Mental Health Therapist

Nexus Family Healing; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks PTO first year

Health insurance options

No-cost life insurance

Disability insurance (short/long-term)

401k match

Talkspace Therapy Benefit

Hinge Health Benefit

Carrot Fertility Benefit

Tuition assistance

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

Nexus Family Healing seeks a Mental Health Therapist for a new youth crisis and stabilization center in Hennepin County, Minneapolis. The role emphasizes trauma-informed practice, clinical assessment, and discharge planning for youths with complex behavioral health needs.

You will engage families through family therapy, collaborate with community providers, and contribute to treatment planning and progress monitoring while maintaining HIPAA confidentiality and high professional standards.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in behavioral sciences or related field and licensed or on-track for licensure.
• Provisional/intermediary licensure acceptable (e.g., LGSW, LMSW, LAMFT, LPC).
• Experience in residential or intensive inpatient/outpatient settings preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

• Provide trauma-informed, youth-focused therapy and discharge planning.
• Lead with families in treatment planning and collaborate with community providers.
• Coordinate milieu, supervise treatment groups, and model trauma-informed care practices.
• Be available for on-call consultation and discharge decision support.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Family therapy

CANS assessment

Discharge planning

Education

Master’s degree in behavioral sciences/related field

Licensure track or provisional license (LGSW/LMSW/LAMFT/LPC)

Tools

HIPAA compliance

Job description

Nexus Family Healing is looking to hire a Mental Health Therapist to join our newest youth crisis and stabilization center in Hennepin County!

This new youth crisis and stabilization center is a 13-bed, short-term residential service is for Hennepin County youth with complex mental and behavioral health issues looking for appropriate care. The service will help to reduce the number of youth who are stuck in inappropriate care settings such as emergency rooms, police stations, juvenile detention or unstable home situations and provide treatment and therapeutic supports while triage, assessment, and transition planning take place with families.

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 onsite opportunity
• Location: 1800 Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis
• Pay range: $65,000-80,000 annually dependent on licensure

Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include:

• Four 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

Our Therapist will provide overall management of youth’s treatment through active engagement, clinical assessment, treatment, and discharge planning. Therapist will provide clinical insight and work from a trauma informed lens to enhance the milieu and programming. Engage with families through family therapy and treatment planning. Collaborate with the community and providers related to the youth’s progress and discharge planning.

Primary responsibilities

Trauma Informed Care

• Helps establish and maintain a positive treatment culture & environment
• Works with youth & family to develop a Nexus Individual and Family Guidance Plan
• Active involvement with Family Collaborative Intake meetings
• Completes Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) functional assessment in accordance to TCOM (collaborative) principals
• Through the collaborative effort with family, youth, and providers, develop and monitor the individual treatment plans
• Provide individualized, youth-focused, strength and evidenced-based family and individual therapy models to youth and families. Examples: Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization (TF-CBT) and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Milieu Coordination

• Develop and facilitate milieu and treatment groups that are trauma informed, educational, and treatment focused
• Participate in all youth related treatment team meetings, using family centered language and youth driven principals
• Serve as a clinical treatment team leader to YCP's. This includes but is not limited to modeling and coaching staff on rapport building with clients, trauma-informed practices, and de-escalation techniques on the treatment milieu as needed
• Be available on-call for consultation/treatment direction and/or decisions when appropriate
• Assess readiness for discharge in conjunction with the treatment team

Community Care

• Coordinate/communicate aftercare needs of the client with family and all necessary social service and community providers to ensure a smooth transition
• Communicate with the treatment team to include 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
• Ensures 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
• Educate and facilitate trainings for staff on trauma informed practices, clinical diagnosis treatment processes, and other clinically relevant training material
• Participate in team meetings, program clinical team meetings, therapy clinical supervision sessions, and in-service as required
• Ensure confidentiality regarding mental health, medical issues, background treatment and comply with all HIPAA related requirements
• Remains current on all company policies, assigned trainings and/or certification requirements

Required Education and Licensure:

• Master’s degree in one of the behavioral sciences, human services, social work, marriage & family therapy, psychology, counseling, or clinically related fields
• If currently unlicensed, must be on track to complete licensure for a specific, related discipline.
• And/or currently holds a provisional/intermediary license for a specific track (i.e. LGSW, LMSW, LAMFT or LPC)
• Some experience working in a residential or intensive inpatient or outpatient setting required
• Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Fully licensed in Minnesota: LICSW, LPCC, LMFT
• Related residential or human services experience working with youth and families

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

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Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.