Residential Unit Director
Listed on 2025-12-31
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Healthcare
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Job Requisition :48331
Opening Date: 07/24/2025
Closing Date: 08/06/2025
Agency:Department of Human Services
Class Title:SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTR - 40070
Skill Option:Health and Human Services
Bilingual Option:None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $9,536 - $10,793 per month ($114,432 - $129,516 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category:Full Time
County: Kankakee
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code:None
Merit Comp Code:Term Appointment/ Gubernatorial (Management Bill)
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Posting Identification Number 48331
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Position OverviewThe Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Residential Unit Director for the Shapiro Center located in Kankakee, Illinois. An ideal candidate is one that will support the values and vision of the agency and have passion and an ability to advocate and enable growth in our individuals. The Residential Unit Director will direct the day-to-day activities through administrative and programmatic staff that serve individuals with developmental disabilities.
The Shapiro Center strives to provide equitable access to social/human services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve.
- Serves as the Residential Unit Director at the Shapiro Center.
- Serves as full line supervisor.
- Coordinates the residential program area with other facility and community programs that are attended by the individuals.
- Coordinates programmatic unit with other units.
- Develops and implements training programs for assigned staff.
- Serves on the facility executive council and other facility committees to determine facility policy and procedures.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
- Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college.
- Requires four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities in in the fields of health or human services.
- Master’s degree in human services or related field.
- Three (3) years of professional experience working with residential treatment programs, services, policies, and procedures.
- Three (3) years of professional experience in developing strategic plans, long and short-term goals for a residential treatment program.
- Three (3) years of professional supervisory experience assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff and…
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