Nexus-Kindred Family Healing has an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker Supervisor for our Foster Care and Adoption Services team!

This leadership role is based in the beautiful Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN area! We offer a mix of work from home - remote work, team meetings in office in Plymouth, MN, and travel to southern Minnesota region at times.

Nexus' Comprehensive Benefits Include:

• Salary from $60,000-$65,000
• Four weeks Paid Time Off (PTO) in the first year of employment plus Paid 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 and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• And much more!

Primary responsibilities:

• Provide daily consultation, supervision, and oversight of assigned staff
• Participate in individual and group supervision including consultation to review cases and ensure best practices are provided to all children and families
• Report timely and thorough information regarding case incidence, service delivery struggles and difficult team process
• Support and participate in the coordination of staff meetings and trainings; provide supervision and directives for effective service delivery
• Participate in the selection, training, ongoing development, and performance evaluation of assigned staff
• Coordinate activities and schedules of supervisees, as needed
• Assist in the management, implementation, and maintenance of all components of the strengths-based, trauma-informed, family-engaged treatment program.
• Assist in developing, implementing, and maintaining operational and/or program procedures and systems that support efficient and effective delivery of treatment services to clients
• Ensure and enforce sufficient staff/client ratios. Provides coverage for absences and emergencies and for any on-call staff usage
• Remain apprised of changing and emerging regulations and/or licensing requirements pertaining to foster care services; ensure and enforce compliance with licensing requirements
• Work closely with Licensing Coordinator regarding referral coordination, overseeing placement of children, managing, assigning and tracking foster parent inquiries and licensing obligations
• Recruit, license, train and supervise the assessment of resource families to ensure quality care
• Monitor and evaluate foster and adoptive parent's activities and adhere to state and federal licensing guidelines and laws pertaining to foster care as well as COA requirements
• Participate in the development and implementation of local, regional, and state plans for recruiting and retaining resource families
• Ensure workers are following all state guidelines for conducting family/home study, physical environment inspection and criminal background checks and provide required documentation for initial and ongoing licensing
• Coordinate required orientation and ongoing education and skill development for resource families
• Ensure appropriate supervision of workers resource families' interactions with foster child, child's family, treatment team members and collateral contacts
• Submit critical incident reports and develop and implement corrective action plans as required
• Ensure all workers meet requirements for foster home visitation
• Provide crisis intervention as needed to maintain safety and provide for the best interest of the child and foster family
• Comply with local office procedure for referral and service delivery
• Complete a systemic assessment of child and family needs
• Provide complete and required documentation, within established timelines relating to case management and treatment planning
• Provide direction to other team members when applicable and make recommendations for discharge, finalization & permanency
• Meet requirements for youth / family contacts
• Assist in planning and scheduling the clients' daily treatment services, family contact and visits, special events, functions, and program trips, and ensure transportation and supervision needs are met
• Interact with and appreciate individuals from diverse, cultural, social, economic and religious backgrounds; exhibit a high degree of ethical conduct, integrity and confidentiality at all times
• Provide additional case coverage as needed
• Participate in staff and individual supervisory meetings
• Ensure confidentiality of all treatment and services information pertaining to clients and their foster, adoptive and biological families

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Social Work, Human/Social Services, Psychology or clinically related field
• Minimum of 2 years supervisory experience
• Minimum of five years of experience in related Human Services community based case work, working with youth and families
• Requires the eligibility for the following license obtained in the state of Minnesota: LSW, LGSW, LMSW, LICSW
• Valid driver's license required. Must meet state regulating agency driving requirements and pass corporate insurance eligibility standards

Travel:

Occasional business travel to site business offices or company sponsored events may be required.

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.

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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