Treatment Plan:

• Participates in the treatment planning and review process;
• Monitors residents to ensure individual adherence to treatment plans;
• Facilitates group activities including development and delivery;
• Attends necessary meetings to ensure open communication among stakeholders related to treatment plans.

Direct Care:

• Supervises residents with daily living activities;
• Positively reinforces goals and objectives of individual treatment plans;
• Promotes appropriate behaviors while emphasizing and utilizing resident strengths;
• Monitors resident behavior and responds to and/or reports accordingly;
• Monitors resident family site visits;
• Ensures residents comply with facility rules and regulations including check in/out procedures;
• Uses behavior management techniques to de-escalate, redirect, or participate in physical restraints;
• Escorts/transports residents to activities;
• Administers medication as per doctor’s orders;
• Promotes a therapeutic milieu and appropriate socialization

Other Duties:

• Operates a motor vehicle to transport residents to various outside activities;
• Complete appropriate documentation accurately and timely;
• Follows process and communication methods consistent with performance quality improvement standards;
• Completes Unusual Occurrence/Incident Reports; and Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be 21 years of age required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services preferred
• 1 year of mental health experience preferred
• Certified in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention training (offered onsite) within 90 days of employment is required
• Must successfully pass Fit-For-Duty Health Screen prior to start of employment is required
• Valid Driver’s License required.

Because we partner with the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), we follow the mandate requiring full COVID-19 vaccination for all our employees unless there is a medical or religious exemption in place.

• We are required to have proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 as required by the CMS mandate.

MENTAL/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• We provide employees the training required to minimize the risk of potential personal injury as it relates to working with youth.
• Considerable requirement to exert moderate physical effort with a regular and repeated need to lift and bend. Exertion may require pushing, pulling and/or carrying up to 50 lbs and may cause moderate physical discomfort. Safety precautions are required.
• Usually normal concentration and deadlines with periodic periods of sustained deadline pressure.
• Rotating day/evening shifts required
• Rotating weekend schedule required
• Holiday rotation required
• Less than 10% travel local required

Our Workplace Values:

At Nexus Family Healing, our ICARE shared values (Innovation, Compassion, Agility, Responsiveness, and Excellence) are the foundation for our actions in the workplace. They define how we behave with each other, our clients, our partners, and our communities. Every interaction we have with each other will be met with understanding, kindness, and helpful action.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)