A Mental Health Assistant provides basic care and assistance with daily activities to patients with mental illnesses or cognitive disabilities. Helps patients dress and eat, monitors patients' well-being, and restrains patients if they become physically violent. Works in hospitals or mental health care facilities.
Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources is actively seeking an energetic and motivated Children's MAP Team Liaison to coordinate MAP teams across 18 counties. The Children's MAP Team Liaison is located in Hattiesburg, MS. The Children's MAP Team Liaison position plays a vital role in the daily operations of this team. Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources is looking for a candidate with the ability to think independently to determine direction of workflow and has the ability to multi-task while managing multiple projects to complete on schedule. Making A Plan (MAP) Teams address the needs of children/youth, birth up to twenty-one (21) years, with serious emotional/behavioral disorders and/or dually diagnosed with serious emotional/behavioral disorders and an intellectual disability or serious emotional disturbance and alcohol/drug use; who require services from multiple agency providers and multiple service systems, and who can be successfully diverted from inappropriate institutional placement. 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:
Bachelor's degree in behavioral healthcare required
Mental Health experience preferred
Community behavioral healthcare experience required
Valid MS driver's license with satisfactory driving record
Must obtain a Class D commercial driver's license within 60 days of hire
Reliable Transportation to provide services in the community
Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written format
Responsibilities:
Manages MAP teams across 18 counties of the PBMHR service area.
Tracks outcomes for Children's Services and completes reports.
Co-leads all MAP team meetings.
Coordinates with Department of Mental Health (DMH) representatives
Attends meetings in the community to build relationships/teams.
