Art Therapist/Professional Counselor

JOB TITLE: Art Therapist/Professional Counselor

Job Classification: Professional Independent Contractor

Reports: Director of Clinical Services

Position Expectations: General Summary - The Art Therapist/Professional Counselor encourages the client to express emotion and explore their problems with a wide range of art materials. Its purpose is to enable positive change and personal growth. The focus is not on the client’s artistic skills, but their engagement in a creative personal expression. This enables the client to develop compensatory skills and strategies for problem solving, emotional expression, planning and cognitive organization.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities:

· Adapt therapy to meet clients needs

· Identify and document indicators specific to executive functioning for each client

· Plan, design, and implement a schedule of activities for individual clients and groups

· Maintain Art Therapy space, materials, appropriately budget for supplies based on client needs

· Provide an assessment and obtain information from medical records, medical staff, family members, and the client’s themselves to assess client’s capabilities, needs and interests.

· Document interventions and client progress on daily progress notes

· Prepare and submit monthly reports to treatment team as evidence of progress.

· Establish and maintain relationships with team members

· Confer with members of the team to plan and evaluate therapy program

· Conduct initial evaluation of clients to determine appropriate needs.

· Coordinate with mental health staff to develop treatment based on physician directive, functional capacity, and clinical assessment.

· Observe, analyze, and record client’s participation and progress towards treatment goals

· Prepare and submit reports to treatment team to reflect client’s reactions and evidence of progress in a timely manner.

· Attend weekly staff case conferences, staff meetings, and monthly care conferences and other meetings as required.

· Attend and participate in TBI functions, i.e. community based as requested.

· Maintains appropriate licensure and/or certification, attends seminars to continue licensing requirements (CEU’s etc.)

· Maintains ethical standards and responsibilities in accordance with the requirements of the profession and position.

· Comply with all company policies and procedures as well as federal and state laws.

· Follow all licensing and regulatory rules and CARF standards.

Competencies:

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent skills related to social perceptiveness and active listening.
• Excellent critical thinking, judgment, and decision-making skills.

· Must have working knowledge neuroanatomy as well as brain injury.

· Must possess working knowledge of how Art Therapy contributes to the rehabilitative process of acquired brain injury.

Education:

· Registered as an Art Therapist by the Art Therapy Credentials Board as well as a master’s in art therapy from an approved university. Professional counselor license in the State of Michigan.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• May be required to stand for extended periods.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: $35.00 - $40.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $35 - $40