Youth Peer Specialist

Nexus Family Healing is looking to add a Full Time Youth Peer Specialist to our East Bethel, MN Campus!

This new Minnesota Nexus PRTF location serves youth ages 10-19 who need a higher level of mental and behavioral health care. Our staff support the treatment, well-being, and personal growth of our youth to contribute to positive outcomes and brighter futures!

Join an organization that makes a true difference in the lives of youth and their families!

• Full Time, on-site opportunity - M-F 2:00pm 10:00pm (Occasional weekend and Holiday Support)
• Pay Rate: $21.00 - $23.00 per hour
• Located at: 900 189th Ave NE East Bethel, MN 55011

• Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• Plus Floating Holidays!
• 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, discounts, and professional training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• Internships opportunities
• And much more!

Position Summary: The Youth Peer Specialist supports youth during their transition from residential treatment. This position works collaboratively with the care team to develop and implement a detailed care plan that supports the youth during their transition from discharge to placement. This integral role serves as a champion and advocate to the youth, by supporting the goals, objectives, and progress in the youth’s care plan;

empowers and educates youth to advocate for themselves long term.

• Meets with youth one on one who are ready for discharge from their high-end treatment facility; works to develop trust and rapport with the youth, demonstrating the ability to listen intently and learn about the youth’s history and past.
• Acts with responsiveness to discern, learn, and understand the youth’s experiences leading up to the discharge period; determines which information is most relevant to share with the care team, to be considered for integration into the care plan.
• Collaborates with the care team as needed to source placement opportunities that are well suited for the youth; interfaces with family, foster care, or alternate residences to source and prepare optimum placement for the youth.
• Uses influence to encourage the youth’s family, foster families, or treatment facilities to consider the youth’s progress and needs; educates caregivers of the resources and support provided by the program team, upon placement, to ensure the youth’s success.

• Collaborates with the youth’s care team to develop and implement a comprehensive care plan; understands the role of each care team resource and works to connect the youth to the appropriate resource as needed.
• Maintains ongoing consistent communication with care team members, program management and youth.
• Supports the youth in developing and enhancing formative skills including resume writing, job searching, interview preparation, organizing of finances, prioritizing schoolwork, obtaining a driver’s license etc.
• Provides individualized support to youth; assists in breaking barriers to achieve the youth’s goals including employment, educational, relational, leadership, citizenship, social and financial goals.
• Integrates the goals and objectives of the youth’s care plan, into daily touchpoints, conversations and tasks that can be achieved over time by linking youth to various community resources.

• Actively listens to the youth to understand their experience and unique challenges; seeks ways to empathize and relate to the youth while focusing on life skills enhancement, improvement and coping mechanisms.
• Develops trust and rapport with the youth by drawing upon personal lived experiences in an effort to empathize and relate to the client while maintaining professional boundaries
• Fosters an encouraging and nurturing relationship while balancing clear definitive boundaries with each youth; challenges…