+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Summary: | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Pine Belt Mental Healthcare | | | Resources is actively seeking a | | | dedicated and | | | caring Psychosocial | | | Rehabilitation Specialist to | | | provide services at a day | | | treatment program servicing | | | adults with SMI diagnosis. | | | The PSR Specialist position | | | is located in Perry County, MS. | | | Position is M-F, 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 s rious | | | 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: | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | - Bachelor's degree in | | | behavioral health required | | | - Valid driver's license with | | | satisfactory driving record | | | required | | | - MS Class D required within 60 | | | days of hire | | | - Ability to manage multiple | | | projects during the work day | | | - Independent work ability | | | - Experience working with | | | individuals with a mental | | | illness diagnosis a plus. | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | | | Responsibilities: | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | - Provides support to the PSR | | | program by providing | | | assistance to adult | | | participants and other | | | personnel involved in the | | | operation of the psychosocial | | | rehabilitation program for | | | SMI individuals with | | | psychiatric, major medical, | | | and/or cognitive | | | difficulties. | | | - Provides daily living skills |