Therapist

Nexus Family Healing•Austin, MN

26d•Onsite

About The Position

Nexus-Family Healing - Austin Campus is looking to add a Therapist to join our youth residential program! 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. 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. Location/Pay/Schedule: Located at 1111 28th St NE, Austin, MN 55912 Starting Salary: $70,090 - $73,601, offer will reflect level of experience and licensure! Full-time, mostly weekdays: Monday - Friday Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include: Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment Additional 8 Paid Holidays Competitive Annual Base Salary Offered Multiple options for health insurance coverage Vision & Dental No-cost life insurance, short/long-term disability insurance 401k match NEW - Talkspace 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! Position Summary: Provide overall management of youth’s treatment through active engagement, clinical assessment, treatment, and discharge planning. Therapist will provide clinical insight and work from a trauma informed lens to enhance the milieu and programming. Engage with families through family therapy and treatment planning. Collaborate with the community and providers related to the youth’s progress and discharge planning.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or clinically related field
Must be licensed in related clinical field LICSW, LPCC, or LMFT per state board requirements
Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements
21 years of age

Nice To Haves

Experience working in the Human Services field
At Nexus Family Healing, our voices and actions are focused on recognizing, affirming and respecting people of every race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression and faith.

Responsibilities

Trauma Informed Care
Helps establish and maintain a positive treatment culture & environment
Works with youth & family to develop a Nexus Individual and Family Guidance Plan
Active involvement with Family Collaborative Intake meetings
Completes Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) functional assessment in accordance to TCOM (collaborative) principals
Through the collaborative effort with family, youth, and providers, develop and monitor the individual treatment plans
Provide individualized, youth-focused, strength and evidenced-based family and individual therapy models to youth and families. Examples: Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization (TF-CBT) and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Milieu Coordination
Develop and facilitate milieu and treatment groups that are trauma informed, educational, and treatment focused
Participate in all youth related treatment team meetings, using family centered language and youth driven principals
Serve as a clinical treatment team leader to YCP's. This includes but is not limited to modeling and coaching staff on rapport building with clients, trauma-informed practices, and de-escalation techniques on the treatment milieu as needed
Be available on-call for consultation/treatment direction and/or decisions when appropriate
Assess readiness for discharge in conjunction with the treatment team
Community Care
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
Educate and facilitate trainings for staff on trauma informed practices, clinical diagnosis treatment processes, and other clinically relevant training material
Participate in team meetings, program clinical team meetings, therapy clinical supervision sessions, and in-service as required
Ensure confidentiality regarding mental health, medical issues, background treatment and comply with all HIPAA related requirements
Remains current on all company policies, assigned trainings and/or certification requirements