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| Summary: | |
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| Pine Belt Mental Healthcare | |
| Resources is seeking a dedicated | |
| and energetic Veteran | |
| Healthcare Navigator to provide | |
| services to veteran participants | |
| for a grant in Hattiesburg, MS. | |
| The Veteran Healthcare | |
| Navigator position plays a | |
| vital role in coordinating with | |
| other healthcare systems ensuring | |
| appropriate care coordination for | |
| veterans participating in the | |
| SSVF program. In this role, *the | |
| Veteran Healthcare Navigator will | |
| serve veteran families from | |
| Jackson to the MS Gulf Coast, | |
| with families from the Pine Belt | |
| Mental Health service area being | |
| the primary focus. | |
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| 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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| - Master's degree in | |
| behavioral healthcare or | |
| related field preferred | |
| - LCSW or equivalent background | |
| preferred | |
| - Must have reliable | |
| transportation to provide | |
| community services | |
| - Must have a valid driver's | |
| license with a satisfactory | |
| driving record | |
| - Excellent communications | |
| skills required | |
| - Independent work ability | |
| - Veterans encouraged to apply | |
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| Responsibilities: | |
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| - Maintains and updates contact | |
| list of VA and other | |
| community programs. | |
| - Maintains successful working | |
| relationship between SSVF | |
| program and providers. | |
| - Identifies and attempts to | |
| remove barriers to care for | |
| veteran participants. | |
| - Assists veterans in gaining | |
| access to healthcare, | |
| supporting healthcare plans | |
| by identifying barriers to | |
| care, and providing education | |
| on wellness-related topics. | |
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