Recovery Support Specialist PT – McComb Position Available In Pike, Mississippi

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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.

| || | || | || 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.

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• 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.

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• Assists with targeted | || outreach, medication | || monitoring, system | || navigation, and advocacy. | ||
• Engages families and | || consumers to help them/loved | || ones to be s