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Assistant Manager - Day Program

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health
Mays Landing, NJ, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Nov 2025

About the role

Description

Join Devereux New Jersey Where Great Careers SOAR!

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 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! 

 

Being a Assistant Program Manager (APM) has its Advantages:

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

 

What Devereux offers YOU:

  • Time off benefits starting on day one!
  • Excellent health benefits, effective 30 days after employment at https://www.mydevereuxbenefits.org/.
  • Tuition and student loan assistance.
  • Growth and training development.
  • Working environment that is collaborative with multidisciplinary team.
  • Opportunity to engage with an organization that embraces Servant Leadership principles, allowing staff to be their authentic selves at work.

The Assistant Program Manager position is located in Mayslanding NJ.

 

Salary: Starting at $21.00 and increases with education/experience.

 

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4pm

 

What we look for in our Assistant Program Manager:

  • Ensure our individuals are active, engaged, and productive by overseeing their vocational program.
  • Actively supervise, coach, and mentor Direct Support Professionals and Employment Training Specialists.
  • Responsible for interviewing and hiring vocational staff, performance management, attendance management, payroll accuracy and training compliance of each team member.
  • Ensure all shifts within the vocational program are adequately covered and done so in a way to allow the program to function as a profitable entity.
  • Supervise the planning, implementation, and documentation of programs designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and personal needs of our individuals.
  • Plan community based activities for our individuals.
  • Schedule and transport our individuals to community based activities and job placement.

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Qualifications

You'd make a great APM if you have:

  • Have a minimum of a High School Diploma/GED.
  • Have a valid non-provisional driver's license.
  • Be 18 years of age or older (required).
  • Be able to attend ten days of paid onsite orientation on weekdays.
  • Be empathetic and have a team approach to care for our individuals.

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.

Company Overview

Company Overview 

Devereux is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations, providing services, insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912, Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical, therapeutic, educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10,000+ children, adults – and their families – every year.    

 

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives – by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral or cognitive differences.    

With nearly 6,500 employees working in programs across the country, Devereux is a trusted partner for families, schools and communities, serving individuals in the areas of autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, specialty mental health, education and foster care. 

 

Our Culture, Our Expectations  

At Devereux, Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven, people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide – every day – for the individuals and families we serve, and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work, and our team environment creates an empowering, positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux, you will: put the needs of others first, feel called to serve and called t

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