Description
Nexus Family Healing - Austin Campus is hiring a Teaching Assistant to join our team at New Dominion School on the campus of Nexus Family Healing!
If you're looking for a position where you enjoy leading students to their highest potential, we would love the opportunity to bring you onboard!
Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit network of mental health agencies with over 50 years of restoring hope for thousands of children and families through outpatient/community mental health services, foster care, adoption, and residential treatment.
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/Pay/Schedule:
- 1111 28th St NE, Austin, MN 55912
- Pay Range: $18 - 19/hr
- Monday - Friday
Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include:
- Multiple options for health insurance coverage
- No-cost life insurance
- No-cost 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 opportunities
- And much more!
Position Summary:
Provide support to education faculty in areas of student learning and provide support within both the educational and residential setting with student resident supervision and safety.
Responsibilities:
- Provide educational assistance to clients within a classroom setting
- Provide client supervision and mentorship
- Ensure student resident safety and collaborate with co-workers to maintain an environment that is positive, respectful, clean, and safe
- Maintain professional boundaries with student residents
- Uphold privacy and confidentiality per Nexus policies
- Attend staff meetings and training sessions as required by Nexus
- Understand and support the Nexus philosophy and treatment modalities
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Minimum 21 years of age
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Must be able to assist staff in physical and non-physical interventions with residents
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100+ pounds with assistance
- Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time (2-4 hours)
- Must be able to twist, bend and stretch in a manner conducive to the execution of daily activities within a school
- Must be able to pass a DHS background screening
- All client-facing Nexus employees must successfully participate and complete a TCI exam and training
- Must have the ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals or communities and understand their unique needs and challenges.
- Must be open to meeting the cultural needs of individuals or communities, considering factors such as language, traditions, and values.
Nice to Have:
- Previous classroom support experience
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.
Our ICARE Values:
- 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!
Skills Required
- Minimum 21 years of age
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Able to assist staff in physical and non-physical interventions with residents
- Able to lift up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100+ pounds with assistance
- Able to stand and walk for extended periods (2-4 hours)
- Able to twist, bend and stretch as required for daily school activities
- Must be able to pass a DHS background screening
- Complete and pass TCI exam and training (client-facing employees)
- Ability to build strong relationships with diverse individuals and understand their needs
- Willingness to meet cultural needs of individuals or communities
- Previous classroom support experience
Nexus Family Healing Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nexus Family Healing and has not been reviewed or approved by Nexus Family Healing.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are complemented by HSA/FSA options, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability. Modern mental-health and musculoskeletal supports such as Talkspace and Hinge Health expand the clinical breadth.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs emphasize generous PTO starting in year one, with some postings citing four to five weeks, plus holidays. Donated-PTO options and flexible scheduling in certain roles further broaden leave access.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-building and dependent supports include Carrot fertility/adoption benefits and spouse/dependent access to counseling platforms. Parental leave and family health insurance round out a family-oriented package.
Nexus Family Healing Insights
What We Do
Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit mental health organization that restores hope for thousands of children, families, and adults each year through community mental health, crisis and stabilization, foster care and adoption, and residential treatment services. For over 50 years, we’ve used innovative, personalized approaches to heal trauma, break cycles of harm, and reshape futures. We believe every child is worth it — and every family matters. Learn more at nexusfamilyhealing.org
