Parent Partner

Nexus-Mille Lacs is excited to bring on a Parent Partner to the team! 

Nexus-Mille Lacs Family Healing, a Nexus Family Member, offers trauma-informed, family-centered, nationally recognized treatment for boys, ages 10-19, with significant mental health issues and harmful sexual behaviors. We strive to provide the best quality care for our youth; as well as our employees. Nexus treatment programs have been creating brighter futures for nearly four decades. Through our cornerstone values we encourage lasting transformation and lifelong learning in the care of our youth, and we strive to exemplify the highest ethical and moral standards in our treatment. At Nexus, we believe all youth must be treated with dignity and respect. The parent partner provides follow-up support to parents of youth as a part of the team’s follow-up stabilization services.  

Responsibilities and duties:

• Manages and coordinates positive parent and family involvement in the treatment process using trauma-informed, strength-based, and client-driven engagement techniques
• Creates community relationships to enhance resource and referral opportunities for the youth and their family and/or caretakers
• Connects with families immediately upon referral to engage and build involvement
• Participates in the initial family information-gathering and assessment process to help identify needs, orient the family and youth program, and assist in the development of treatment goals by recommending actions, accommodations, and services for youth and their family members
• Works with families, caregivers, and treatment team members and all informal and formal supports to assist and support individualized family plans and treatment goals to ensure successful family involvement, advocacy, representation, and resources (to include housing, financial and food resources) are provided during and post treatment
• Attend and participate in scheduled meetings based on service plan
• Provides and assists with ongoing advocacy for families during the treatment process and with outside providers involved in the family’s life. Role models and coaches’ skills so that family can learn to advocate for themselves
• Delivers consultation and training to treatment team members to enhance the delivery of family-driven care and positive family engagement techniques, as needed
• Provides parent skill building education, consultation, role modeling through individual and group counseling with families; leads/co-leads parent support groups
• Acts as a resource for parents to encourage and promote positive interactions and family time with youth families during family time responds to family crisis in a prompt, effective and collaborative manner.
• Assists parents in establishing a strong support network 
• Submits timely documentation in the electronic health record regarding work with families
• Facilitates the linking of youth and families with appropriate community services, and follow-ups. Consults and collaborates with community services to ensure families receive appropriate services, and work with families to help them make and keep appointments
• Meets with the family and youth in person in the family home or community setting 
• Coordinates the distribution and completion of family and youth satisfaction surveys
• Conducts discharge follow-up calls to inquire about sustained success following care
• Facilitates support groups

Schedule and Pay:

• Typical hours are Monday-Friday day hours. Hours and availability may change due to family/youth need to include some evening and weekend hours doing groups, performing visits, or attending to an emergency with the family. Attendance to community outreach events, occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand
• Starting at $17.88 an hour!

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of 21 years of age
• Must have prior experience as the primary parent or caregiver of a child with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges
• Must have experience with Children’s Mental Health systems such as: DHS, DOC, social services, probation, or the Department of Mental Health
• Valid MN driver's license required
• Currently have or be willing to successfully complete the Department of Human Services-Approved Certified Family Peer Specialist Training and certificate exam 
• Regular use of personal vehicle for travel

Travel:

• Regular use of personal vehicle for local travel will be required as needed for the transportation of clients and families

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to lift 10bs. unassisted
• Regularly required to talk and hear
• Extended periods of standing, sitting and/or driving for 2-4hrs

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.

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.

Keywords :  "trauma-informed", "mentor", "mental health", "parent partner", "parent peer", "youth advocate", "DHS", "child advocate", "behavioral health"

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