Residential Services Specialist Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
Residential Services Specialist 1 is a competitive state title, the kind you test for: the exam result, not a hiring manager's pick, decides where you land in line.
You can qualify with a bachelor's degree or, if you do not have one, by piling up more experience instead. Pay on the FY2027 schedule runs $79,844 to $117,228.
Residential Services Specialist is a single-title classification family: Residential Services Specialist 1 is the only position in it. Residential Services Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Health Systems Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 1 (04184) $79,844 - $117,228/year
What the Residential Services Specialist family covers
Residential Services Specialist is a single-title family in the New Jersey civil service classification plan: one title code, with no numbered rungs above or below it. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Case-carrying titles are the largest civilian block in New Jersey government outside clerical work. They run through the Department of Children and Families, Human Services, county welfare and social services boards, and the guardianship and child support programs. The families are usually built as clean numbered ladders because caseload complexity is what separates one rung from the next, not a change of profession. A social work degree is common at the professional levels, though many of the specialist and technician titles admit experience instead.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Residential Services Specialist 1: Under direction of a Supervising Residential Services Specialist, or other designated supervisory official in the Department of Human Services, develops…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 1 title we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 1 of them. Experience requirements sit at 3 years wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by CWA. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Residential Services Specialist, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Residential Services Worker ($38,641 to $55,448, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Residential Services Supervisor 2-10 Months ($42,397 to $61,027, state jurisdiction)
- Residential Services Supervisor 1 - 10 Months ($48,272 to $69,861, state jurisdiction) — in the Residential Services Supervisor family
- Director of Professional/Residential Services ($100,498 to $148,187, state jurisdiction) — in the Director family
- Supervisor of Professional Residential Services ($87,507 to $128,719, state jurisdiction) — in the Supervisor family
- Administrative Supervisor Residential Services-10 Months ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Residential Services Specialist jobs
How many Residential Services Specialist titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Residential Services Specialist family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Residential Services Specialist earn in New Jersey?
Residential Services Specialist 1 is published at $79,844 to $117,228. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Residential Services Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 1 of the 1 title are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does a Residential Services Specialist need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 1 of the 1 title. Stated experience ranges from 3 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.