate supervisors.
• Three years experience in developing policies and procedures.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• The State of Delaware participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
• A satisfactory criminal background check is required as a condition of hire.
• Upon a conditional offer, you must undergo pre-employment drug testing as part of the hiring process.
• Upon a conditional offer, the applicant must undergo a pre-employment base line two step tuberculin skin test (TST) as part of the hiring process.
• All new hires are required to report to the Statewide New Employee Orientation (SNEO) on their first day of employment.

Responsibilities

• Plans, assigns, supervises and evaluates the work of staff responsible for the supervision of habilitative programs, physical care, activities and general residential services.
• Prepares performance evaluations on all subordinate directors and department heads, and oversees labor relations for all residential services.
• Instructs supervisors and professional staff in active treatment services and develops the standards and goals for service provision and implementation of habilitative residential services.
• Plans and coordinates the development of the budget for Stockley Center residential services.
• Allocates staff and resources to the program units.
• Maintains a comprehensive record keeping system which insures that the rights of the developmentally disabled clients being served are not abridged.
• Acts in absence of the supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees