Art Therapy, Creative Arts Therapist- rotating evenings and weekends

Job Details

The Creative Arts Therapist is responsible for providing creative art therapies (art, music, or dance) to best serve the needs of the patient. The Creative Arts Therapist will collaborate with other allied health specialists such as Physical or Occupational Therapists to plan, implement, and evaluate counseling and treatment interventions.

Job Description

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson. (Do not delete, move or over-write this statement)
• Plan, direct, deliver, and evaluate music / art / dance-movement and horticulture therapy based interventions for a full patient caseload in skilled facility, acute rehab, outpatient settings as appropriate.
• Designs music / art / dance / horticulture sessions or programs in consultation with clients or site administrators to meet client's goals and objectives. Gathers client information from sources such as case documentation, client observation, or interviews of client or family members.
• Assesses client needs or disorders using artistic and horticultural processes. Analyzes or synthesizes client data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for art, music, dance movement, horticultural therapy. Selects or prepares artistic media or related equipment or devices to accomplish therapy session objectives.
• Confers with other professionals on client's treatment team to develop, coordinate, or integrate treatment plans.
• Documents patient's participation and reactions during creative arts and horticultural therapy and evaluates therapeutic effects.
• Continues research in developments in creative arts therapies and horticultural therapy via conferences and other staff development opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements :

Education :

Art Therapy : Masters degree in creative therapy or counseling required.

Music Therapy : BS or higher in Music Therapy by an AMTA approved college or university (academic coursework, 1200 hours of clinical training, and a supervised internship). May have Graduate degrees in Music Therapy focus on advanced clinical practice and research.

Horticultural Therapy : Horticultural Therapist-Registered (HTR)-bachelor's degree in horticultural therapy and 480-hour internship to professionally registered with the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA).

Dance Therapy : R-DMT Registered Dance / Movement Therapist.

Requires a Masters degree from an accredited program and achievement professional requirements.

Experience :

0-2 years of clinical practice, 1 year preferred.

Minimum Certifications, Registration or License Requirements :

Art Therapy : Registered Art Therapist (ATR), ATCS or ATCS preferred but not required

Music Therapy : Music Therapist-Board Certified (MT-BS) required.

Horticultural Therapy : Certified Horticulturists (CH) or ASHS Certified Professional Horticulturist (ASHS)

Dance Therapy : Board Certified Dance / Movement therapist (BC-DMT)

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Primary Location Address

2201 Chapel Ave West & Cooper Landing Rd, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic / programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, p regnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

As an employer, the Jefferson Enterprise maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.