Mental Health Therapist

Nexus Family Healing•Minneapolis, MN

8d•$65,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a Mental Health Therapist for its youth crisis and stabilization center in Hennepin County. The center is a 13-bed, short-term residential service for youth with complex mental and behavioral health needs. It provides treatment and therapeutic support while triage, assessment, and transition planning take place with youth and families. The Therapist manages youth treatment through engagement, clinical assessment, therapy, and discharge planning. The role provides clinical insight using a trauma-informed approach, contributes to the treatment milieu and programming, works with families through therapy and treatment planning, and collaborates with community providers regarding youth progress and transitions. This is a full-time, onsite position at 1800 Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, with an annual pay range of $65,000–$80,000, dependent on licensure.

Requirements

Master’s degree in behavioral sciences, human services, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, counseling, or a clinically related field.
If not currently licensed, must be on track to complete licensure in a specific related discipline, and/or hold a provisional or intermediary license for a specific track, such as LGSW, LMSW, LAMFT, or LPC.
Some experience working in a residential, intensive inpatient, or intensive outpatient setting.
Valid driver’s license and compliance with state regulatory agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements.

Nice To Haves

Full Minnesota licensure as an LICSW, LPCC, or LMFT.
Related residential or human services experience working with youth and families.

Responsibilities

Help establish and maintain a positive treatment culture and environment using trauma-informed care.
Work with youth and families to develop a Nexus Individual and Family Guidance Plan and participate in Family Collaborative Intake meetings.
Complete Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) functional assessments according to collaborative TCOM principles.
Collaborate with youth, families, and providers to develop and monitor individual treatment plans.
Provide individualized, youth-focused, strengths-based, evidence-based family and individual therapy, including approaches such as TF-CBT and EMDR.
Develop and facilitate trauma-informed, educational, and treatment-focused milieu and treatment groups.
Participate in youth-related treatment team meetings using family-centered language and youth-driven principles.
Serve as a clinical treatment team leader to YCPs by modeling and coaching rapport building, trauma-informed practices, and de-escalation techniques as needed.
Be available on-call for consultation, treatment direction, or decisions when appropriate.
Assess discharge readiness with the treatment team.
Coordinate and communicate aftercare needs with families and relevant social service and community providers to support smooth transitions.
Communicate with the treatment team and relevant family members, educational, legal, community, and social service providers, and natural supports to gather information and support treatment.
Produce and maintain accurate, timely, and professional client reports, records, and documentation in accordance with policy and regulations.
Educate staff and facilitate training on trauma-informed practices, clinical diagnosis and treatment processes, and other relevant clinical topics.
Participate in team meetings, program clinical team meetings, therapy clinical supervision sessions, and required in-service activities.
Protect confidential mental health, medical, and treatment information and comply with HIPAA requirements.
Stay current with company policies and assigned training and certification requirements.