Social Worker Supervisor

Nexus-PATH is located across North Dakota and offers mental health services, outpatient clinical services, and treatment foster care.

We have an opportunity for a full-time Social Worker Supervisor in our Fargo or Grand Forks, ND Nexus-PATH office! 

In this role, you would provide supervision to assigned resource families and provides clinical supervision and oversight to assigned staff.

Salary starting at $60,000+ depending on experience!
Comprehensive benefit package! 

• Generous Paid Time Off
• HOLIDAY's Paid
• Health Insurance 
• Vision and Dental 
• 401K 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide daily consultation, supervision and oversight of assigned staff.
• Participate in individual and group supervision, including clinical consultation to review cases and ensure best practices are provided to all children and families.
• Coordinate staff meetings and trainings.
• Participate in the selection, training, ongoing development, and performance evaluation of assigned staff.
• 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 clinical program procedures and systems that support efficient and effective delivery of treatment services to clients per Nexus treatment guidelines/protocols, using a strengths-based, trauma-informed, family-engaged approach.
• Assist in monitoring the effectiveness of the treatment model and proactively implement improvements and enhancements as warranted.
• Ensure and enforce sufficient staff/client ratios meet standards & expected productivity levels at all times to maximize the treatment process and ensure the physical and emotional safety of clients and compliance with licensing requirements. 
• Assist in ensuring that new staff are trained on the program expectations, family engagement practices, trauma-informed and strengths-based treatment interventions, and program schedules, including on-call staff, who work the program.
• Responsible for referral coordination, and overseeing placement of children; managing, assigning and tracking foster parent inquiries and licensing.
• Recruit, license, train and supervise, provide ongoing assessment to resource families to ensure quality care.
• Monitor and evaluate foster and adoptive parents 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.
• Follow state and PATH guidelines for conducting family/homestudy, physical environment inspection and criminal background checks and provide required documentation for initial and ongoing licensing.
• Supervise resource families’ interactions with foster child, child’s family, treatment team members and collateral contacts.
• Provide crisis intervention as needed to maintain safety and provide for the best interest of the child and foster family.
• Provide comprehensive coordination of all tasks required to meet the treatment needs and best interests of service recipients.
• Establish service parameters with legal custodian as child’s needs dictate.
• Provide complete and required documentation, within established time lines 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.
• Promote the needs of youth and families to ensure successful outcomes.
• Advocate for resources to assist youth and families to successfully achieve treatment goals.
• Educate the community about the needs of youth and families.
• Advocate for the development and maintenance of funding and resources to meet youth and family needs at local, state and national levels.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Social Work
• LBSW
• Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency driving requirements, maintain auto insurance and pass corporate insurance eligibility standards.
• 3+ years of Social Work experience 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Social Work 
• LMSW  

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.