Clinical Specialist

Nexus Family Healing•East Bethel, MN

26d•Onsite

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a Clinical Specialist for its youth and teen psychiatric residential treatment facility in East Bethel, Minnesota. The organization has more than 50 years of experience supporting children, families, and adults, and works to close gaps in care and create brighter futures. Nexus emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion in its workforce and services. This full-time, salaried exempt, on-site role provides clinical leadership, oversight, and day-to-day support in a therapeutic residential environment. The Clinical Specialist helps ensure effective treatment interventions, behavioral support strategies, safety planning, and evidence-based programming, using trauma-informed, relationship-based, and individualized approaches. As a leader on the multidisciplinary treatment team, the role supports client safety and progress, staff development, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement in program effectiveness. The position is based at 900 189th Ave NE, East Bethel, MN 55011. The available schedules are Sunday–Wednesday, 1 p.m.–11 p.m., or Wednesday–Saturday, 1 p.m.–11 p.m. The starting salary range is $85,000–$95,000 annually.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Social Services, Psychology, or a clinically related field.
Full Minnesota licensure as an LICSW, LPCC, or LMFT.
At least 3 years of youth or adolescent counseling or clinical experience.
Experience supervising or leading a team.
Valid driver’s license and ability to meet state regulating agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements.
Successfully pass a DHS background check.
Participate in and successfully complete the agency-specific therapeutic intervention/restraint training and exam (TCI, HWC, or NCI).
Ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenges.
Openness to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, including language, traditions, and values.
Ability to assist staff with approved physical holds or crisis interventions involving clients when required.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100 pounds with assistance.
Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of 2–4 hours.
Ability to twist, bend, and stretch as needed for daily activities in a residential treatment facility.

Nice To Haves

Youth or adolescent residential experience.
At least 5 years of experience in adolescent and family-based behavioral counseling.
Clinical supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical leadership, supervision, coaching, and support to therapists, direct care staff, and clients in a residential treatment environment.
Oversee treatment planning, therapeutic programming, behavioral interventions, and service delivery.
Ensure implementation of trauma-informed, evidence-based practices and support program improvement initiatives.
Guide and oversee client safety, risk management, crisis intervention, behavioral support plans, and safety planning.
Review incidents, documentation, and clinical practices to support quality, regulatory compliance, and effective service delivery.
Serve as the primary clinical resource for families, guardians, referral sources, and community partners, addressing treatment-related questions and concerns.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support treatment goals, coordinate care, and advocate for client needs.
Lead staff development through clinical supervision, case consultation, mentoring, training, and performance coaching.
Foster clinical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and trauma-informed care.