Creative Arts Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Overview of Creative Arts Therapist

The Creative Arts Therapist is responsible for overall design, planning, facilitation, and monitoring of creative arts therapy services delivered to assigned clients and across campus in collaboration with department peers. The Creative Arts Therapist manages the administrative aspects of program delivery and supports team members with the facilitation of activities and programs. The Creative Arts Therapist is an effective and collaborative interdisciplinary team member who strives to leverage all on and off-campus recreational resources and opportunities to meet the individualized treatment goals of ANDRUS youth through the clinical implementation of therapeutic recreation services (the APIED process). This position works directly with Recreational Therapists.

Schedule Sunday-Thursday from 10 : 00am until 6 : 00pm

Essential Duties of Creative Arts Therapist

Key duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Designing and facilitating engaging, motivating, and developmentally appropriate activities, programs, and community outings
• Creating monthly recreation activity, creative arts therapy groups, and trip schedules with significant client and cottage treatment team input and feedback
• Collaborating with Recreation Department team members to design and deliver community recreation programming, special events, and holiday events
• Small billable caseload in addition to groups
• Developing and facilitating creative arts therapy groups using the therapeutic process ensuring alignment between client treatment goals and creative arts therapy interventions along the five domains of (Social, Emotional, Psychological, Spiritual, and Physical)
• Documenting client progress in agency EMR system (both individual and group notes)
• Assessing client interests through data collection and seeking to increase access to programs based on self-report measures such as surveys
• Ensuring variety of programming opportunities which include diverse areas of interest, normalizing childhood experiences, and experiences which promote social-emotional growth and development
• Participating actively in proactive and responsive treatment team meetings (TPCs, Achiever meetings, Red Flags, weekly team meetings, programming meetings, and daily briefing meetings)
• Managing and monitoring recreation supplies, budgeting, purchasing, and replenishment
• Maintaining specialized program skills and certifications (CTRS, LCAT, Lifeguarding, Ropes Course facilitation, RIDE Program, RAP Studio, etc.)
• Ensuring high level of activity facilitation guidance and support for Milieu Therapists, including establishment of Talent Integration Projects
• Supports overall strategic plan of the organization
• Ability to adhere to our organization’s core values and commitments

Essential Qualifications of Creative Arts Therapist

Key qualifications include :

Physical / Travel Requirements of Creative Arts Therapist

Benefits of Creative Arts Therapist

Disclaimer

Nothing in this job description restricts Andrus’ right to modify the duties / responsibilities of this job at any time, with or without advanced notice.

EEO Statement

Andrus is an equal opportunity employer.