Youth Care Professional - Girl's Group Home

About the role

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a Youth Care Professional - Overnights to our Girl's Group Home in Andover, MN!

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 clients 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 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 successfully pass a DHS criminal background check

Preferred

• Experience working with families and trauma-exposed children in a group home setting highly preferred

Benefits

• 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
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• NEW - Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• NEW - Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• NEW – Carrot Fertility Benefit
• And much more!

Physical Demands

• 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

Nexus Comprehensive Benefits

• 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
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• NEW - Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• NEW - Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• NEW – Carrot Fertility Benefit
• And much more!

ICARE Values & Behavioral Competencies

• 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.

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