Aftercare Coordinator

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New youth & teen psychiatric residential treatment facility. This 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.

Full‑time

• Full‑time, on‑site opportunity
• Pay Rate: $55,000 – $60,000 Annually
• Located at: 900 189th Ave NE, East Bethel, MN 55011

• Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• Floating holidays
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No‑cost life insurance
• Short/long‑term disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Talkspace therapy benefit for the whole family
• Hinge Health benefit for the whole family
• Carrot fertility benefit
• Tuition assistance, discounts, and professional training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• Internship opportunities
• And much more!

The role of the Aftercare Coordinator is to prepare, implement, and facilitate a series of aftercare services activities, ensuring clients are seamlessly transitioned back into their community during and after discharge. The Coordinator organizes the transition by developing the discharge and aftercare plan for both clients and caregivers, providing appropriate aftercare services post‑discharge through communication and documentation.

• Facilitate the completion of required communication and documentation surrounding transition/aftercare plans.
• Provide therapeutic services and support within the parameters of the program’s structure, philosophy and models while emulating Nexus core ICARE values and mission.
• Serve as a role model for youth and clients, demonstrating appropriate social and emotional skillsets for youth and their caretakers; proactively support youth preparing for a smooth and healthy transition back to the community.
• Establish transparent, trusting, and communicative relationships with the family, caregivers, and youth to ensure their voice and choice are at the center of their aftercare plan and during their transition.
• Develop and facilitate family‑centered transition and aftercare teams ensuring all individuals have a vested interest in the success of the client’s aftercare plan and are in communication with one another.
• May be required to provide weekly contact and monthly face‑to‑face contact with clients and caregivers.
• Ensure the transition/aftercare plans are documented, current, compliant, and accessible starting at intake, maintained throughout the intervention process, and provide post‑discharge aftercare for the appropriate amount of time.
• Attend and participate in treatment planning meetings to provide input relative to transition and aftercare.
• Communicate with county/state workers during treatment and post‑discharge; document pertinent touchpoints and communications that are pertinent for client records; follow up as needed.
• Create community relationships to enhance resource and referral opportunities for the youth and their caretakers; maintain healthy collaborative relationships with community partners.
• Maintain State Statute requirements through regular contact with youth and families post‑discharge, based on family need and participation.
• Maintain all client documentation in individual files to include transition/aftercare plans, progress notes, and assessments by other professionals during intervention and post‑discharge.
• Provide intermittent transportation to clients and families as needed within reason.
• Complete education and training experiences in accordance with program expectations.

• BA/BS in a related field.
• Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Home Office driving requirements.

• Experience working with adolescents.
• Two years in a mental health setting.
• Master’s degree preferred.

• 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.

When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives — including your own! ‑Informed Care, Residential Treatment, Direct Care Professional, Direct support, Youth Support Professional, Mental Health, Children’s Mental Health, Social Work, Social Services, Psychology, Overnight Shift, Youth Care, Counseling, Community.