Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Overview
Nexus Family Healing is looking to hire a
Parent Partner
to join our newest
youth crisis and stabilization center set to open in fall 2025 in Hennepin County !
This new youth crisis and stabilization center is a 13-bed, short-term residential service for Hennepin County youth with complex mental and behavioral health issues looking for appropriate care. The service will help to reduce the number of youth who are stuck in inappropriate care settings such as emergency rooms, police stations, juvenile detention or unstable home situations and provide treatment and therapeutic supports while triage, assessment, and transition planning take place with families.
At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity
Pay and Schedule
Full-time onsite opportunity
Location: 1800 Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis
Pay range: $21-$23 an hour
Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include
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!
Position Summary The
Parent Partner
provides active, hands-on, trauma-informed, and family-guided peer support to parents of youth receiving services while collaborating with families, team members, and service providers. The Parent Partner’s role is to increase family involvement within the program, connecting families to formal and informal resources, and advocating for families to decrease unintentional, programmatic, and institutional bias toward caregivers.
Primary responsibilities Family, Caregiver and Treatment Facilitation
Manages and coordinates positive 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 caregivers.
Connects with all families entering the program to engage and build involvement.
Participates in the initial family information-gathering and assessment process to help identify needs and assist in the development of treatment goals by recommending actions, accommodations, and services for youth and their family members.
Client Advocacy
Works with families, caregivers, and treatment team members and all informal and formal supports to assist and support individualized family plans and treatment goals during and post-treatment, to ensure successful family involvement, advocacy, and representation, and provide resources, which may include housing, financial and food resources.
Attends and participates in a variety of meetings to help support and advocate for the well-being, needs and resources for caregivers and youth. Meetings could include, but are not limited to: IEP meetings, clinical consultation, staff meetings, treatment plan reviews, and court hearings.
Provides and assists with ongoing advocacy for families during the treatment process and with other providers involved in the family’s life. Role models skills and provides coaching so families 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.
Family and Client Liaison
Provides parent skill-building education, consultation, and role modeling; leads/co-leads parent support groups.
Acts as a resource for families and responds to family crises in a prompt, effective, and collaborative manner.
May coordinate and conduct family-finding activities to help youth establish a strong support network and support permanency as needed.
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 works with families to help them make and keep appointments.
Meets with the family and youth (virtually or in-person) as determined and prescribed by the treatment plan and family’s engagement level.
May coordinate the distribution and completion of family and youth satisfaction surveys.
May conduct discharge follow-up calls to inquire about sustained success following care.
Requirements
High School diploma or equivalent, and must be at least 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
Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Home Office driving requirements
Must have the ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenges.
Must be open to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values.
Preferred Education and Experience
College coursework in the behavioral/mental health field.
Experience working with families and trauma-exposed children or adolescents.
Currently have or be willing and able to successfully complete the Department of Human Services-approved Certified Family Peer Specialist Training and certificate exam.
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.
Our ICARE Values
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
APPLY TODAY TO BE CONTACTED BY OUR RECRUITING TEAM!
When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives — including your own!
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Parent Partner
to join our newest
youth crisis and stabilization center set to open in fall 2025 in Hennepin County !
This new youth crisis and stabilization center is a 13-bed, short-term residential service for Hennepin County youth with complex mental and behavioral health issues looking for appropriate care. The service will help to reduce the number of youth who are stuck in inappropriate care settings such as emergency rooms, police stations, juvenile detention or unstable home situations and provide treatment and therapeutic supports while triage, assessment, and transition planning take place with families.
At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity
Pay and Schedule
Full-time onsite opportunity
Location: 1800 Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis
Pay range: $21-$23 an hour
Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include
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!
Position Summary The
Parent Partner
provides active, hands-on, trauma-informed, and family-guided peer support to parents of youth receiving services while collaborating with families, team members, and service providers. The Parent Partner’s role is to increase family involvement within the program, connecting families to formal and informal resources, and advocating for families to decrease unintentional, programmatic, and institutional bias toward caregivers.
Primary responsibilities Family, Caregiver and Treatment Facilitation
Manages and coordinates positive 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 caregivers.
Connects with all families entering the program to engage and build involvement.
Participates in the initial family information-gathering and assessment process to help identify needs and assist in the development of treatment goals by recommending actions, accommodations, and services for youth and their family members.
Client Advocacy
Works with families, caregivers, and treatment team members and all informal and formal supports to assist and support individualized family plans and treatment goals during and post-treatment, to ensure successful family involvement, advocacy, and representation, and provide resources, which may include housing, financial and food resources.
Attends and participates in a variety of meetings to help support and advocate for the well-being, needs and resources for caregivers and youth. Meetings could include, but are not limited to: IEP meetings, clinical consultation, staff meetings, treatment plan reviews, and court hearings.
Provides and assists with ongoing advocacy for families during the treatment process and with other providers involved in the family’s life. Role models skills and provides coaching so families 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.
Family and Client Liaison
Provides parent skill-building education, consultation, and role modeling; leads/co-leads parent support groups.
Acts as a resource for families and responds to family crises in a prompt, effective, and collaborative manner.
May coordinate and conduct family-finding activities to help youth establish a strong support network and support permanency as needed.
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 works with families to help them make and keep appointments.
Meets with the family and youth (virtually or in-person) as determined and prescribed by the treatment plan and family’s engagement level.
May coordinate the distribution and completion of family and youth satisfaction surveys.
May conduct discharge follow-up calls to inquire about sustained success following care.
Requirements
High School diploma or equivalent, and must be at least 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
Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Home Office driving requirements
Must have the ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenges.
Must be open to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values.
Preferred Education and Experience
College coursework in the behavioral/mental health field.
Experience working with families and trauma-exposed children or adolescents.
Currently have or be willing and able to successfully complete the Department of Human Services-approved Certified Family Peer Specialist Training and certificate exam.
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.
Our ICARE Values
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
APPLY TODAY TO BE CONTACTED BY OUR RECRUITING TEAM!
When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives — including your own!
#J-18808-Ljbffr