Assessment director vs residential manager

The differences between assessment directors and residential managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both an assessment director and a residential manager. Additionally, an assessment director has an average salary of $87,268, which is higher than the $39,112 average annual salary of a residential manager.

The top three skills for an assessment director include student learning, data collection and social work. The most important skills for a residential manager are developmental disabilities, oversight, and incident reports.

Assessment director vs residential manager overview

	Assessment Director	Residential Manager
Yearly salary	$87,268	$39,112
Hourly rate	$41.96	$18.80
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	12,530	11,464
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	6	6

Assessment director vs residential manager salary

Assessment directors and residential managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Assessment Director	Residential Manager
Average salary	$87,268	$39,112
Salary range	Between $59,000 And $127,000	Between $29,000 And $52,000
Highest paying City	Nutley, NJ	Los Angeles, CA
Highest paying state	New Jersey	California
Best paying company	AstraZeneca	The Kennedy Center Inc.
Best paying industry	Health Care	Government

Differences between assessment director and residential manager education

There are a few differences between an assessment director and a residential manager in terms of educational background:

	Assessment Director	Residential Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Most common major	Psychology	Psychology
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Assessment director vs residential manager demographics

Here are the differences between assessment directors' and residential managers' demographics:

	Assessment Director	Residential Manager
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 40.1% Female, 59.9%	Male, 33.7% Female, 66.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% Asian, 5.2% White, 62.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 11.7% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% Asian, 5.2% White, 62.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	14%	14%

Differences between assessment director and residential manager duties and responsibilities

Assessment director example responsibilities.

Execute ability to increase CMI and aid the company in achieving budgetary goals, even in the time of Medicare reductions.
Thrive in position alongside concurrent PRN MSW positions in home health care and hospice agencies.
Start MSW program, including marketing, recruitment, communication across institutional systems, and graduate program development.
Educate employees regarding the MDS process and ADL coding.
Market w/calls to hospitals, LTC facilities, ALF's and private homes.
Assess and identify socially base needs regarding adjustment of resident and families to LTC placement.

Residential manager example responsibilities.

Participate in all IHP/IPP meetings; ensure group home staff helps residents achieve IHP goals and continually monitor progress make.
Manage daily operation of residential group home and over see staff, client programming, activities, and residential ADL's.
Manage a residential facility for adolescents with severe autism and psychiatric conditions.
Facilitate weekly/biweekly meetings with house coordinators, community agencies to provide services.
Help integrate the behavior modification milieu with DBT.
Develop and implement learning programs for residents with autism, schizophrenia, and other mental disabilities.

Assessment director vs residential manager skills

Common assessment director skills

Student Learning, 9%
Data Collection, 8%
Social Work, 6%
Continuous Improvement, 5%
Oversight, 5%
Assessment Data, 5%

Common residential manager skills

Developmental Disabilities, 12%
Oversight, 7%
Incident Reports, 5%
Foster Care, 5%
Autism, 5%
Adaptive, 4%

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