Youth Care Professional - 1st shift, FT
About The Position
The Aspen House is looking to add a 1st shift Youth Care Professional to our caring team! Aspen House is a community-based facility for teens in Dakota and Washington counties who temporarily need a safe place to live. Youth in our care have private bedrooms and access to mental health and educational services during their stay and is staffed 24/7. We serve displaced youth ages 11-18 and pride ourselves on being a restraint-free facility. Aspen House not only provides temporary housing but also incorporates mental health assessments and services, recreational activities, educational instruction, coordination with outside supports, stabilization services, and on-going connections with family support systems. 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 Position Summary: In this role, you will support and reinforce the therapeutic treatment plan of clients by providing guidance, assistance, and direction to clients in their daily living activities and scheduled therapeutic activities.
Requirements
- High School diploma or GED required
- Minimum 21 years of age
- Valid Driver’s License - must meet state regulating agency and corporate driving requirements
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with youth in a residential or shelter setting
Responsibilities
- Provide mentorship and supervision of client daily activities and behavior according to established guidelines and procedures.
- Participate with coworkers as a team on implementation of treatment plans and therapeutic services.
- Demonstrate an acceptance and respectfulness toward diversity concerning commonalities and differences such as gender, race, age, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, disability and gender identity.
- Ensure client safety and collaborate with coworkers to maintain an environment that is positive, respectful, clean and therapeutic.
- Plan and participate in client activities.
- Remain cognizant of individual client phases, privileges, restrictions and adapt interactions accordingly.
- Ensure compliance with all safety policies and procedures involving living areas, buildings, campus grounds and while attending off-campus activities.
- Work effectively with clients’ families/support networks to reinforce positive family partnerships; Follows established protocols in the use of family engagement and involvement techniques.
- Maintain appropriate boundaries in all interaction and contact with clients.
- Recognize and value cultural differences in all aspects of work and service delivery
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 – 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!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
