Social Worker

Nexus Family Healing

  • Saint Cloud, MN
  • $54,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Description :Nexus-Kindred has an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to join our team in Waite Park, MN office!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!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-Kindred, 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.Position Summary:Our Social Worker provides supervision to foster and adoptive homes assigned to caseload; provides homes with support and assures that the homes adhere to agency policies and state and federal laws. They will supervise the placement & ongoing support of youth placed in foster homes. They will provide regular, ongoing communication with families, source & recruit new foster parents, re-license existing families, conduct foster care training, and maintain appropriate documentation & files to support the services that are provided to families in Minnesota.Primary responsibilities:
  • Provides supervision to foster & adoptive homes assigned to caseload
  • Provides homes with support and assures that the homes adhere to agency policies and state and federal laws
  • Proactively recruits foster youth referral sources
  • Assists relative & kinship caregiver’s in working through barriers and challenges that arise in parenting youth in the foster care system by connecting relative & kinship families with needed services and information.
  • Supervises the placement & ongoing support of youth placed in foster homes
  • Assessing relative and kinship families ability to care for relative children in the foster care system.
  • Ensures regular ongoing communication with families
  • Recruits new foster parents
  • Re-licenses existing families
  • Conducts foster care training
  • Maintains appropriate documentation & files to support the services that are provided to families in Minnesota
Required Education and Licensure:
  • Bachelor's degree in Social Work
  • Current MN Social Worker State License (LSW, LGSW, LICSW)
  • Minimum of one year of related experience in family-based service, foster care, or Human Services community-based case work
  • Ability to interact with and appreciate people from diverse cultural, social, economic and religious backgrounds
  • Valid MN Driver's license and auto insurance coverage required
  • Must have vehicle capable of safely transporting clients
Preferred Education and Experience:
  • Master's level license and one (1) year of related experience
  • LICSW
Schedule:
  • Full-time
Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include:
  • Starting salary at $54,000.00 annually for those who meet our minimum qualifications.
  • 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!
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
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: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.Licences & certifications Lic Social Worker

Nexus Family Healing