Youth Care Professional - Temporary Relief

Nexus Family Healing; Austin (MN); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 4 weeks

Floating holidays

Health insurance options

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k match

Talkspace Therapy Benefit

Hinge Health Benefit

Carrot Fertility Benefit

Tuition assistance

Career advancement

Job summary

Nexus Family Healing – Austin campus is seeking a resilient Youth Care Professional for temporary relief to support youth in our therapeutic program. You will provide guidance and enforce daily living activities using trauma-informed practices in a safe environment, while meeting each client’s needs.

The role involves mentoring, monitoring daily activities, and collaborating with staff to implement schedules, school and therapy sessions, and family visits.

Qualifications

• Must be 21 years of age.
• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Valid driver's license.
• Desire to work in the human services field & caring for at-risk youth.
• 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.
• Must successfully pass a MN criminal background check.
• Successfully participate and complete a two-day Handle with Care training and exam.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients and provide safe interactions, mentorship and supervision of daily activities per guidelines.
• Assist with activities of daily living: personal hygiene, grooming, living areas, and laundry.
• Ensure adherence to daily schedules including school, therapy, group sessions, appointments, and family visits.
• Model empathy, honesty, and respect in interactions with staff and clients.
• Contribute to daily scheduling, treatment planning, guidance plans, and safety protocols.
• Promote inclusivity regarding gender, race, age, culture, religion, and disability.
• Advocate for clients' needs.
• Engage in therapeutic interventions within treatment parameters while maintaining boundaries.
• Follow the Empowering Restorative Engagement Model (ERE model) and guide staff in safety planning.
• Maintain client confidentiality and complete documentation accurately.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Relationship building

Communication

Cultural sensitivity

Safety & de-escalation

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Handle with Care training

Job description

Description

Nexus Family Healing - Austin campus is looking for a resilient and compassionate Youth Care Professional - Temporary Relief who is able to provide youth exceptional care. Each person you work alongside is dedicated to a common purpose: changing lives through our cornerstone values.

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.

Schedule/Salary/Location:

• Work 3 or more 8-hour shifts per month based on YOUR availability
• Pay Range: $18.50 - $20.00
• Located at 1111 28th St NE, Austin, MN 55912

Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include:

• Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• 8 Paid Floating Holidays (64 hours) Annually
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No-cost life insurance
• No-cost 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 opportunities
• And much more!

Position Summary:

Our Youth Care Professional is responsible for providing reliable and timely support and reinforcement of all therapeutic programing by providing guidance and direction to clients in their daily living activities by utilizing trauma informed practices to maintain a safe environment, while ensuring the client’s needs are met.

Responsibilities:

• Initiative engagement with client and provides safe interactions, mentorship and supervision of their daily activities and behaviors according to established guidelines and procedures
• Monitors and coach’s clients to achieve activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, grooming, upkeep of living areas and laundry
• Assures clients adhere to and engage in the daily schedules and activities established for the program, including school, therapy sessions, group sessions, external appointments, and family visits
• Serves as a mentor and role model by demonstrating compassion and understanding for feelings, and experiences of staff and clients; communicates in an honest, positive, and respectful manner
• Plans and participate in creating daily scheduling, activities, treatment planning, guidance plans, and safety protocols
• Demonstrates acceptance and inclusivity concerning individual commonalities and differences such as gender, race, age, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, disability, and gender identity
• Advocate for the client’s needs
• Engage in therapeutic interventions with clients within treatment parameters, while always maintaining healthy and appropriate boundaries with clients and families
• Demonstrate and abides by the Empowering Restorative Engagement Model (ERE Model) and programming; directs staff in developing action plans, safety planning through the ERE model
• Comply with Nexus policies involving privacy and confidentiality for clients and their families
• Complete all client related documentation accurately and professionally (incidents, progress notes, etc.)

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Must be 21 Years of Age
• Must have a High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Must have a valid driver's license
• A desire to work in the human services field & caring for at-risk youth
• 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.
• Must successfully pass a MN criminal background check
• Successfully participate and complete a two-day Handle with Care training and exam

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

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!