Youth Care Professional - Girl's Group Home, Temporary Relief
About The Position
Nexus Family Healing is hiring a Temporary Relief Youth Care Professional to our Girl's Group Home in Andover, MN! Willow Trails Group Home is located in Andover, MN and is a part of Nexus-Mille Lacs. We offer a trauma-informed, family-centered, nationally recognized treatment for struggling teenage girls in a Group Home setting where we work with our youth in character growth, emotional healing, and social maturity while confronting the core issues that resulted in their placement. Effective and positive behavior techniques are incorporated to promote healing in addition to addressing underlying trauma and mental health needs. 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. Employees must have the ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenges. Must be open to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values.
Requirements
- High School diploma or GED required
- Minimum 21+ years of age
- Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Nexus Family Healing driving requirements
- Experience working with families and trauma-exposed children and adolescents in a residential treatment/counseling capacity
- Must successfully pass a DHS criminal background check
- All client facing employees must successfully participate and complete the Handle With Care behavior intervention method exam and training
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with families and trauma-exposed children in a group home setting highly preferred
Responsibilities
- Provide supervision of client daily activities and behavior according to established trauma-informed, strengths-based guidelines and procedures
- Participate with coworkers as a team on implementation of trauma-informed, strengths-based treatment plans and therapeutic services
- Ensure clients’ emotional and physical safety and collaborate with coworkers to maintain an environment that is positive, respectful, clean, strengths-based, and therapeutic
- Participate in off-campus client activities and assist in the transportation of client for home visits, doctor appointments, planned recreational activities, etc.
- Work effectively with clients’ families/support networks to reinforce positive family partnerships; follow established protocols in the use of family engagement and involvement techniques
Benefits
- Paid Time Office (PTO)
- 401k match
- NEW – Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
- Continuous learning and training opportunities
- Advancement pathways and internal promotion
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
