Social Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Nexus-Family Healing has an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to join our team in our team in our St. Cloud office! 

At Nexus Family Healing , we provide a continuum of services, from foster care to community-based services, to give children and families the tools they need to build successful relationships outside of treatment. We’re part of Nexus Family Healing, a national nonprofit mental health organization that restores hope for thousands of children and families who come to us for outpatient/community mental health services, foster care and adoption, and residential treatment. For over 45 years, our network of agencies has used innovative, personalized approaches to heal trauma, break cycles of harm, and reshape futures. We believe every child is worth it — and every family matters.

If you’re looking for a place to use your expertise to help, make a big impact on youth and their families, look no further! We offer competitive compensation and excellent benefits, along with a company culture that’s second to none!

“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/Location/Pay:

• Location – On-site, covering the St. Cloud, MN area
• Schedule - Monday-Friday Business Hours
• Pay - $52,000-$56,000

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: The Social Worker assists eligible clients and their caregivers in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services necessary for appropriate care and treatment. Additionally, may provide therapeutic interventions to the child and their family in the form of rehabilitative services. 

Primary responsibilities:

• Provides comprehensive coordination and implementation of all tasks required to meet the treatment needs and best interests of service recipients consistent with regulatory agencies (i.e. DHS, COA). 
• Complies with local office procedure for referral and service delivery. 
• Completes a systemic assessment of the needs of the client and family. 
• Establishes service parameters with family or legal custodian as client’s needs dictate. 
• Provides complete and required documentation, within established timelines relating to case management and/or rehab services. 
• Implements treatment services to meet the needs and goals of the clients and families utilizing quality case management practice to provide for the best interest of the client and family. 
• Delivers skill development and therapeutic services for assigned individual and family cases and assist them in maintaining a stable environment, and in developing the values, principles, and skills necessary to create a healthier family system. 
• Creates a safe and trauma-informed therapeutic environment in which treatment interventions can be implemented. Assist families in crisis intervention situations as they may arise. 
• Provides direction to other team members when applicable and make recommendations for discharge, finalization, and permanency. 
• Advocates for the development and maintenance of funding and resources to meet youth and family needs at local, state, and national levels. 
• Develops and maintains community contacts to promote the organization and collaborative efforts.
• Provides crisis intervention as needed to maintain safety and provide for the best interest of the client and family. 
• Integrates trauma informed care principles into practice by sharing knowledge and understanding of trauma with the client, family, and relevant team members; utilizes and advocates for the use of trauma-sensitive strategies to support the youth and their family. 
• Routinely screens for trauma exposure and related symptoms and demonstrates competence in using screening tool results to enhance service provision. 
• License foster families according to established standards.
• Routinely makes resources available and shares knowledge with child, family, and other providers on trauma exposure, its impact, and trauma-focused treatment. 
• Engages in efforts to strengthen the resilience and protective factors of children and families impacted by and vulnerable to trauma. 
• Emphasizes continuity of care and collaboration across child-service systems.
• Complete foster care home studies with families.
• Understands the potential for secondary traumatic stress and practices self-care strategies to mitigate these effects. 
• Meets standards for productivity and caseload size while maintaining appropriate documentation and files to support the services that are provided to families and ensures documentation required and governing/accrediting agencies; maintain current files on all youth in placement.
• Produces informal and formal reports as requested by parents, referral agencies, courts, etc. 
• Participates in staff and supervision meetings and required in-service meetings. Understands and supports the Nexus philosophy and mission. 
• Participate in individual and group supervision including clinical consultation to review cases and ensure best practices are provided to all children and families. 
• Provides timely and thorough information to supervisor regarding case incidence, service delivery struggles and difficult team processes. 
• Ensures confidentiality of all treatment. 
• Maintains a schedule that is adjustable and flexible to meet changing work needs and demands of clients and their families. 
• Demonstrates the ability to handle emergency or crisis situations and use sound judgment by taking appropriate actions.
• Remains calm and effectively manage stressful workload conditions and difficult, emotionally charged or crisis situations. 
• Utilizes organizational skills and tools to proactively manage multiple client needs/demands. Represents the organization positively within the community. 

Required Education and Licensure:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Social Work
• LSW license
• Valid MN Driver's license and auto insurance coverage required.
• 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
• Ability to pass all necessary background screening requirements per DHS rules and regulations

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: At Nexus Family Healing, we not only support diversity – we celebrate it and rely on it for the betterment of our employees, our services, and our impact on the community. We strive to provide the best quality care for our youth and the best work environment for our employees through an inclusive team culture. Nexus Family Healing is proud to be an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.

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 considered for this exciting opportunity to help foster youth in the St. Cloud area!  

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