PILOTS Caseworker - Danbury

CT - Danbury
Adult Mental Health - Connecticut
5 Scuppo Road
Danbury, CT 06810, USA

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.

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.
• Assisting participants with budgeting and banking.
• Helping participants obtain and maintain entitlements.
• Providing crisis intervention.
• Providing vocational assistance; resume writing, interview preparation, and job search assistance.

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 toward the people we serve.
• Capable of efficiently managing the day‑to‑day workload.
• Philosophical commitment to the concept of human potential.
• Supportive and goal-oriented.
• Open, direct interpersonal style; works well as a team member.
• Maintain professional boundaries at all times.

• 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 the 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.

1st shift, 8:30 am‑4:30 pm. Days on:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Days off:
Saturday and Sunday.

Pay rate is $20.00 hourly, 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.

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.

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!

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