Clinical Specialist

Nexus Family Healing; East Bethel (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks PTO

Health insurance options

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k match

Talkspace Therapy Benefit

Hinge Health Benefit

Carrot Fertility Benefit

Tuition assistance

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Nexus Family Healing in East Bethel, MN is seeking a Clinical Specialist to lead clinical efforts in a youth and teen residential treatment setting. The role focuses on implementing evidence-based interventions, ensuring safety, and guiding staff through complex care plans.

The position requires a Master’s degree and Minnesota licensure (LICSW/LPCC/LMFT), with 3+ years of youth counseling and experience supervising teams. This on-site role offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Services, Psychology, or a clinically related field.
• Fully licensed in Minnesota as LICSW, LPCC or LMFT.
• 3+ years of youth/adolescent counseling experience.
• Experience supervising or leading a team.
• Valid driver’s license and DHS background check requirements.
• Must complete agency-specific therapeutic intervention training.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, coaching, and support within a residential treatment environment.
• Oversee treatment planning, programming, and behavioral interventions to ensure high-quality care.
• Ensure trauma-informed, evidence-based practices are implemented and program improvements pursued.
• Guide client safety, risk management, crisis intervention, and safety planning.
• Review incidents and practices to ensure regulatory compliance and quality care.
• Serve as clinical resource for families, guardians, and community partners, addressing concerns.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Staff coaching

Trauma-informed care

Relationship-based care

Regulatory compliance

Education

Master’s degree in Social Services/Psychology/related field

Job description

Description

Nexus Family Healing is looking to hire a Clinical Specialist to join our team at our East Bethel, MN youth & teen psychiatric residential treatment facility!

For more than 50 years, Nexus has empowered thousands of children, families, and adults to find hope and healing. What started in 1972 as a single program in Minnetonka, Minnesota has grown into a nationally recognized network across five states. As a progressive leader in youth and family mental health, we’re driven by a clear mission: to close gaps in care and create brighter futures for those we serve.

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.

Pay and Schedule:

• Full-time, salaried exempt position
• Two available shifts: Sunday-Wednesday 1pm-11pm; Wednesday-Saturday 1pm-11pm
• On-site position: 900 189th Ave NE, East Bethel,MN55011
• Starting salary range: $85k-95k annually

Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include:

• Five weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• 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!

Position Summary:

The Clinical Specialist provides clinical leadership, oversight, and day-to-day support within a therapeutic treatment environment. This role is responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of treatment interventions, behavioral support strategies, safety planning, and evidence-based programming while promoting a trauma-informed, relationship-based, and individualized approach to client care.

The Clinical Specialist serves as a key leader within the multidisciplinary treatment team, providing coaching, mentoring, and supervision to direct care staff and therapists while supporting client safety, treatment progress, and overall program effectiveness. Through active engagement within the milieu, the Clinical Specialist ensures high‑quality service delivery, regulatory compliance, staff development, and continuous program improvement.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, coaching, and support to therapists, direct care staff, and clients within a residential treatment environment.
• Oversee treatment planning, therapeutic programming, behavioral interventions, and service delivery to ensure high-quality client care.
• Ensure implementation of trauma-informed, evidence-based practices and support ongoing program improvement initiatives.
• Provide guidance and oversight related to client safety, risk management, crisis intervention, behavioral support plans, and safety planning.
• Review incidents, documentation, and clinical practices to ensure quality, regulatory compliance, and effective service delivery.
• Serve as the primary clinical resource for families, guardians, referral sources, and community partners, addressing questions, concerns, and treatment-related issues.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support treatment goals, coordinate care, and advocate for client needs.
• Lead staff development through clinical supervision, case consultation, mentoring, training, and performance coaching.
• Foster a culture of clinical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and trauma-informed care.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Social Services, Psychology, or clinically related field required
• Fully licensed in Minnesota as an LICSW, LPCC or LMFT
• 3+ years of youth or adolescent counseling or clinical experience
• Experience in supervising or leading a team
• Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements
• Must successfully pass a DHS background check
• Must participate, complete, and successfully pass an agency-specific therapeutic intervention/restraint (TCI, HWC, NCI) training and exam
• Must have the ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenges
• Must be open to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values

Preferred Qualifications:

• Youth or adolescent residential experience
• 5+ years of experience in adolescent and family-based behavioral counseling
• Clinical supervisory experience

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• May be required to assist staff in proper approved physical holds/crisis interventions 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
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as desktop and/or laptop computers, photocopiers, and smartphones

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

When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives — including your own!