Nexus Family Healing is seeking a Part-time Intern for Fall 2024 for the Aspen House county shelter based in Mendota Heights, Minnesota and servicing the area. This is made possible through a collaboration between Dakota and Washington counties. The innovative program will not only provide temporary housing with a 12-bed unit for youth but also incorporate mental health services.
Nexus Family Healing has a 50-year history of providing services in diverse areas of mental health with enthusiasm and a willingness to look creatively at serving communities, restoring hope for thousands of children and families through outpatient/community mental health services, foster care, and adoption, and residential treatment. Using innovative, personalized approaches to heal trauma, break cycles of harm, and reshape futures. We believe every child is worth it - and every family matters.
Position Summary:
Our Clinical Intern is responsible for applying learned classroom theory with on-the-job practical experience in the assigned program while ensuring the applicable Academic Program and or/Academic Institution's learning criteria are satisfied. General responsibilities and duties will vary depending on the types of services and programs offered at each individual Nexus Family Healing agency location. Intern shadowing and training experiences could include youth & family social work, early-childhood treatment, intensive in-home treatment, facilitating client resources, therapeutic assessment and stabilization, family therapy, tracking and evaluating treatment outcomes, etc.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Preferred Education and Experience:
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Travel:
Occasional business travel to site business offices or company sponsored events may be required.
Expected Hours of Work:
To be coordinated by the Nexus agency supervisor and Intern. The intern may be asked to maintain a schedule that is adjustable and flexible to meet changing work needs and demands of clients and their families.
Duration:
Internships are relatively short-term in nature or will typically range from one quarter to one year in duration. The duration of the internship will be established in advance of the internship. An intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship. All recruitment and selection practices at the conclusion of the internship will be in accordance with Nexus standards.
Our Workplace Values: At Nexus Family Healing, our ICARE shared values (Innovation, Compassion, Agility, Responsiveness, and Excellence) are the foundation for our actions in the workplace. They define how we behave with each other, our clients, our partners, and our communities. Every interaction we have with each other will be met with understanding, kindness, and helpful action.
Keywords: behavioral health, caring career