Creative Arts Therapist - Entry-Level, Make an Impact

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Elmhurst Hospital Center, part of NYC Health + Hospitals, is seeking a Creative Arts Therapist to provide therapeutic services within the arts modalities—art, music, drama, dance or poetry—to support patient treatment goals. Under supervision, you will develop and implement programs and assess patient needs.

You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, document progress, and contribute to QA/PI activities while mentoring volunteers and students as needed.

Qualifications

• Valid NYS license or Limited Permit to practice as a Creative Arts Therapist; Limited Permit must obtain licensure within two years.
• Valid NYS license to practice as a Creative Arts Therapist; two years of full-time, paid professional experience in creative arts therapy.
• Assignment Level III requires one additional year of experience beyond Level II.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and implements comprehensive therapeutic group/individual therapy programs utilizing principles and practices of creative arts therapy.
• Conducts individual assessments of patient’s strengths and weaknesses to evaluate social, cognitive, psychological and physical functioning through the creative arts process.
• Develops treatment goals and objectives based on initial and ongoing assessments designed to improve functioning through the techniques unique to the creative arts therapy discipline.
• Implements therapeutic interventions utilizing art, music, drama, dance or poetry as a modality to facilitate the patient’s attainment of goals articulated in the patient treatment plans.
• Participates as an active member of the interdisciplinary treatment team by attending meetings and contributing to the formulation of individual patient comprehensive treatment plans.
• Writes regular progress notes on patient’s behavior and responses to treatment goals.
• Prepares and maintains records, progress reports, statistical information and participates in departmental and facility-wide QA/PI activities.
• Prepares supply requisitions and maintains inventories of equipment and supplies as designated.
• May be assigned to coordinate and supervise the activities of auxiliary staff in related therapeutic disciplines.
• May be assigned to instruct and supervise volunteers, interns and students in the areas of creative arts therapy.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

License to practice as Creative Arts Therapist (NYSED)

Job description

Elmhurst Hospital Center, part of NYC Health + Hospitals, is seeking a Creative Arts Therapist to provide therapeutic services within the arts modalities—art, music, drama, dance or poetry—to support patient treatment goals. Under supervision, you will develop and implement programs and assess patient needs.

You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, document progress, and contribute to QA/PI activities while mentoring volunteers and students as needed.