What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recovery Support Specialist PT - McComb position at Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources?
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| Summary: | |
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| Pine Belt Mental Healthcare | |
| Resources is actively seeking a | |
| Recovery Support Specialist to | |
| work with a **chemical dependency | |
| population **in McComb MS, | |
| focusing on assisting adults with | |
| substance use issues. **A | |
| Recovery Support Specialist must | |
| be a current or former consumer | |
| or a first-degree family member | |
| of an individual who has received | |
| treatment for and self-identifies | |
| as a consumer of former mental | |
| health consumer.** This position | |
| plays a vital role in assisting | |
| consumers in the program by | |
| modeling effective coping | |
| techniques and self-help | |
| strategies based on prior | |
| experience; supporting consumers | |
| in advocating for themselves to | |
| obtain effective services; and | |
| helping them to monitor their | |
| progress. | |
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| | |
| 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 participate | |
| fully in their communities. Our | |
| eighteen county service area | |
| includes Amite, Franklin, | |
| Forrest, Hancock, Harrison, | |
| Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, | |
| Covington, Greene, Jeff Davis, | |
| Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, | |
| Stone, Walthall, Wayne | |
| Counties. | |
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| Requirements: | |
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| - Minimum of a High School | |
| Diploma or equivalent | |
| required | |
| - DMH Certified Peer Support | |
| Specialist Preferred or may | |
| apply for certification | |
| at | |
| - Must possess a valid | |
| Mississippi Driver's License | |
| with a satisfactory driving | |
| record | |
| - Reliable transportation | |
| needed to provide services in | |
| the community | |
| - Knowledge of how to establish | |
| and sustain self-help (mutual | |
| support) and educational | |
| groups by soliciting input | |
| from the mental health | |
| consumers on their strengths | |
| and interests. | |
| - Knowledge of the signs and | |
| symptoms of mental illness | |
| and the ability to assist the | |
| client to address symptoms | |
| using strategies such as | |
| positive self-talk. | |
| - Must have demonstrated a | |
| minimum of six (6) months, | |
| preferably twelve (12) | |
| months, in self-directed | |
| recovery. | |
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| | |
| Responsibilities: | |
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| - Advocates for consumers by | |
| providing consumer | |
| information in terms that | |
| consumers and families can | |
| understand through various | |
| formal and informal settings. | |
| - Assists with targeted | |
| outreach, medication | |
| monitoring, system | |
| navigation, and advocacy. | |
| - Engages families and | |
| consumers to help them/loved | |
| ones to be s
| Summary: | |
----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
| Pine Belt Mental Healthcare | |
| Resources is actively seeking a | |
| Recovery Support Specialist to | |
| work with a **chemical dependency | |
| population **in McComb MS, | |
| focusing on assisting adults with | |
| substance use issues. **A | |
| Recovery Support Specialist must | |
| be a current or former consumer | |
| or a first-degree family member | |
| of an individual who has received | |
| treatment for and self-identifies | |
| as a consumer of former mental | |
| health consumer.** This position | |
| plays a vital role in assisting | |
| consumers in the program by | |
| modeling effective coping | |
| techniques and self-help | |
| strategies based on prior | |
| experience; supporting consumers | |
| in advocating for themselves to | |
| obtain effective services; and | |
| helping them to monitor their | |
| progress. | |
| | |
| | |
| 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 participate | |
| fully in their communities. Our | |
| eighteen county service area | |
| includes Amite, Franklin, | |
| Forrest, Hancock, Harrison, | |
| Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, | |
| Covington, Greene, Jeff Davis, | |
| Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, | |
| Stone, Walthall, Wayne | |
| Counties. | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
| | |
| Requirements: | |
----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
| - Minimum of a High School | |
| Diploma or equivalent | |
| required | |
| - DMH Certified Peer Support | |
| Specialist Preferred or may | |
| apply for certification | |
| at | |
| - Must possess a valid | |
| Mississippi Driver's License | |
| with a satisfactory driving | |
| record | |
| - Reliable transportation | |
| needed to provide services in | |
| the community | |
| - Knowledge of how to establish | |
| and sustain self-help (mutual | |
| support) and educational | |
| groups by soliciting input | |
| from the mental health | |
| consumers on their strengths | |
| and interests. | |
| - Knowledge of the signs and | |
| symptoms of mental illness | |
| and the ability to assist the | |
| client to address symptoms | |
| using strategies such as | |
| positive self-talk. | |
| - Must have demonstrated a | |
| minimum of six (6) months, | |
| preferably twelve (12) | |
| months, in self-directed | |
| recovery. | |
----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
| | |
| Responsibilities: | |
----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
| - Advocates for consumers by | |
| providing consumer | |
| information in terms that | |
| consumers and families can | |
| understand through various | |
| formal and informal settings. | |
| - Assists with targeted | |
| outreach, medication | |
| monitoring, system | |
| navigation, and advocacy. | |
| - Engages families and | |
| consumers to help them/loved | |
| ones to be s
