+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Summary: | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Pine Belt Mental Healthcare | | | Resources has an opening for a | | | Psychosocial Rehabilitation | | | Services Specialist to provide | | | services at a day treatment | | | program servicing adults with SMI | | | diagnosis in McComb, | | | MS.  Position is M-F: (7:30a | | | -3:30p); no weekend or on-call | | | duties required for this | | | position.  | | | | | | Psychosocial Rehabilitation | | | Services (PSR) consists of a | | | network of services designed to | | | support and restore community | | | functioning and well-being of | | | adults with a serious and | | | persistent mental illness. The | | | purpose of this program is to | | | promote recovery, resiliency, and | | | empowerment of the individual in | | | his/her community.  Program | | | activities aim to improve reality | | | orientation, social skills and | | | adaptation, coping skills, | | | effective management of time and | | | resources, task completion, | | | community and family integration, | | | vocational and academic skills, | | | and activities to incorporate the | | | individual into independent | | | community living; as well as to | | | alleviate psychiatric | | | decompensation, confusion, | | | anxiety, disorientation, | | | distraction, preoccupation, | | | isolation, withdrawal and | | | feelings of low self-worth. | | | | | | For 50 years, Pine Belt Mental | | | Healthcare Resources has served | | | individuals throughout the Pine | | | Belt.  Through an extensive | | | continuum of care, we strive to | | | enable adults with serious mental | | | illnesses, children with serious | | | emotional disturbances, and | | | individuals with an addiction or | | | developmental disability to live, | | | work, learn, and participa e | | | fully in their communities.   | | | | | | Our eighteen county service area | | | includes Amite,Covington, | | | Forrest, Franklin, Greene, | | | Hancock, Harrison, Jefferson | | | Davis,Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, | | | Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, | | | Stone, Wayne andWalthall | | | Counties.  | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | | | Requirements: | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | - Bachelor's degree in | | | behavioral health required | | | - Valid driver's license with | | | satisfactory driving record | | | required | | | - MS Class C CDL required | | | within 60 days of hire | | | - Ability to manage multiple | | | projects during the work day | | | - Independent work ability | | | - Behavioral health experience | | | preferred | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | | | Responsibilities: | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | - Provides support to the PSR | | | program by providing | | | assistance to adult consumers | | | and other personnel involved | | | in the operation of the | | | psychosocial rehabilitation | | | program for SMI consumers | | | with psychiatric, major | | | medical, and/or cognitive | | | difficulties. | | | - Helps consumers resolve | | | problems by teaching | | | independent problem solving | | | techniques. | | | - Demonstrates knowledge of SMI | | | diagnosis. | | | - Demonstrates ability to | | | obtain pre-authorizations for | | | clients in a timely manner. | | | - Provides transportation for | | | consumers to and from | | | program. | | +-----------------------------------+--------------------