Director of Young Adult Services

The Director of Young Adult Services provides integrated clinical, behavioral, administrative, and operational

leadership for therapeutic group homes serving young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual

and Developmental Disabilities as well as ensuring their Day Program needs are met. The Director ensures safe,

high-quality, trauma-informed, and person-centered services across adult residential community living and day

support. This role leads program operations, clinical/behavioral service delivery, admissions and transitions,

workforce development or readiness skills, regulatory compliance, resource management, and continuous

quality improvement within a 24/7 direct care programming.

We are a nonprofit direct care agency supporting children, adolescents, and young adults with Autism Spectrum

Disorder (ASD) and/or Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). This position plays a critical role in

advancing workforce sustainability, employee engagement, professional development, and mission-aligned

organizational growth.

Ädelbrook is a 24/7 operating agency. Schedules may include early mornings, evenings, overnights, weekdays, weekends, holidays, and on-call responsibilities, if applicable.

• Provide integrated leadership and oversight for intensive therapeutic group homes and adult residential community living, and day support.
• Ensure services consistently reflect trauma-informed, person-centered, and evidence-based practices aligned with agency mission, program models, and individualized goals.
• Oversee clinical/behavioral treatment services for intensive therapeutic group homes, including but not limited to:
• program outcomes, Individualized Plans, behavior support plans, safety protocols, and interdisciplinary coordination.
• Coordinate admissions, transitions, and discharges with individuals served, families and guardians, funding sources, community partners, and internal teams.
• Supervise and support program leaders and supervisory staff through coaching, performance management, professional development, and clear accountability for service quality.
• Direct workforce planning, scheduling, staffing coverage, training, and deployment of resources to maintain required staffing levels and safe program operations.
• Ensure compliance with agency policies, state and federal regulations, licensing, accreditation, contractual requirements, funding standards, and documentation expectations.
• Oversee program budgets and resource allocations, monitor operational performance, and address variances in partnership with agency leadership.
• Review program data, documentation, incidents, and outcomes to guide decision-making, risk management, quality assurance, and performance improvement.
• Lead responses to critical incidents, crises, staffing challenges, and programmatic concerns; ensure timely documentation, notification, follow-up, and corrective action.
• Promote collaboration among clinical, behavioral, day programming, nursing, and administrative teams to support continuity and quality of care.
• Serve as a liaison with individuals served, families, guardians, service providers, funding agencies, regulators, and community partners.
• Support implementation and effective use of electronic records, documentation systems, and service delivery tools.
• Participate in agency leadership meetings, strategic planning, program development, audits, inspections, and accreditation readiness activities.
• Maintain active certification in agency-approved Physical and Psychological Management Training (PMT). Apply de-escalation and safe physical intervention techniques in accordance with agency protocols.
• Provide on-call support and leadership presence during emergencies,…