Employee Commute Incentive Available - up to $670 per pay period!Nexus-Mille Lacs is hiring for a Milieu Lead role at our Onamia, MN youth residential location!Our Milieu Lead is responsible for leading and ensuring that the daily programming of the milieu is carried out in a safe and productive manner by leading the shift, providing mentoring and coaching of team members, ensuring effective interventions are implemented, supporting and ensuring that all care professionals are proactively following youth Individual and Family Guidance Plans and that the team is working toward youth treatment goals and supporting a trauma-informed milieu environment.Primary Responsibilities:
- Serves as a mentor and role model for Youth Care Professionals by following trauma informed practices
- Ensure Client safety
- Train and develop new staff
- Leads the shift and ensures that all related daily shift activities occur as planned.Coordinate daily decision making and problems solving as needed
- Promotes milieu and building culture
- Participates in the planning of trauma-informed, strengths based treatment plans
- Provides in-the-moment feedback
- Work effectively with families and/or support networks to support positive partnerships
- Remains cognizant of clients' individual guidance plans and their individual needs
- Collaborates with the clinical team to address concerns, strengths and recommendations to the individual and Family Guidance Plans
- Ensures compliance with licensing, regulatory and accreditation bodies during scheduled shifts
- Complies with all documentation and standards in a timely manner and ensures the completion of all documentation and shift duties are completed by the end of the shift
- Conducts de-briefing activities with Youth Care Professionals and youth regarding significant events in order to provide continuous quality improvement as needed
- Provides ongoing encouragement and verbal recognition of Youth Care Professionals while also providing feedback about Youth Care Professionals' work performance
- Attends all staff meetings and remains current on all company policies, assigned trainings and/or certification requirements
Nexus' Comprehensive Benefits Include:
- Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
- Health, dental and vision 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!
Education and Licensure:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Valid Drivers License required.Maintains state regulating agency and company driving requirements
Nice to Have:
- Associates degree or bachelor's degree in social work, psychology or clinically related field preferred
- Pervious residential and youth mental health experience strongly preferred
Work Environment:
- Must be able to assist in proper restraining of clients.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100+ pounds with assistance
- Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time (2-4 hours)
- Must be able to twist, bend and stretch in a manner conducive to the execution of daily activities within the residential programs
- This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as desktop and/or laptop computers, photocopiers, and smartphones
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.
Expected Hours of Work:As assigned.Days and hours of work are variable and may include day, evening, overnights and weekends to ensure appropriate coverage needs.Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: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.APPLY TODAY TO BE CONTACTED BY OUR RECRUITING TEAM!When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives - including your own!Keywords: Milieu Lead , Program Lead , Youth Care , Residential Treatment , Residential Program , Adolescent Care , Trauma-informed , Direct Care Lead , Direct Care Support , Behavioral Health , Caring Career , Human Services , Healthcare Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe 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)