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.