Talent that holds.
Teams that thrive.
Before founding Tensile Talent, we made a career out of serving the I/DD community. We’ve led over 200+ staff across 17 facilities ranging from residential to day programs. We know what an open shift does to a schedule, what turnover does to a team, and how much difference the right person can make for the people you support. It also taught us not to confuse a good resume with a good Direct Service Provider (DSP). Tensile Talent looks beyond the usual places. Our objective isn’t simply to fill an opening, we find someone who can help the individuals you serve thrive.
Our team has the experience and strategy necessary to turn your team’s pain points into actionable data to empower executives to improve their bottom line, lower risk and increase quality of care.
At Tensile Talent, we help carry the load to ease the tension in your team
How can we help?
Talent Search: From a hiring strategy you run yourself to a fully managed search, delivered and guaranteed. We’re here to help carry the load.
Not ready to hand off the whole search? We'll build the strategy and hand you the playbook: a discovery call, ready-to-post job copy, and the exact channels to run it on. Your team runs the interviews and makes the call.
Starting at $1,500.
From the first discovery call to the signed offer, we run your search end to end. We identify, approach, and vet candidates who aren't necessarily job hunting, because the strongest people rarely are. Once someone's placed, we don't disappear. We check in with you and the new hire through the guarantee period to make sure it holds.
Starting at $2,899.
Ongoing Partnerships: We support the areas that make talent last: onboarding, career pathing, and cutting the overtime bleeding your budget. We’re your comprehensive talent partners to solve the staffing crisis from within.
Onboarding Design: The first few weeks decide whether a hire stays. We audit your onboarding and training timeline end to end, including where delays are costing you candidates and where expectations for new hires can be better communicated.
Retention & Cost Strategy: We run the real math on what your open shifts are costing you in overtime and temp staffing, and build a specifically tailored plan that closes the gap. Our solutions come from not just our own experiences in the field, but by real research and surveys done organizations like ANCOR and the University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration.
Employer Branding Boost
Posting a job is easy. Getting the right person to see it and apply is the hard part, especially in this labor market. As part of our consulting arm, we audit your current postings and careers page, sharpen your story, and rewrite the ads themselves. Your team still runs the interviews and makes the final call. It's the lighter-weight option for organizations that need stronger applicants without handing off the full search.
On-Demand Interview & Negotiation Support
Hiring can be exhausting, mentally and emotionally. As part of our consulting arm, call us in for a single hire or a single hard decision, to structure interviews, sit in alongside you, or facilitate a negotiation. Think of us as your on-call talent partner, there when you need an outside set of expert ears.
Roles we can help you fill:
Residential Programs: Direct Support Professional, Direct Care Worker, Caregiver, Youth Care Specialist, Care Facilitator, Behavioral Technician, Mental Health and Disabilities Specialist, Med Tech, Behavior Interventionist, Team Supervisor, House Manager, House Coordinator, QIDP, Program Coordinator, Program Manager, Residential Administrator, Administrator, Program Director, Executive Director
Day/Community-Based Programs: Life Skills Coach, Direct Support Professional, Direct Care Worker, Caregiver, Personal Care Attendants, Med Tech, Team Supervisor, Day Program Coordinator, Day Program Supervisor, Day Program Manager
Regional Centers: Service Coordinator, Case Worker