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Nexus Family Healing
Mendota Heights, Minnesota · Hybrid

Community Based Therapist - PT

CounselorPart-Time

Listed compensation

$33-$38/hr

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Job Description

Nexus Family Healing is excited to add a Community Based Therapist based out of Mendota Heights, MN!

At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.

Location, Schedule and Pay

  • Part-time, around 10 hours per week
  • Schedule: flexible PT schedule - mixture of days/evenings
  • $33-38 hour, dependent on licensure and experience
  • Mendota Heights, MN
  • This is a hybrid position requiring frequent in person, remote, and travel between sites

Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include

  • Generous paid time off (PTO)
  • 401k match
  • Training opportunities
  • Advancement pathways and internal promotion
  • And much more!

Position Summary

Our Community-Based Therapist provides mental health therapy to children, adolescents, adults, and families in homes, community settings, via telehealth, and at Nexus Family Healing offices. Using a trauma-informed, strength-based approach, the therapist delivers individualized care through evidence-based models like EMDR, DBT, TFCBT, and Systemic Family Therapy.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Intake & Assessment
  • Complete intake forms and diagnostic assessments.
  • Ensure timely and accurate clinical documentation.
  • Trauma Informed Care
  • Complete CANS assessments using TCOM principles.
  • Develop, update, and monitor individual treatment plans (ITPs) based on assessments and CAT/CANS.
  • Provide crisis intervention and safety planning as needed.
  • Participate in mandatory clinical supervision and team case consultation meetings.
  • Participate in family collaborative intake meetings.
  • Provide client-centered, strength-based therapy in collaboration with families.

Therapy Services

  • Deliver individual, group, and family therapy aligned with treatment goals.
  • Meet direct service and documentation requirements.
  • Support discharge planning and post-care coordination.

Case Management

  • Coordinate referrals and collaborate with families, schools, and providers.
  • Attend supervision, team meetings, and required trainings.
  • Maintain compliance with all clinical and regulatory standards

Community Collaboration

Communicate client needs with care teams, families, and community partners.

Ensure confidentiality and HIPAA compliance.

Requirements

Required Education and Licensure:

Master’s degree in one of the behavioral sciences, human services, social work, marriage & family therapy, psychology, counseling, or clinically related fields. If social worker, must have LGSW in Minnesota.

If currently unlicensed: Must be on track to complete licensure for a specific, related discipline,

And/or currently holds a provisional/intermediary license for a specific track (i. e. LGSW, LAMFT or LPC)

  • Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Nexus Home Office driving requirements
  • Must successfully pass a DHS background check

Preferred Education and Experience

  • Fully licensed in Minnesota as an LICSW, LMFT, or LPCC
  • Related residential or human services experience working with youth and families

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.

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.

APPLY TODAY TO BE CONTACTED BY OUR RECRUITING TEAM! When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives — including your own!

Key Responsibilities

Provide individualized mental health therapy to children, adolescents, adults, and families in homes, community settings, offices, and through telehealth, using trauma-informed and evidence-based approaches. Complete assessments and treatment plans, provide crisis support and case management, coordinate with families and community partners, and maintain clinical documentation and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Intake and Diagnostic AssessmentCANS AssessmentTreatment PlanningIndividual TherapyGroup Therapy

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Community Based Therapist - PT at Nexus Family Healing a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 48 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 63% are remote, 13% have no call, 60% require no weekends — this position is remote.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$74k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $75k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$69k–$79kMental Health Therapy median $71k (middle half $62k–$81k)11 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$75k in purchasing powerMinnesota index 98.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Minnesota133 active7,907 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingremotepeers: 63% remote · 13% no call · 60% no weekends48 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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About Nexus Family Healing

Mental Health Care
Plymouth, MN
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous paid time off (PTO)
401k match
Training opportunities
Advancement pathways and internal promotion