Director of Day Habilitiation - Developmental Services

Director of Day Habilitation - Developmental Services

Boston, MA, USA

Posted Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Bay Cove Human Services’ mission is to partner with people to overcome challenges and realize personal potential. Bay Cove pursues this mission by providing individualized and compassionate services to people facing the challenges associated with developmental disabilities, mental illness, substance use disorders, and homelessness at more than 175 program sites throughout Greater Boston and southeastern Massachusetts.

The Director provides for administrative, clinical and program operations of developmental disability programs. This is an exempt position.

• Supervision of Health Care Supervisor, Developmental Specialists, Group Activities Leaders
• Directly responsible to and supervised by the Director of Day Services.

• Provides supervision to Day Habilitation Service Managers and Day Habilitation Nurse.
• Coordinates clinical, personnel and routine management concerns in Day Habilitation.
• Conducts program planning and development activities.
• Evaluates work performance of supervises as specified by agency personnel policies and standards of clinical practice in addictions, behavior management, psychiatric, treatment and rehabilitation.
• Ensures the development and implementation of treatment/rehabilitation in Day Habilitation.
• Ensures that services are culturally sensitive and responsive.
• Ensures that services are provided in a manner that optimizes client independence and recovery.
• Develop and monitor all administrative, programmatic and clinical services for Day Habilitation.
• Assists in the development of in-service trainings for all division staff in cooperation with other Senior Program Directors, Director of Day Services and the VP of DD Services.
• Reviews all Day Habilitation and RN schedules, assignments and records in a periodic, systematic manner. Ensure daily staff coverage meet staffing ratio requirements.
• Supervise and Maintain communication with program consultants including PT, OT, SLP, BT.
• Conducts annual Program Self-Evaluations per Division standards and meets all requirements of the agency’s Quality Management Program.
• Provides emergency back-up to program staff on a regularly scheduled basis.
• Participates in inter agency committees and information sharing meetings.
• Maintains ongoing communication with relevant state agency staff (i.e. natural service area, and DPH and licensing) in a positive and professional manner.
• Attends meetings with state agencies as requested by the Director of Day Services or VP of DD Services.
• Ensures compliance with DDS/DPH Regulations.
• Ensures that programs are in compliance with all Federal, State and Local laws.
• Oversees the hiring and termination of direct care staff.
• Supervises and supports and RN, DSs, GALs, through weekly meetings, regular site visits and phone contact as needed.
• Serve as Day Hab Service Manager (Medicaid regulatory title).
• Supervise and train assigned program staff to develop and use skills including therapeutic supports, curriculum development, leading program activities, reporting, data collection, and implementation of Day Habilitation Service Plan goals and objectives; schedule staff for out of program training as needed to meet training needs.
• Provide training and supervision to Developmental Specialists to ensure the documentation of data collection, completion of monthly progress notes, and maintenance of participant records.
• Conduct and document quarterly reviews of Day Habilitation Service Plans with interdisciplinary team.
• Develop and implement daily activity schedules for the program that provide teaching and skills training in accordance with objectives and goals set forth in the Day Habilitation Service Plans and ensure compliance with Day Hab regulations.
• Manage referral and admissions for assigned groups within program, including completion of pre-admission documentation, setting up records, conduct and submission of Severity profile.
• Perform assessments of development and functional skills of Day Hab program participants.
• Facilitate meetings…