Mental Health Therapist

Nexus Family Healing•Manteno, IL

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a residential Mental Health Therapist to join their clinical team in Manteno, IL. This role involves providing overall management of youth’s treatment through active engagement, clinical assessment, treatment, and discharge planning. The therapist will offer clinical insight and work from a trauma-informed lens to enhance the milieu and programming, engage with families through family therapy and treatment planning, and collaborate with the community and providers regarding youth’s progress and discharge planning. Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit with over 50 years of experience providing mental health services, foster care, adoption, and residential treatment to children and families. In Manteno, IL, youth in residential care also attend Safe Harbor School, an accredited special education program for grades 6–12. Nexus Family Healing emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion, serving a diverse group of youth and families and striving for a representative workforce.

Requirements

Master’s degree in one of the behavioral sciences, human services, social work, marriage & family therapy, psychology, counseling, or clinically related fields
1 year of professional adolescent counseling and/or residential experience
Previous experience with trauma treatment and experience serving a culturally diverse population
If currently unlicensed and clinical licensure is required in your state: Must be on track to complete licensure for a specific, related discipline
If currently unlicensed and clinical licensure is required in your state: And/or currently holds a provisional/intermediary license for a specific track (i.e. LGSW, LMSW, LAMFT or LPC)
In Illinois: Must have or be willing to obtain an LASOP license within 3 months of hire
Valid driver’s license required
Must meet state regulating agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements
Must successfully pass an IL DCFS criminal background check
Successfully participate in and complete a three-part Therapeutic Crisis Intervention exam and training
Must have the ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenges
Must be open to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values

Nice To Haves

LPC, LMFT, LCSW, LCPC or equivalent professional licensure for a masters’ level clinically related field strongly preferred
2 years of adolescent counseling and/or residential experience

Responsibilities

Creates and drives a trauma-informed environment
Collaboration with youth and family to work with a team and develop a Nexus Individual and Family Guidance Plan
Engage in and have active involvement of the Family Collaborative Intake meetings
Complete Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) functional assessment in accordance with the TCOM (collaborative) principals
Provide brief, individualized, youth-focused, strength and evidenced-based family and individual therapy models with youth and families
Participate in all youth related treatment team meetings
Assess readiness for discharge in conjunction with the treatment team
Coordinate/communicate aftercare needs of the client with family and all necessary social service and community providers to ensure a smooth transition
Communicate with the treatment team to include all desired and necessary family members, educational, legal, community, and social service providers (as well as all-natural supports that the youth and family identify) to gather all necessary information to inform and support the treatment process
Ensures that all required client reports, records, and all documentation are produced accurately and maintained in a consistent, timely, and professional manner according to policy and regulated statutes