Team Lead - Family Education Specialist

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Team Lead - Family Education Specialist

Job Code:2026-HARR-FAM-ED-SP-10.28 County:Harrison City:Gulfport FT/PT Status:Regular Full Time Education:Masters Degree

Summary:

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 Family Education Specialist is a supervisory clinical position for a professional with a recovery-oriented approach and experience working with individuals with schizophrenia and their families. This position serves as the primary contact for clients and families and leads efforts to engage clients in treatment by completing the program screening, evaluation, and enrollment processes. The specialist builds positive relationships with participants and their families, encourages participation in NAVIGATE interventions, and uses a shared decision-making process when developing and modifying treatment plans. The position 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, developing strong referral sources, regularly following up on referrals and referring agencies, 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 education about psychosis and its management, improve communication and problem-solving skills, and promote a recovery- and resilience-oriented approach to psychosis. The Team Lead and Family Education Specialist follows the procedures and uses the materials in the NAVIGATE Family Education Manual to provide care in accordance with PBMHR standards. NAVIGATE team members must be available to meet with families outside traditional 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. hours and be able to conduct home or community 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: Masters degree in behavioral healthcare requiredFour (4) years behavioral healthcare experience preferred. Supervisory experience preferredCertification required within 90 days of hire by MDMH and MDOMMust possess a valid Mississippi Drivers License with a satisfactory driving recordReliable transportation needed for work in the communityExcellent communications skills in both written and verbal settingsIndependent work ability and time management skillsKnowledge of or readiness to learn strength oriented wrap-around service model

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