How to hire a director of residential services

How to hire a director of residential services, step by step

Here's a step-by-step director of residential services hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a director of residential services job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new director of residential services
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a director of residential services, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect director of residential services also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of directors of residential services.

   Type of Director Of Residential Services	Description	Hourly rate
   Director Of Residential Services	Social and community service managers coordinate and supervise social service programs and community organizations. They manage staff who provide social services to the public.	$22-51
   Youth Coordinator	A youth coordinator is mainly focused on developing and facilitating programs for children in various settings that enhance and support personal youth education and development. As a youth coordinator, you need to understand recreational and Educational Services and activities with strong leadership skills... Show more	$12-25
   Youth Leader	A youth leader is a young individual who is responsible for building a sense of community within the church youth that can provide an opportunity for both spiritual and social development. Youth Leaders organize regular social, educational, and spiritual oriented events with parents and volunteers to maintain a vibrant program... Show more	$11-17

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Social Work
   • Mental Health
   • Residential Service
   • Crisis Intervention
   • Developmental Disabilities
   • Clinical Supervision
   • Residential Program
   • Program Development
   • Direct Supervision
   • Staff Development
   • Substance Abuse
   • Residential Treatment Facility
   • CPR
   • Service Delivery

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage a residential facility for adolescents with severe autism and psychiatric conditions.
   • Coordinate staffing assignments for CPR training, orientation sessions, residential meetings.
   • Confer with physicians, psychologist, occupational therapists and other professionals in order to develop and implement client rehabilitation programs.
   • Supervise staff' to ensure they properly assists clients with ADL skills.
   • Coordinate with residential and recreational aides to implementation and consistent development and participation of evening recreation, ADL and educational activities.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your director of residential services job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A director of residential services can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, directors of residential services' average salary in kansas is 44% less than in new jersey.
   • Seniority. Entry-level directors of residential services 56% less than senior-level directors of residential services.
   • Certifications. A director of residential services with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a director of residential services's salary.

   Average director of residential services salary

   $71,635yearly

   $34.44 hourly rate

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   Entry-level director of residential services salary

   $47,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 25, 2025

   Average director of residential services salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$96,403	$46
   2	Maryland	$90,320	$43
   3	District of Columbia	$88,841	$43
   4	New York	$88,321	$42
   5	Michigan	$84,823	$41
   6	Rhode Island	$82,555	$40
   7	Washington	$81,870	$39
   8	Oregon	$81,137	$39
   9	Utah	$77,628	$37
   10	Illinois	$76,205	$37
   11	Texas	$75,068	$36
   12	Massachusetts	$74,853	$36
   13	Virginia	$71,007	$34
   14	Pennsylvania	$70,481	$34
   15	Nevada	$67,334	$32
   16	Colorado	$66,229	$32
   17	Georgia	$65,827	$32
   18	Iowa	$61,405	$30
   19	South Carolina	$59,801	$29
   20	New Mexico	$59,149	$28

   Average director of residential services salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Accenture	$105,621	$50.78	95
   2	Lakeview Center	$86,143	$41.41	1
   3	National Mentor Holdings Inc.	$82,876	$39.84
   4	Acuity Insurance	$74,834	$35.98	13
   5	Pathways To Community	$73,547	$35.36	8
   6	HealthRIGHT 360	$72,996	$35.09	42
   7	Arc-Com	$70,071	$33.69	4
   8	Special Citizens Futures Unlimited	$69,066	$33.20
   9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$68,894	$33.12	1
   10	JLL	$68,744	$33.05	11
   11	Yukon Kuskokwim Health	$68,408	$32.89
   12	The Arc Of Cumberland & Perry Counties (cparc)	$67,920	$32.65	6
   13	Developmental Disabilities Institute, Inc.	$67,598	$32.50	13
   14	CCSI - Coordinated Care Services	$67,236	$32.33
   15	Scion Staffing	$65,917	$31.69
   16	TLC Plumbing	$65,521	$31.50	2
   17	James L. Maher Center	$63,568	$30.56
   18	Community Mainstreaming Associates	$63,014	$30.30
   19	Acenda Integrated Health	$62,905	$30.24
   20	Universal Health Services	$62,650	$30.12	122

4. Writing a director of residential services job description

   A good director of residential services job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a director of residential services job description:

   Director of residential services job description example

   HVAC Service Repair Residential Technician:
   
   Black Diamond Experts is a proud and growing local Utah based residential service company. Our strengths are Electrical, Plumbing, and HVAC. Our goal is to continue dominating Utah’s market by servicing the Wasatch Front and St. George while maintaining a happy and loyal customer base.
   
   Black Diamond Experts is always looking for dependable, eager to learn, tenacious technicians to join our team. Our company understands the importance of growing employee’s skills, having a strong positive culture, with managers you can depend on. We are looking for HVAC Service tech's who are determined to be part of a growing company that’s dependable and here to stay for years to come!
   
   For this position you would be educating customers about their HVAC issues, confidently diagnose problems, follow directions, providing options along with pricing to resolve the root cause, and be able to perform the work necessary to the customers satisfaction. If you have good communication skills, a valid driver’s license, and trade experience this may be your next company!
   
   For this position you will be assisting customers with their HVAC needs.
   
   What we have to offer you:
   Top Wages
   Paid Training
   Tuition Reimbursement
   Take Home Company Vehicle & Gas
   Laundered Uniforms Supplied
   Paid Employee Health Plan
   Family Health Plan Contribution
   Dental, Vision, Life insurance options available
   401k + Contribution
   PTO, holiday, and VTO
   
   Black Diamond Experts has over a decade of experience and a generation of loyal customers, and we are committed to superior quality work. If you want to be a part of our successful team, and are ready to be a hero, let's chat .

   *Regrettably, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted*

   *Wage is based on experience*

   We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find directors of residential services for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your director of residential services job on Zippia to find and recruit director of residential services candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting directors of residential services requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new director of residential services

   Once you've selected the best director of residential services candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new director of residential services. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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