Community-Based Therapist
About the role
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.
Responsibilities
- Create and drive a trauma-informed environment
- Collaboration 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
Requirements
- Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or clinically related field
- Licensure within related clinical field (MSW, LAPC, or LPC) state board requirements
- Valid driver’s license required
- The ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenges
- The ability to pass all necessary background screening requirements per DHS rules and regulations
Qualifications
- Experience working with at-risk youth and families facing mental health or behavioral health challenges
- Full independent clinical licensure: LPCC, LCSW, LMFT
Benefits
- 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!
Schedule/Pay/Location
Starting Salary - $64,000+ for intermediary therapist level; $67,000+ for fully licensed therapist
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
Nexus’ 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
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
At Nexus Family Healing, we not only support diversity – we celebrate it and rely on it for the betterment of our employees, our services, and our impact on the community. We strive to provide the best quality care for our youth and the best work environment for our employees through an inclusive team culture. Nexus Family Healing is proud to be an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.
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