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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.
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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.