Milieu Lead

Nexus Family Healing•Austin, MN

1d•$21 - $22•Onsite

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing - Gerard Campus is Now Hiring for a Milieu Lead at their facility in Austin, Minnesota. Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit network of mental health agencies with over 50 years of restoring hope for thousands of children and families through outpatient/community mental health services, foster care, adoption, and residential treatment. In this role, you will be responsible for leading and ensuring that the daily programming of the milieu is carried out in a safe and productive manner by leading the shift, providing mentoring and coaching of team members, ensuring effective interventions are implemented and supported. If your energetic and love challenges, please apply and join our team! At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity. Schedule/Salary/Location: Ability to work days, evenings, and weekends Pay Range: $20.73 - $22.23 per hour Location: 1111 28th St NE, Austin, MN 55912

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent
Valid driver's license required. Maintains state regulating agency and company driving requirements
Must be 21 years of age

Nice To Haves

Associate Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in a social work, psychology or clinically related field preferred
Previous residential and youth mental health experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Serves as a mentor and role model for Youth Care Professionals by following trauma-informed practices.
Ensures client safety and collaborates with co-workers to maintain an environment that is positive, respectful, clean and therapeutic.
Regularly assists in training and development processes for new Youth Care Professionals.
Leads the shift and ensures that all related daily shift activities occur as planned; coordinates daily decision-making and problem-solving as needed during the shift.
Counted as part of the staff/client ratio and performs all duties of a Youth Care Professional.
Leads and directs youth daily routine and coordinates changes and the deployment of staff in order to meet youth and milieu needs.
Watches over the milieu culture and instills interventions for the establishment of a healthy, safe, and effective residential culture
Assumes a leadership role among Youth Care Professionals to support trauma work in the milieu.
Participates in the planning and implementation of trauma-informed, strengths-based treatment plans, restorative approaches and therapeutic services.
Mentors and coaches other Youth Care Professionals on ways they can better respond to situations in alignment with the agency’s treatment philosophy and the individual guidance plan.
Provides in the moment feedback in the milieu and intervene and/or redirect all Youth Care Professionals interactions that are not within the trauma response framework.
Leads staff in ensuring compliance with all emotional and physical safety policies and procedures involving living areas, buildings, campus grounds, and while attending off-campus activities
Coaches and mentors Youth Care Professionals to increase and enhance de-escalation skills and reduce the need for physical restraints.
Takes an active role in establishing and maintaining a work environment consistent with the agency standards and organizational values; carries out the vision of the agency and program leadership in supporting staff and youth.
Works effectively with client families and/or support networks to reinforce positive partnerships, engagement and involvement techniques.
Remains cognizant of clients’ individual guidance plans and their individual needs while providing in the moment coaching and mentoring for optimal interactions and relationship building.
Collaborates with the clinical team to address concerns, strengths and recommendations to the Individual and Family guidance plans.
Ensures compliance with licensing, regulatory and accreditation bodies during scheduled shifts.
Complies with all documentation and standards in a timely manner and ensures the completion of all documentation and shift duties are completed by the end of the shift.
Conducts debriefing activities with Youth Care Professionals and youth regarding significant events in order to provide continuous quality improvement as needed.
Provides ongoing encouragement and verbal recognition of Youth Care Professionals, while also providing feedback about Youth Care Professionals’ work performance on formal evaluations and for the purpose of employee development as necessary.