Youth Care Professional - Temp Relief

About the role

Nexus Family Healing’s campus at Aspen House is a community-based facility for teens in Dakota and Washington counties who temporarily need a safe place to live. Youth in our care have private bedrooms and access to mental health and educational services during their stay and is staffed 24/7. We serve displaced youth ages 11–18 and pride ourselves on being a restraint-free facility. This program incorporates mental health assessments and services, recreational activities, educational instruction, coordination with outside supports, stabilization services, and ongoing connections with family support systems.

Responsibilities

• Support and reinforce the therapeutic treatment plan by providing guidance, assistance, and direction to clients in daily living and scheduled therapeutic activities.
• Provide mentorship and supervision of client daily activities and behavior according to established guidelines and procedures.
• Participate as a team in implementing treatment plans and therapeutic services.
• Demonstrate acceptance and respect for diversity concerning commonalities and differences such as gender, race, age, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, disability, and gender identity.
• Ensure client safety and maintain a positive, respectful, clean, and therapeutic environment.
• Plan and participate in client activities.
• Remain cognizant of individual client phases, privileges, restrictions, and adapt interactions accordingly.
• Ensure compliance with all safety policies and procedures involving living areas, buildings, campus grounds, and off-campus activities.
• Work effectively with clients’ families/support networks to reinforce positive family partnerships; follow established protocols in family engagement techniques.
• Maintain appropriate boundaries in all interactions with clients.
• Recognize and value cultural differences in all aspects of work and service delivery.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 21 years of age.
• Valid driver’s license—must meet state regulating agency and corporate driving requirements.
• 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.
• Ability to successfully pass a DHS background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with youth in a residential or shelter setting.

Schedule

• Temporary relief—work at least 2 shifts per month; can pick up more.
• 1st shift: 7:00 am–3:30 pm
• 2nd shift: 3:00 pm–11:30 pm
• 3rd shift: 11:00 pm–7:30 am

Pay

$19.00 per hour

Location

Onsite at 2031 Victoria Rd S, Mendota Heights, MN