Art Therapist, Metro Float

Location

Edina, MN | United States

Job description

We are a psychiatric healthcare system, dedicated to providing mental healthcare for all, with seven locations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, and two additional sites located in Rochester and Mankato. With a robust benefits package, career advancement opportunities, and great workplace culture, we value our employees and the work they do each day for our patients and families. Our services span the full continuum of care for patients, with a variety of roles and opportunities for job-seekers looking for more than a job, but a place where you can grow in your career.

Join the PrairieCare team and have a career with purpose! Help improve the mental health journey of our youth and adult patients.

The float Art Therapist provides a range of services to patients at several of our locations across the metro. The Art Therapist is responsible to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the art therapy services for patients of PrairieCare.

Hours for this role are 4 days a week, Monday - Friday, 8a-430p

Compensation starts at $26 an hour and up based on experience.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Provide group art therapy and maintain art therapy supplies
• Facilitate individual sessions, as needed
• This position may work with children, adolescents, and adults and or a combination of both
• May need to provide coverage for other program therapists when absent or as the need arises (based on qualifications)
• Contribute observations informed by their unique training in the area of art therapy
• May be assigned supervision responsibilities for master level art therapy interns, based on qualifications

• Requires master's degree in art therapy. Graduation from an accredited Art Therapy program and licensure as a Registered Art Therapist (ATR) preferred, and progress towards LMFT or LPCC preferred
• Eexperience in behavioral healthcare is highly preferred
• If not fully licensed, this position requires concurrent clinical supervision by a Registered Art Therapist (ATR or ATR-BC) until employee has obtained credentials approved by Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB).
• Educated in gender, cultural, ethical and age appropriate care for the assigned department
• Art Therapist will adhere to the ATCB Code of Professional Practice and The American Art Therapy Association's (AATA) Ethical Principles for Art Therapist, as well as, facility policies and procedures
• Ability to smoothly and rapidly shift between dissimilar tasks
• Communication skills necessary to communicate well both verbally and in writing
• Ability to react quickly and calmly as part of a team to handle volatile and potentially emergency situations, make effective decisions while in stressful situations and circumstances, and after training, be able to manage disruptive and explosive patients
• Licensed to bill independently and maintain required malpractice insurance
• ATR or ATR-BC required

PrairieCare is a psychiatric healthcare system experiencing rapid growth in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. With multiple sites across the metro, including locations in Rochester and Mankato, PrairieCare has quickly grown to become one of Minnesota’s largest providers of mental health services to children, adolescents, adults, and their families.

PrairieCare does not discriminate against any person based on race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admissions, treatment, or participation in its programs, services, activities, or employment. PrairieCare is an Affirmative Action Employer/Equal Opportunity Employer supporting Veterans, Disabled, and other protected individuals and is committed to a diverse workforce.

PrairieCare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email  [email protected] for assistance.

Offers of employment from PrairieCare are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background studies.

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