• Job Description

  Req#: PROGR005724

  The Center for Human Development, (CHD) is seeking a Program Manager to join our team in the Hartford, CT area. Our residential, outreach, and direct care staff establish life-changing relationships with our participants and provide opportunities to optimize their independence, rehabilitation and recovery.

  Your role as a Program Manager :

  Residential Program Manager provides support, training and supervision to Direct Care Staff as they assist individuals with co-occurring disorders of mental illness and addiction in their efforts to live independently in the community. The Program Manager works within the program’s model, establishing open communication, support, and accountability among co-workers and staff. The Manager is responsible for the training and supervision of all Full, Part-Time and Per Diem Direct Care Staff.

  REQUIRMENTS:

  • High School diploma or GED required
  • BA/BS Degree in Mental Health related field preferred
  • LCSW, LMFT, LPC preferred
  • One year supervisory experience required, two years in a human service organization preferred
  • Two years’ experience working with adults with severe and prolonged mental illness and/or two years’ experience working with people in recovery
  • Must have excellent oral and written communication
  • Must be proficient in use of computers
  • Reliable automobile and valid driver’s license required
  • Approved criminal background check (CORI)

  SUCCESS FACTORS:

  The Program Manager should actively support the philosophy of the Agency and maintain a high level of commitment to program staff and consumers. Personality traits should include:

  • Has project management skills
  • Cheerful, out-going personality
  • High energy level; self-initiating
  • Philosophical commitment to the concept of human potential
  • Directive and goal oriented
  • Assertive and confident
  • Performs well under stress and in the event of crisis
  • Open, direct interpersonal style; works well as a team member
  • Sense of vision
  • Demonstrates patience, caring, and compassion
  • Ability to set limits
  • Open, direct interpersonal style; works well as a team member and with supervisor
  • Organized
  • Motivated
  • Dependable
  • Flexible (i.e. covering staff absence, adjusting hours to meet consumer & program needs, being trained in new techniques and strategies, etc.)

  Take advantage of a competitive compensation package between $55,000-65,000 annually. As well as a phenomenal benefit package that includes, Dental, Health and Life insurance. Paid time off, earned vacation time and paid holidays 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 Vetera ns/Individuals with Disabilities

  Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

  The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

• About the company

  CHD provides high-quality, community-oriented human services dedicated to promoting, enhancing and protecting the dignity & welfare of people in need.

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