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.
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.
Office Location: Leake and George County