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Nexus Family Healing

Mental Health Therapist

manteno, IL

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Job description

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Nexus Family Healing is hiring a residential Mental Health Therapist to add to our clinical team in Manteno, IL! Provide overall management of youth's treatment through active engagement, clinical assessment, treatment, and discharge planning.

Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit with over 50 years of experience restoring hope for children and families through mental health services, foster care, adoption, and residential treatment. At Nexus Family Healing in Manteno, IL, youth in residential care also attend Safe Harbor School, an accredited special education program for grades 6-12, offering individualized curricula with transferable credits upon discharge.

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/Pay:

Full-time; on-site : 101 N Bramble Street, Manteno, IL 60950

Salary range: $68,000 - $75,000 annually based on years of related experience and credentials.

Nexus' Comprehensive Benefits Include: Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment

Floating Holidays!

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, discounts, and professional training opportunities

Advancement pathways and internal promotion

Internships opportunities

And much more!

Position Summary : 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.

Responsibilities: Creates and drives a trauma-informed environment

Collaboration with youth and family to work with a team and develop a Nexus Individual and Family Guidance Plan

Engage in and have active involvement of the Family Collaborative Intake meetings

Complete Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) functional assessment in accordance with the TCOM (collaborative) principals

Provide brief, individualized, youth-focused, strength and evidenced-based family and individual therapy models with youth and families.

Participate in all youth related treatment team meetings

Assess readiness for discharge in conjunction with the treatment team

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.

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

1 year of professional adolescent counseling and/or residential experience

Previous experience with trauma treatment and experience serving a culturally diverse population

If currently unlicensed and clinical licensure is required in your state: 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)

In Illinois: Must have or be willing to obtain an LASOP license within 3 months of hire.

Valid driver's license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements

Must successfully pass an IL DCFS criminal background check.

Successfully participate in and complete a three-part Therapeutic Crisis Intervention exam and training

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.

Nice to Have LPC, LMFT, LCSW, LCPC or equivalent professional licensure for a masters' level clinically related field strongly preferred

2 years of adolescent counseling and/or residential experience

Physical Demands: Must be able to assist staff in proper restraining of residents

Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100 pounds with assistance

Must be able to twist, bend and stretch in a manner conducive to the execution of daily activities within a residential treatment program

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:

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.

ICARE Values & Behavioral Competencies: 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.

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

Salary Description

$68,000 - $75,000

Worksite address

manteno, IL, 60950, US

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