The Expressive Arts Therapist is responsible for clinical services provided to children, adolescents and/or adults, as assigned. The clinician is held accountable for all related clinical, administrative, and Quality and Compliance responsibilities.
Essential Responsibilities And Metrics
- Provides Art Therapy, Counseling and Crisis Intervention to Clients and their Families
- Provides high-quality service and maintains direct service hours per month of 60% for advanced clinicians and 56% for others
- Creates IMCANS (IATP) Assessment
- Completes IATP within 30 days of initial meeting with client, modifies and reviews as needed
- Updates and records IATP in CIS as needed and ensures updates are completed prior to six months due date
- Case management
- Client centered consultation with community providers
- Attendance and participation at clinical presentations
- Use of supervision or consultation when required or needed
- Provide clinical supervision to student intern
- Provide timely completion of Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) (for adults)
- Provide timely completion of Columbia and Ohio Scales (for children)
- Maintain productivity goals as determined by supervisor
- Be responsive to the business office regarding client fees/payments
- Participate in Accreditation and Certification processes as directed
- Assess client needs, using drawing, music, painting, sculpting, theater, movement, or other expressive processes-based interventions.
- Conduct creative or expressive art therapy sessions providing guided self-expression experiences to help participants feel an increased sense of wellbeing, connection, improved self-esteem, and empathy for others.
- Establish therapeutic goals or objectives for creative or expressive art therapy sessions in consultation with the Clinical Supervisor or Director.
- Request purchase or gather materials for in-studio for sessions.
- If skilled, conduct workshops on techniques of using art in therapeutic relationships in Teaching Artists, interns, volunteers and staff or partner organizations.
- Minimum requirement of a Masters Degree in Art Therapy, Social Work, Counseling, Psychology
- 1 year of post Masters degree Mental Health experience required
- Three professional references that reflect ability to perform clinical work
- Demonstrated awareness of multiple cultures and cultural impact on the delivery of service is a must
