Team Lead - Family Education Specialist

Pine-Belt-Mental-Healthcare-Resources; Gulfport (MS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources in Mississippi seeks a Team Lead/Family Education Specialist to supervise NAVIGATE services across Harrison, Hancock, Stone, and Pearl River counties.

The role coordinates screening, evaluation, and enrollment, educates families about psychosis, and leads weekly team meetings with IRT Clinician, Peer Support Specialist, and SEE Specialist. Evening/weekend outreach is required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in behavioral healthcare.
• 4 years behavioral healthcare experience; supervisory experience preferred.
• Certification required within 90 days of hire by MDMH and MDOM.
• Valid Mississippi Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record.
• Reliable transportation for community work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Independent work ability and time management skills.
• Knowledge of or readiness to learn strength oriented wrap-around service model.

Responsibilities

• Supervise NAVIGATE team and lead weekly team meetings.
• Engage clients and families; coordinate screening, evaluation, and enrollment.
• Educate families about psychosis and its management; promote recovery-oriented practice.
• Develop and maintain community referrals; oversee engagement and outcome tracking.
• Collaborate with IRT Clinician, Peer Support Specialist, and SEE Specialist.
• Conduct home or community visits as needed; participate in outreach events.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Independent work

Wrap-around model knowledge

Education

Master's degree in behavioral healthcare

Job description

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resourcesis an Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans).

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources has an opening for a Team Lead/Family Education Specialist to service Harrison, Hancock, Stone, and Pearl River counties. This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm with some night/weekends in relation to community outreach events or on-call rotation.

The Team Lead and FamilyEducation Specialist is a supervisory clinical position for a professional witha recovery-oriented approach and experience working with individuals withschizophrenia and their families. This position serves as the primary contactfor clients and families and leads efforts to engage clients in treatment bycompleting the program screening, evaluation, and enrollment processes. Thespecialist builds positive relationships with participants and their families,encourages participation in NAVIGATE interventions, and uses a shareddecision-making process when developing and modifying treatment plans. Theposition monitors and oversees the NAVIGATE team, leads weekly team meetings,and supervises the IRT Clinician, Peer Support Specialist, and SEE Specialist.Responsibilities also include community outreach and recruitment, developingstrong referral sources, regularly following up on referrals and referringagencies, and screening referrals to confirm eligibility based on age,diagnosis, and length of psychosis or duration of antipsychotic medication use.The specialist works with individuals and their families to provide educationabout psychosis and its management, improve communication and problem-solvingskills, and promote a recovery- and resilience-oriented approach to psychosis. TheTeam Lead and Family Education Specialist follows the procedures and uses thematerials in the NAVIGATE Family Education Manual to provide care in accordancewith PBMHR standards. NAVIGATE team members must be available to meet with familiesoutside traditional 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. hours and be able to conduct home orcommunity visits.

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, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jeff Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Pear River, Perry, Pike, Stone, Walthall and Wayne

Requirements:

• Master's degree in behavioral healthcare required
• Four (4) years' behavioral healthcare experience preferred. Supervisory experience preferred
• Certification required within 90 days of hire by MDMH and MDOM
• Must possess a valid Mississippi Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record
• Reliable transportation needed for work in the community
• Excellent communications skills in both written and verbal settings
• Independent work ability and time management skills
• Knowledge of or readiness to learn strength oriented wrap-around service model