Community-Based Therapist

About the role

Nexus Family Healing has an exciting opportunity for a Community Based Therapist role supporting our Grand Forks, ND office! This position will provide mental health therapy services to youth within the child welfare system as well as their foster care providers, biological families or other natural supports. We are looking for an energetic, compassionate therapist to support the unique needs of children and families.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create and drive a trauma-informed environment
• Collaborate with youth and family and team to develop an Individual and Family Treatment Plan
• Provide individualized, youth-focused, strength and evidenced-based family and individual therapy models with youth, their families and foster families
• Participate in all treatment team meetings and coordinate quarterly CFTM (child and family team meetings)
• Participate in needed crisis responses
• Coordinate/communicate aftercare needs of the client with family and all necessary social service and community providers to ensure a smooth transition
• Work with team member of the treatment team to engage 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
• Ensure 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
• Recognize and value cultural differences in all aspects of work and service delivery

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or clinically related field
• Licensure within related clinical field (MSW, LMFT, or LPC) state board requirements
• Valid driver’s license required
• Ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenges
• Open to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values
• Able to pass all necessary background screening requirements per DHS rules and regulations

Nice to Have

• Experience working with at-risk youth and families facing mental health or behavioral health challenges
• Full independent clinical licensure: LPCC or LCSW
• Travel Regular business travel to family homes, community locations, and referral sites required

Schedule/Pay/Location

Starting salary at $67,000+

Hybrid remote (community and home-based) in the Grand Forks, North Dakota area!

Manageable caseload sizes

Flexibility in scheduling based upon client needs

Limited crisis on-call required

Benefits

• Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include FREE Clinical supervision is provided to clinical candidates seeking licensure
• Advanced training opportunities in evidenced-based modalities such as TF-CBT, EMDR etc.
• Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• Additional paid holidays
• 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!