Mental Health Therapist

Nexus Family Healing•Minneapolis, MN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a Mental Health Therapist for its 13-bed, short-term youth crisis and stabilization center in Hennepin County. The center serves youth with complex mental and behavioral health needs, providing treatment and therapeutic support while triage, assessment, and transition planning take place with families. Its goal is to reduce youth placements in inappropriate care settings, including emergency rooms, police stations, juvenile detention, and unstable home situations. The Therapist manages youth treatment through engagement, clinical assessment, therapy, and discharge planning. The role provides trauma-informed clinical guidance to support the treatment environment and programming, engages families through therapy and treatment planning, and collaborates with community providers regarding youth progress and transitions. The position is full-time and onsite at 1800 Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis. The stated annual pay range is $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 unlicensed, be on track to complete licensure in a related discipline and/or hold a provisional or intermediary license in 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 ability to meet state regulatory agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements.

Nice To Haves

Full Minnesota licensure: 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 collaborative Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) functional assessments in accordance with TCOM principles.
Develop and monitor individual treatment plans in collaboration with youth, families, and providers.
Provide individualized, youth-focused, strength-based, evidence-based family and individual therapy, 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, modeling and coaching rapport-building, trauma-informed practices, and de-escalation techniques as needed.
Be available on-call for consultation, treatment direction, and decisions when appropriate.
Assess readiness for discharge with the treatment team.
Coordinate 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, as well as natural supports identified by youth and families, to gather information for treatment.
Produce and maintain accurate, timely, and professional client reports, records, and documentation in accordance with policy and regulated statutes.
Educate staff and facilitate training on trauma-informed practices, clinical diagnosis and treatment processes, and other clinically relevant topics.
Participate in team meetings, program clinical team meetings, therapy clinical supervision sessions, and required in-services.
Maintain confidentiality regarding mental health, medical issues, and treatment background, and comply with HIPAA requirements.
Remain current on company policies and assigned training or certification requirements.