Youth Care Professional

Description

Nexus Family Healing at Onarga is hiring temporary Youth Care Professionals for our Onarga, IL location! Nexus Family Healing is located approximately 30 miles south of Kankakee and 45 miles north of Champaign-Urbana, just a few miles off of I-57 on a historic site in Onarga, IL. Nexus provides boys ages 10 to 20 years old a structured, homelike environment where they can safely address a variety of unhealthy behaviors and mental health issues as well as childhood trauma.

Full-time

• Salary starts at $21.10-$23.00 per hour based on education & prior experience in the human services field
• Location:
  
  110 N Locust, Onarga, IL
• Day/Afternoon
  
  Shift: Flexible Schedule offered with hours ranging from 6:30a-10pm on weekdays & weekends
  • 2 weeks of training & orientation are required upon hire during business hours 8a-5p

• Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• 8 additional paid holidays
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No-cost life insurance
• Short/long-term disability insurance
• 401k match
• Mental Health:
  Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• Hinge Health (musculoskeletal) Benefit for the whole family
• Carrot Fertility Benefit
• Tuition assistance, discounts, scholarships, CEUs, and enhanced job-specific training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion and much more!

• $1,000 Sign on Bonus paid out over 18 months of employment
• Endless training on mental health & trauma informed care
• Internal advancement opportunities without further education required
• Ongoing support of a team of trained & experienced professionals
• Employee Referral Bonus program
• Tuition Assistance Program to obtain higher education in a related field

• Daily Youth Care Support
  • Acts as a mentor and role model by showing compassion, empathy, and respectful communication with staff and clients.
  • Plans and participates in creating daily scheduling, activities, treatment planning, guidance plans, and safety protocols.
  • Coaches, clients in daily living skills, including hygiene, grooming, upkeep of living areas and laundry.
• Treatment Planning & Protocol
  • Accurately administers medications and ensures compliant, precise documentation.
  • Provides therapeutic support within treatment guidelines while maintaining healthy boundaries with clients and families.
  • Facilitates or co-facilitates educational groups that support treatment plan goals, and therapeutic programming.
• Client & Family Reinforcement
  • Leads and supervises off-campus client activities, assisting with client transportation for visits, appointments, and events.
  • Creates a safe, supportive space while promoting accountability and encouraging clients’ social and emotional growth.
  • Applies trauma-informed care and restorative practices to support accountability with clients and staff.
• Client Safety & Agency Policy & Procedures
  • Ensures safety compliance across living areas, campus grounds, and off-campus activities.
  • Performs First Aid/CPR procedures and responds according to established protocols in the event of an emergency.
  • Stays calm and uses effective de-escalation techniques aligned with crisis management training.
• Agency and Team Collaboration
  • Maintains positive team collaboration and actively participates in meetings, advocating for client and family needs.
  • Assumes…