Youth Care Professional

Nexus Family Healing•Onamia, MN

18d•$20 - $22

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing Employee Testimonials Employee Commute Incentive Available - up to $670 per pay period! Nexus Family Healing is hiring Youth Care Professionals for our Mille Lacs agency in Onamia, MN! Nexus-Mille Lacs offers trauma-informed, family-centered, nationally recognized treatment for boys, ages 10-19, with significant mental health issues and harmful sexual behaviors. We strive to provide the best quality care for our youth as well as our employees. Nexus treatment programs have been creating brighter futures for over 50 years. 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. Pay and Schedule: Full-time or part-time Required availability 6:30am-3pm; 1:30pm-10pm Commute Incentive up to $670 every 2 weeks! $20 - $22 an hour! Advancement and Lead opportunities available! Nexus Comprehensive Benefits Include: Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment Health, dental and vision 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! As a Youth Care Professional you will: 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

Requirements

High School diploma or GED required
Minimum 18 years of age
Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Nexus Family Healing driving requirements
Must be able to assist staff in physical interventions and restraints of clients
Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100 pounds with assistance
Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time (2-4 hours)
Must be able to twist, bend and stretch in a manner conducive to the execution of daily activities within a residential treatment facility

Nice To Haves

Experience working with families and trauma-exposed children and adolescents in a residential treatment/counseling capacity 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