Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 24 - Mental Health
Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers
Chapter 24 - Day Programs and Employment Related Services for Adults with Serious Mental Illness
Rule 24-2-24.4 - Staffing Requirements for Supported Employment for Serious Mental Illness

Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 24-2-24.4

Current through September 24, 2024

A. Supported Employment Services must be delivered by a full-time Supported Employment Specialist. The Supported Employment Specialist will have at least a Bachelor's degree and will function as a part of a multidisciplinary mental health team.

B. Supported Employment service locations must have the organizational capacity to provide at least one (1) full-time equivalent Supported Employment Specialist dedicated to employment services. The location may choose to have more than one (1) Supported Employment Specialist, but each position must be full-time employment.

1. A Supported Employment Expansion Site must have the organization to provide at least one (1) full-time equivalent Support Employment Specialist dedicated to Employment Services.

C. The Supported Employment Specialist must be fully integrated into the treatment team. Progress notes must show collaboration among therapist, community support specialist, Doctor, etc.

D. The Supported Employment Specialist will have an individual employment caseload not to exceed twenty (20) people for any full-time Supported Employment Specialist.

1. A Serious Mental Illness Supported Employment Expansion Specialist will have an individual employment caseload of not less than twenty-five (25) and no more than (40) people. The referrals for the supported expansion project will be sent to Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) for employment. The Supported Employment Expansion Specialist will conduct follow-along services to the people as required by the project.

E. Supported Employment Specialists must only provide employment services.

F. If an agency provider employs multiple Supported Employment Specialists, the provider must have group supervision weekly to share information and help each other with cases. When necessary the Supported Employment Specialists can provide services, backup, and support to another Specialist's caseload.

G. Supported Employment Services must have a designated supervisor. If the agency provider has more than ten (10) Supported Employment Specialists, the supervisor must be full-time to the Supported Employment Services.

H. The responsibilities of the Supported Employment supervisor must include but are not limited to:

1. Conduct weekly supported employment supervision designed to review people's situations and identify new strategies and ideas to help people in their work lives.

2. Communicate with mental health treatment team leaders to ensure that services are integrated, to problem solve programmatic issues (such as referral process or transfer of follow-along to mental health workers) and to be a champion for the value of work.

3. Attend a meeting for each mental health treatment team on a quarterly basis.

4. Accompany Supported Employment Specialists, who are new or having difficulty with job development, in the field monthly to improve skills by observing, modeling, and giving feedback on skills (e.g., meeting employers for job development).

5. Review current outcomes with Supported Employment Specialists at least quarterly and set treatment goals to improve service performance.

Section 41-4-7 of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended

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