Residential Living Specialist Mental Health
New Jersey Department of Health
Morris Plains, NJJobSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
Under the direction of a supervisory official in a small intermediate care facility, the Residential Living Specialist provides direct care and supportive programming for clients. Services include social and vocational education, feeding, recreation, sanitation, cleaning, laundry, and life skills, both on the grounds and through community activities. The posting requires two years of experience providing direct care to psychiatric or physically disabled clients in a residential or community setting.
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DEFINITION:
Under direction of a supervisory official in a small intermediate care facility, provides services for clients in the areas of: direct care, social and vocational education, feeding, recreation, direct and indirect services, in the areas of sanitation, cleaning, laundry, and life skills, and supportive programming, both ongrounds and in community activities; does other related work as required.
REQUIREMENTS:
EXPERIENCE:
Two (2) years of experience in the direct care of psychiatric or physically disabled clients in either a residential or community setting.
LICENSE:
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
How this job compares
Set against the 422 open Mental Health jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 15, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$98–145K/yr210 salary ranges
- US median$34–43/hr88 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 10 open Mental Health jobs in New Jersey and 422 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Veterans Health Administration67 open
- New York State Civil Service34 open
- Kaiser Permanente13 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Mental Health postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (183 postings).
- Education
- 212 of the 422 open Mental Health jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 15, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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