Mental Health Therapist

Job Description

Description:

Nexus-Gerard is looking to add a Mental Health Therapist to join our youth residential program!

Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit network of mental health agencies with over 50 years of restoring hope for thousands of children and families through outpatient/community mental health services, foster care, adoption, and residential treatment.

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.

Location:

1111 28th St NE, Austin, MN 55912

Pay/Schedule:

Starting Salary: $70,090 - $73,601, offer will reflect level of experience and licensure!

Full-time, mostly weekdays: Monday - Friday

Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include:

Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment

Additional 8 Paid Holidays

Competitive Annual Base Salary Offered

Multiple options for health insurance coverage

Vision & Dental

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!

Position Summary: Provide overall management of youth’s treatment through active engagement, clinical assessment, treatment, and discharge planning. Therapist will provide clinical insight and work from a trauma informed lens to enhance the milieu and programming. Engage with families through family therapy and treatment planning. Collaborate with the community and providers related to the youth’s progress and discharge planning. Trauma Informed Care

Helps establish and maintain a positive treatment culture & environment

Works with youth & family to develop a Nexus Individual and Family Guidance Plan

Active involvement with Family Collaborative Intake meetings

Completes Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) functional assessment in accordance to TCOM (collaborative) principals

Through the collaborative effort with family, youth, and providers, develop and monitor the individual treatment plans

Provide individualized, youth-focused, strength and evidenced-based family and individual therapy models to youth and families. Examples: Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization (TF-CBT) and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Milieu Coordination

Develop and facilitate milieu and treatment groups that are trauma informed, educational, and treatment focused

Participate in all youth related treatment team meetings, using family centered language and youth driven principals

Serve as a clinical treatment team leader to YCP's. This includes but is not limited to modeling and coaching staff on rapport building with clients, trauma-informed practices, and de-escalation techniques on the treatment milieu as needed

Be available on-call for consultation/treatment direction and/or decisions when appropriate

Assess readiness for discharge in conjunction with the treatment team

Community Care

Coordinate/communicate aftercare needs of the client with family and all necessary social service and community providers to ensure a smooth transition

Communicate with the treatment team to include all desired and necessary family members, educational, legal, community, and social service providers (as well as all-natural supports that the youth and family identify) to gather all necessary information to inform and support the treatment process

Ensures that all required client reports, records, and all documentation are produced accurately and maintained in a consistent, timely, and professional manner according to policy and regulated statutes

Educate and facilitate trainings for staff on trauma informed practices, clinical diagnosis treatment processes, and other clinically relevant training material

Participate in team meetings, program clinical team meetings, therapy clinical supervision sessions, and in-service as required

Ensure confidentiality regarding mental health, medical issues, background treatment and comply with all HIPAA related requirements

Remains current on all company policies, assigned trainings and/or certification requirementsRequirements:

Required Education and Licensure:

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or clinically related field

Must be licensed in related clinical field LICSW, LPCC, or LMFT per state board requirements

Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements

21 years of age

Nice to Have:

Experience working in the Human Services field

At Nexus Family Healing, our voices and actions are focused on recognizing, affirming and respecting people of every race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression and faith.Our ICARE Values:

Innovation: Leading the way and implementing creative, cutting-edge ideas and approaches

Compassion: Listening, honoring differences, and showing respect, kindness, empathy care, and concern

Agility: Exhibiting flexibility and adapting quickly

Responsiveness: Being quick, positive, and accurate

Excellence: Demonstrating quality results that surpass ordinary standards

Full-time