Youth ACT Therapist
Listed compensation
$70k-$80k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Nexus Family Healing is excited to add a hybrid-remote Therapist for our Youth ACT Program based out of Mendota Heights, MN!
Youth ACT is an intensive, comprehensive and community-based rehabilitative mental health service. Services are provided in the home, school, or community using a multidisciplinary team. Individualized services help stabilize youth, ages 14-21, to decrease hospitalizations and out of home placements. Services are provided in the home, with Youth ACT providing 3-5 sessions per week.
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
- Full-time, 40 hours per week
- Schedule: flexible Monday-Friday
- $70-80k per year, dependent on licensure and experience
- Hybrid-remote in Mendota Heights, MN
- This is a hybrid position requiring frequent in person, remote, and travel between sites
Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include
- Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
- 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!
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
The therapist provides intensive, community-based mental health therapy to youth and families using trauma-informed and evidence-based models. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, providing crisis intervention, and coordinating care with community partners.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Youth ACT Therapist at Nexus Family Healing a 6.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,891 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, remote work flexibility.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 20% have no call, 68% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.5 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling) | ranked against 7,891 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $70k–$80k | Mental Health Therapy median $77k (middle half $70k–$85k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$76k in purchasing power | Minnesota index 98.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Therapy listings in Minnesota | 134 active | 7,934 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | remote | peers: 54% remote · 20% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Minnesota Counselor listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $2k) · 28% offer loan repayment239 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Mental Health Therapy listings | 2,562 in the last 30 days | 1,536 the 30 days before (+67%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Mental Health Therapy pay trend | −2.9% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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