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RESIDENTIAL SERVICES WORKER (State)

Direct care in a State residential setting — developmental centres, group homes, and the residential programmes run for people who cannot live independently. The work covers personal care, daily living support, and simply being present through a resident's day.

A non-competitive title: applicants are checked against stated requirements rather than ranked by examination. This code carries no published specification, though related direct-care titles do.

What the official title list records

  • Class of service: Non-Competitive
  • Work week: 35
  • Salary code: O6

Related titles that do have a published specification

Code: 51651 State Non-Competitive Range: O6 (FY 2027) Work week 35: FLSA coveredOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

How to apply

This title is not filled by examination — agencies appoint directly.

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Who employs this title

Residential Services Worker appears on the State payroll at 3 departments, most of them at Department of Human Services.

State departments

Employer Employees
Department of Human Services 188
Veterans Affairs 84
Department of Education 1

All agencies.

State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.

Who employs this title

State payroll records show 273 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $45,453. The agencies employing the most are:

  • Human Services (188)
  • Veterans Affairs (84)
  • Education (1)

Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator.

Definition

The Civil Service Commission lists this title code but publishes no job specification for it. The classification shown here comes from the official title list, which is the only record CSC publishes for this code.