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? Turn Creativity Into Connection - Help Students Express, Heal & Thrive as a Creative Arts Therapist!
Our Victory Learning Center Programs offers specialized educational services for students who are diagnosed with Autism or a Cognitive Disability paired with a mental health diagnosis. There are three separate sites conveniently located in Lackawanna, NY, with a fourth site opening! Our schools service students ages 5-21, who are residentially placed or are referred through their local school district's Committee on Special Education.
To learn more about our school-based Victory Learning Center Programs, click here: https://www.victoryed.org/
Additional Information:
$10,000 SIGN-ON BONUS!!
- Schedule: Monday- Friday 730a-330p
- Salary: Based on certified years of experience
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FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
FLSA:
Exempt
Pay Type:
Salaried
Salary Grade:
5A
Reports to:
Related Services Supervisor
Job Summary:
The Victory Learning Center Creative Arts Therapist works with students aged 5 to 21, primarily diagnosed on the Autism spectrum, with mental health and/or behavioral concerns, and developmental or intellectual disabilities. The Creative Arts Therapist uses the creative process of art and/or music making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of youth with Autism, Intellectual Disability, and/or mental illness. It is based on the belief that the creative process involved in artistic self-expression helps people to resolve conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness and achieve insight. This position will work within the educational environment.
Essential Job Duties:
- Work creatively with various client groups in a therapeutic setting, ensuring a safe and secure environment
- Assess the feelings or temperament of others;
- Constructively challenge the behavior and attitude of your clients;
- Attend meetings and case conferences to share ideas, expertise and good practice;
- Keep up to date with administration tasks;
- Maintain art therapy space and materials;
- Receive support and discuss ideas in individual supervision
- Provides creative arts therapy programming for youth who are non-verbal or limited verbal
- Provides developmentally appropriate recreational art experiences for youth with Autism, Intellectual
- Disability, and/or mental illness
- Follows agency procedures for purchasing supplies, expenditures, and facilities.
- Maintains communication between educational and residential sites and provides art opportunities, as appropriate
- Coordinates potential art show participation for artists.
- Work with a variety of individuals/teams.
- Involved in community projects.
- Documents achievements/data in electronic records (EcR, Therap) as appropriate.
Education Requirements:
- Minimum Degree Required: Master’s Degree in Art, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Education, Mental Health or related field
Experience Requirements:
- Minimum Experience Required:
- One (1) year prior experience working with individuals with special needs
- 1-2 years in Art and/or Music Therapy or related field preferred.
License/Registration/Certifications Required:
- Board Certified Music Therapist, MT-BC OR Board Certified Art Therapist, ATR-BC is required
- NYS Creative Arts Therapist License, is preferred
- NY State Driver’s License, is required
Training Requirements:
- Continuing education as per NYS Office of Profession guidelines
- All required agency trainings (including Applied Behavior Analysis, SCIP-R)
- All trainings required by programs in which you service individuals
- New Hire Orientation
Performance Competency:
Physical Requirements:
- The frequent physical demands of the position are sitting, standing, walking, climbing, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and eye/hand/foot coordination.
- The occasional physical demands of the position are lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, balancing, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling.