Career Opportunities
SMPDD is hiring for the following positions:
POSITION REQUIREMENTS: Must have a current RN or LSW license with at least 2 years related work experience. Ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of case management experience and have work experience with elderly and disabled. Excellent benefits package offered.
POSITION LOCATION: To inquire whether we are currently hiring for any of our 10 locations in our service area, please send your resume and copy of your current professional resume to:
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Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District
Attn: Assistant Director, Senior Services
10441 Corporate Drive, Ste. 1
Gulfport, MS 39503Email: kthames@smpdd.com
POSITION :
The Pathway Home Re-entry Program Instructor-Resource Navigator is responsible for assisting incarcerated and formerly incarcerated adults return to the workforce in the 24 counties of the Twin Districts Workforce Development Area (TDWDA). The Instructor Resource Navigator will work directly with the Program Administrator and will establish relationships with employers interested in recruiting and hiring formerly incarcerated individuals. Instructor-Resource Navigator will also work with the formerly incarcerated individuals to navigate the process of finding gainful employment and removing barriers that often plague justice-impacted individuals. This work will mainly be performed at the Leake County Regional Correctional Facility in Carthage, MS.
The purpose of the Pathway Home Re-entry Program helps connect eligible incarcerated individuals to training opportunities and/or jobs upon release from a correctional facility. The program aims to reduce recidivism, improve offender outcomes by providing life skills training, job search and placement services, and mitigation of barriers to successful re-entry. The Instructor-Resource Navigator works with the individuals and the employers to make the strategic connections necessary to ensure successful re-entry for the returning citizens and a dependable labor pool for the employers.