LICENSED CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST (225264) Job at Montefiore Health System in New

Overview

Montefiore Medical Center is launching a new acute inpatient psychiatric facility dedicated to providing high-quality, short-term psychiatric care for children and adolescents. The Licensed Creative Arts Therapist will provide individual and group treatment to support patients in their recovery and reintegration into the community. Responsibilities include documenting initial assessments, weekly progress notes, and multidisciplinary treatment plans for assigned patients, ensuring the development of a comprehensive psychotherapeutic plan of care as part of the multidisciplinary treatment program.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group treatment using creative arts therapy techniques in music, art, and dance.
• Perform and document weekly assessments throughout patient\'s stay.
• Participate and present in clinical conferences and all medical center performance improvement activities and practices.
• Recognize, address and utilize therapeutic creative arts interventions to facilitate mastery and coping.
• Demonstrate range of creative arts techniques for support of patient during procedures.

Qualifications

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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