Part-Time Youth Care Professional - Girl's Group Home

Nexus Family Healing•Andover, MN

12d•$20 - $22

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a 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. Pay and Schedule: Part-time 2 days during the week from 5pm-9pm Rotating weekends Saturdays 9am-5pm, Sundays 1pm-9pm $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!

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 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 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