Mental Health Therapist Lead

at Nexus Indian Oaks Family Healing in Onarga, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Description

A member of the Nexus family treatment programs, Nexus-Onarga Family Healing is located approximately 90 miles south of Chicago and only a few miles off of I-57 on a historic site in Onarga, IL. Nexus Onarga provides boys ages 10 to 20 years old a structured, homelike environment where they can safely address their unhealthy sexual behaviors and their emotional and behavioral issues.
At Nexus, we believe in changing the course of a child's life by stabilizing families and strengthening mental health through trauma-informed care. We are a large nonprofit within the human services, mental health, and behavioral health sectors. Nexus is a growing, innovative organization focused on transforming our level of impact through a heightened focus on family expertise, healing complex trauma, and supporting high-stress youth and families.
Position Summary:
The Mental Health Therapist Lead will provide collaborative and supportive leadership, mentorship and guidance to all Therapists while building and maintaining clinical excellence. This role will communicate and integrate the greater therapeutic goals and objectives of Nexus Family healing, into the agency's daily clinical and operational work with clients, while serving as a therapeutic subject matter expert. The Mental Health Therapist Lead will assist in directing the daily workflow of Therapists and overseeing the planning and execution of service delivery.
Required Education and Licensure:
Master's degree in social work, psychology or clinically related field required
LP, LMFT, LCSW-C, LCSW or LCPC or equivalent state designation for a Master's level clinically related field required.
Minimum of 4 years adolescent counseling and/or clinical experience.
Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Staff Therapist
Valid Driver's License; Must meet state regulating agency driving requirements and pass corporate insurance eligibility standards.
First Aid/CPR/Infection Control and TCI certification must remain current.
Nice to Have:
5+ years' experience counseling youth in a clinical setting.
In Illinois: LSOTP licensure
Work Schedule & Salary:
Schedule: Monday through Friday with occasional weekend/evening hours as needed
Salary starts at $78,000 annually
Responsibilities:
Program Therapist Leadership & Support
Provides ongoing leadership, mentorship and development opportunities to Therapists within the agency.
Facilitates monthly meetings with onsite Therapists to discuss, document and resolve escalated clinical cases and challenges; works with Therapists one on one as needed, to address and mitigate client risk.
Functions as a liaison between the Therapist group and the Clinical/Associate Director and individual Clinical Supervisors by communicating program or agency policy, practices, enhancements or changes.
Serves as back up to Therapists in daily work including therapeutic treatment, service delivery and performing Therapist duties during vacancies.
Provides consistent oversight of service delivery; ensures proactive planning, staffing ratios and agency quotas are met, which support clients in meeting long term sustainable treatment goals and outcomes.
Communicates and implements approved clinical initiatives with Therapists; leads by example and communicates questions and process and procedural opportunities to leadership, for consideration.
Therapist Training & Development
Develops and delivers training to new and existing Therapists; provides training that includes agency and therapeutic policy and practices, service delivery, clinical consultation and team responsibilities.
Trains Therapists and Therapists working toward their clinical licensure, in required service delivery documentation requirements; ensures all Therapists are well versed in compliance, and performing their roles, in accordance with licensing standards, guidelines and practices of the state and the agency.
Provides ongoing mentorship and role-modeling for Therapists in areas of documentation quality, thoroughness, process, clinical integrity, conflict resolution, teamwork and professional development.
Educates and conducts in-service training for staff on therapy techniques and application.
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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 clients, their families, 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, familial status, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran, or disability status.