Mental Health Therapist

Nexus Family Healing•Bismarck, ND

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a Mental Health Therapist to support its Bismarck, North Dakota office. The therapist provides mental health services to youth in the child welfare system and to their foster care providers, biological families, and other natural supports. The role is part of a multidisciplinary wrap-around team and focuses on providing comprehensive support to children and families. The position uses trauma-informed, individualized, youth-focused, strength-based, and evidence-based therapy approaches. The therapist collaborates with youth, families, and treatment-team members, and coordinates with social service and community providers. The role is hybrid and community- and home-based, with regular travel to family homes, community locations, and referral sites. Scheduling flexibility is based on client needs, and limited crisis on-call work is required. Nexus provides free clinical supervision for candidates seeking licensure, training in TF-CBT and other evidence-based modalities, and support for clinicians delivering therapy services to children and families in North Dakota. The starting salary is $67,000 or more annually, or $64,000 or more for MSW candidates. A $2,500 sign-on bonus is paid periodically during the first year of employment.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or a clinically related field.
Required licensure as an LPC, LPCC, MSW, or LMFT.
Must successfully pass a DHS criminal background check.
Valid driver’s license required.
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, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with at-risk youth and families facing mental health or behavioral health challenges.

Responsibilities

Create and promote a trauma-informed environment.
Collaborate with youth, families, and the treatment team to develop an Individual and Family Treatment Plan.
Provide individualized, youth-focused, strength-based, evidence-based family and individual therapy to youth, their families, and foster families.
Participate in treatment-team meetings and coordinate quarterly child and family team meetings (CFTM).
Participate in needed crisis responses.
Coordinate and communicate client aftercare needs with families and necessary social service and community providers to support a smooth transition.
Work with treatment-team members to engage desired and necessary family members, educational, legal, community, and social service providers, and natural supports identified by the youth and family.
Gather information needed to inform and support the treatment process.
Prepare and maintain required client reports, records, and documentation accurately, consistently, and on time, in accordance with policies and regulated statutes.
Recognize and value cultural differences in all aspects of work and service delivery.

Benefits

$2,500 sign-on bonus paid periodically during the first year of employment.
Free clinical supervision for clinical candidates seeking licensure.
Advanced training opportunities in evidence-based modalities such as TF-CBT and EMDR.
Four weeks of paid time off in the first year of employment.
Additional paid holidays.
Multiple health insurance coverage options.
No-cost life insurance.
Short- and long-term disability insurance.
401(k) match.
Talkspace therapy benefit for the whole family.
Hinge Health benefit for the whole family.
Carrot Fertility benefit.
Tuition assistance and training opportunities.
Advancement pathways and internal promotion.