Youth ACT Therapist
About The Position
Nexus Family Healing is hiring a hybrid-remote Therapist for its Youth ACT Program, based in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Youth ACT is an intensive, comprehensive, community-based rehabilitative mental health service delivered by a multidisciplinary team in clients’ homes, schools, and communities. It supports youth ages 14–21 through individualized services intended to stabilize them and reduce hospitalizations and out-of-home placements. Services are provided in the home, with Youth ACT offering 3–5 sessions per week. The Community-Based Therapist provides mental health therapy to children, adolescents, adults, and families in homes, community settings, via telehealth, and at Nexus Family Healing offices. Using a trauma-informed, strength-based approach, the therapist delivers individualized care through evidence-based models such as EMDR, DBT, TFCBT, and Systemic Family Therapy. The hybrid role involves frequent in-person work, remote work, and travel between sites. This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week, with a flexible Monday–Friday schedule. The stated salary is $70,000–$80,000 per year, dependent on licensure and experience.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in behavioral sciences, human services, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, counseling, or a clinically related field.
- If a social worker, must have an LGSW in Minnesota.
- If currently unlicensed, 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, LAMFT, or LPC).
- Valid driver’s license and compliance with state regulating agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements.
- Must successfully pass a DHS background check.
Nice To Haves
- Fully licensed in Minnesota as an LICSW, LMFT, or LPCC.
- Related residential or human services experience working with youth and families.
Responsibilities
- Complete intake forms and diagnostic assessments.
- Ensure timely and accurate clinical documentation.
- Complete CANS assessments using TCOM principles.
- Develop, update, and monitor individual treatment plans based on assessments and CAT/CANS.
- Provide crisis intervention and safety planning as needed.
- Participate in mandatory clinical supervision and team case consultation meetings.
- Participate in family collaborative intake meetings.
- Provide client-centered, strength-based therapy in collaboration with families.
- Deliver individual, group, and family therapy aligned with treatment goals.
- Meet direct service and documentation requirements.
- Support discharge planning and post-care coordination.
- Coordinate referrals and collaborate with families, schools, and providers.
- Attend supervision, team meetings, and required trainings.
- Maintain compliance with clinical and regulatory standards.
- Communicate client needs with care teams, families, and community partners.
- Ensure confidentiality and HIPAA compliance.
Benefits
- Four weeks of paid time off in the first year of employment.
- Multiple health insurance coverage options.
- No-cost life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Talkspace therapy benefit for the whole family.
- Hinge Health benefit for the whole family.
- Carrot Fertility benefit.
- Tuition assistance and training opportunities.
- Advancement pathways and internal promotion.
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Job Type
Full-time
