Residential Case Manager

Nexus Family Healing • Manteno, IL

261d • $24 - $26

About The Position

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. A member of the Nexus Family Health, treatment programs, Nexus-Indian Oaks is located 50 miles south of Chicago in the small, rural community of Manteno, Illinois. We offer a unique homelike setting, where boys and girls ages 12 to 21 live, eat, exercise, and go to school on campus. Helping youth face difficult challenges isn't easy — but for most of us, it's the most satisfying work we've ever done. We look for staff who are dedicated, hard-working individuals that share our hope for the future. In return, we offer our associates a competitive compensation and benefits program, diverse learning opportunities, and a chance to help others have a better life.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a clinical discipline (Psychology, Social Work, etc.) required.
• In lieu of clinical degree, any bachelor's degree plus two years of related experience required.
• Strong critical thinking, organization, and communication skills, along with attention to detail and the ability to exercise discretion with highly sensitive and confidential information.
• Must be MHP eligible.
• Minimum 21 years of age.
• Valid driver's license required (must meet state driving criteria and pass corporate eligibility standards).

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in a clinical discipline (Psychology, Social Work, etc.) and 3+ years of experience in case management and/or Social Work.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the unique treatment needs and requirements of each assigned youth are met.
• Facilitate/co-facilitate case conferences and client-oriented team meetings with both internal and external resources.
• Participate in the development and implementation of individual treatment plans, compiling assessment materials, maintaining required clinical documentation, and reporting within provided deadlines.
• Collaborate with family members, licensing representatives, parole officers, court officials, and other organizational parties to ensure ongoing consensus on therapeutic treatment direction, behavior expectations, progress, and outcomes.
• Engage in counseling sessions and therapeutic interventions within treatment parameters.
• Ensure completion of all required documentation standards.
• Serve as a mentor and role model by demonstrating compassion and understanding for feelings, opinions and experience of others.
• Protect resident safety and participate with coworkers to maintain an environment that is positive, respectful, clean, and therapeutic.

Benefits

• Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment.
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage.
• No-cost life insurance.
• Short/long-term disability insurance.
• 401k match.
• NEW - Talk space Therapy Benefit for the whole family.
• NEW - Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family.
• NEW - Carrot Fertility Benefit.
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities.
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion.
• And much more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree