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About the Role

Nexus Family Healing - Austin, MN is seeking a Clinical Director to join their youth residential program. This role involves championing trauma-informed care, boosting collaboration, guiding clinical strategy, and shaping healing spaces. The ideal candidate is a compassionate and curious leader who believes in building strong teams and making thoughtful decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provides program management and administration onsite and within the organization through a trauma-informed care lens.
• Develops, grows, and drives clinical programs and programming consistent with Trauma-Informed clinical best practice, community needs and organization directives.
• Initiates, identifies, and analyzes potential or current problems or risk factors at the agency and generates alternative sound decisions.
• Maintains responsibility for development and monitoring of admission and discharge criteria.
• Participates in the budget development process and retain responsibility for the budget in the clinical area.
• Investigates and responds to problems in the areas of referrals, intakes, and discharges.
• Responsible for clinical aspects of quality assurance (i.e., Referral Agent Satisfaction Surveys, Exit Interviews, Quality Management Program) at the agency.
• Demonstrates conflict-resolution skills with clients, families, and other team members in times of need.
• Responsible for ensuring that all program policies, procedures, and manuals are current and complied with.
• Ensures all Nexus treatment philosophies are taught and implemented consistently at agency.
• Participates in and support the ongoing selection, evaluation, and professional development of staff.
• Ensures compliance with all physical and emotional safety policies and procedures involving living areas, buildings, campus grounds, and while attending off-campus activities.
• Maintain appropriate boundaries in all interactions and contact with clients and their families.
• Complies with all documentation standards including, but not limited to, critical incident reporting, informing the family as appropriate; Ensures compliance with licensing and regulatory requirements.
• Regularly attends and actively participates in staff meetings, positively representing and advocating for the needs of clients (and their families as applicable).
• Performs restraints with clients in the event of imminent harm to self or others, when applicable based on operational licensing; reports incidents to the proper individuals, to include families.
• Exhibits clear, professional, respectful, and strengths-based communication with external contacts, families, clients, and families.
• Easily adjusts and be highly flexible in meeting changing work needs and demands and willingly provide direction and/or assistance when needed.
• Remains current on all required training and certifications.
• Represents the agency and programing; manage internal and external issues and inquiries in conjunction with the Executive Direct.
• Recognize and value cultural differences in all aspects of work and service delivery.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Social Services, Social Work, Clinical Counseling, Psychology, or clinically related field required
• Three (3) years of experience in adolescent, adult and family-based behavioral counseling and/residential experience
• Two (2) year of supervisory experience, preferably in a residential setting
• LICSW, LPCC, LMFT or equivalent level of licensure required
• Valid Driver's License
• Must successfully pass a DHS background check
• 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.
• Experience in residential setting and/or other acute mental health setting(s).
• Experience in Trauma-Informed Treatment Modalities.
• Experience working with youth and families facing acute mental health needs.
• Experience working with individuals from diverse cultural, social, and religious backgrounds.

Skills

• Trauma-informed care
• Collaboration
• Clinical strategy
• Conflict-resolution
• Communication
• Flexibility

Location

• 1111 28th St NE, Austin, MN 55912

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• 3 years of experience in adolescent, adult and family-based behavioral counseling and/residential experience
• 2 years of supervisory experience, preferably in a residential setting

Education Level

• Master's degree in Social Services, Social Work, Clinical Counseling, Psychology, or clinically related field
• LICSW, LPCC, LMFT or equivalent level of licensure

Salary/Compensations

• $100,000 - $110,000 annually

Benefits

• Five 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
• Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• Carrot Fertility Benefit
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion

About the Company

• Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit network of mental health agencies with over 50 years of restoring hope for thousands of children and families through outpatient/community mental health services, foster care, adoption, and residential treatment.
• 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.
• 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, Compassion, Agility, Responsiveness, Excellence.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.
• 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.