Youth Care Professional - 1st shift

Nexus Family Healing; Mendota Heights (MN); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Nexus Family Healing seeks a part-time Youth Care Professional in Mendota Heights, MN. The role supports youth in a community-based facility, overseeing their daily activities and implementing tailored therapeutic treatment plans. Ideal candidates will possess a high school diploma and a passion for supporting diverse youth, making a positive impact in their lives.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

401k match

Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family

Additional benefits available

Qualifications

• Minimum 21 years of age.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Experience with youth in a residential or shelter setting is nice to have.

Responsibilities

• Support and reinforce therapeutic treatment plans for clients.
• Provide mentorship and supervision of client daily activities.
• Ensure client safety and collaborate to maintain a positive therapeutic environment.

Skills

Supervision

Mentorship

Collaboration

Cultural Competence

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

The 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. Aspen House not only provides temporary housing but also incorporates mental health assessments and services, recreational activities, educational instruction, coordination with outside supports, stabilization services, and on-going connections with family support systems.

At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. We serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will support and reinforce the therapeutic treatment plan of clients by providing guidance, assistance, and direction to clients in their daily living activities and scheduled therapeutic activities.

• Provide mentorship and supervision of client daily activities and behavior according to established guidelines and procedures.
• Participate with coworkers as a team on implementation of treatment plans and therapeutic services.
• Demonstrate an acceptance and respectfulness toward diversity concerning commonalities and differences such as gender, race, age, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, disability and gender identity.
• Ensure client safety and collaborate with coworkers to maintain an environment that is positive, respectful, clean and therapeutic.
• 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 while attending off-campus activities.
• Work effectively with clients’ families/support networks to reinforce positive family partnerships; Follows established protocols in the use of family engagement and involvement techniques.
• Maintain appropriate boundaries in all interaction and contact with clients.

Location:

• Mendota Heights, MN

Schedule & Pay:

• Part-time 1st shift - 7am-3:30pm, 20 hours per week
• Positions start at $19.00 per hour

Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include:

• Paid Time Off
• 401k match
• NEW - Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• And much more!

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED required
• Minimum 21 years of age
• Valid Driver’s License - must meet state regulating agency and corporate driving requirements

Nice to have:

• Experience with youth in a residential or shelter setting

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

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.

APPLY TODAY TO BE CONTACTED BY OUR RECRUITING TEAM! When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives — including your own!

Keywords: “Youth Care Professional,” “Youth Care Worker,” “Youth shelter,” “Mental Health,” “Youth Support,” “Entry level,” “Shelter worker,” “Human services” behavioral health, caring career

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