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PILOTS Caseworker - Danbury

CHD Careers
13 days ago
Full-time
On-site
Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Pilots
CHD is seeking an Outreach Caseworker to join our growing Planning and Implementing Housing Options for Long-term Success (PILOTS) team in Danbury, CT. Through this program, the Outreach Caseworker PILOTS staff will use a counseling approach that uses both motivational interviewing and harm-reduction.
 
YOUR ROLE AS A PILOTS SUPPORT SPECIALIST:  
As a PILOTS Support Specialist, you will assist program participants to live independently in the community by addressing their mental and physical health, substance use, employment and housing needs. PILOT’s staff use a counseling approach that uses both motivational interviewing and harm-reduction. You will help the participants with:   
  • Securing housing, move-in, relocations, interventions in eviction processes, rent arrears and housing stability.  
  • Assist participants with budgeting/banking 
  • Help participants with obtaining and maintaining entitlements. 
  • Provide crisis intervention  
  • Provide vocations assistance; resume writing, interview preparations, and job search assistance.
SUCCESS FACTORS:
The Support Specialist should actively support the philosophy of the agency and maintain a high level of commitment to program participants and staff. Personality traits should include:
  • Ethical, moral and professional integrity 
  • Empathetic and understanding to the people we serve 
  • Capable to efficiently manage the day to day workload 
  • Philosophical commitment to the concept of human potential 
  • Supportive and goal orientated 
  • Open, direct interpersonal style; works well as a team member 
  • Maintain professional boundaries at all times
 
REQUIRMENTS: 
  • High school diploma or GED required 
  • Experience working with psychiatric disorders or co-occurring population preferred 
  • Must be comfortable engaging clients in the community for majority of the position
  • Field visits within the surrounding communities to see clients
  • Registered & insured vehicle and approved driving record check 
  • Approved criminal background check 
    SCHEDULE:
    1st shift, 8:30am-4:30pm. Days on: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Days off: Saturday and Sunday.
     
    Pay rate is $20.00/hour, along with a phenomenal benefit package that includes Dental, Health and Life insurance. Paid time off, earned vacation time and paid holidays, and mileage reimbursement just to name a few.   
     
    AT CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (CHD, Care Finds a Way:   
    The Center for Human Development (CHD) provides a broad range of high quality, community-oriented human services dedicated to promoting, enhancing, and protecting the dignity and welfare of people in need. At CHD we are celebrating differences, inclusion is not just a policy- it is a daily practice. Multicultural, multilingual, and fluent in sign language, CHD is a reflection of those we serve. 
     
    CONNECT WITH OUR TEAM TODAY!  
    If this sounds like the right job for you, do not wait - apply today to join our team. We look forward to hearing from you!   
      
    Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities