Expressive Therapist

Position Summary: Reports to the Division Director of Clinical Services and serves in a collaborative role to staff, senior leadership, and individuals. The Expressive Therapist is responsible for promoting therapeutic expressive services to adults with disabilities in our residential and day program settings.

Schedule: 25 hours/week

Essential Functions:

• Facilitates individual and group therapy, communicating and integrating the various departments of the agency
• Utilizes expressive therapy techniques to facilitate
• Assess individual development, abilities, personality, interests, and conflicts
• Develops treatment plans based on creative arts and/or expressive therapy principles with varied interventions, based on assessment, interests, and objectives of therapy
• Prepares and submits individual reactions and progress reports; confers with treatment team
• Documents and maintains up-to-date related individual case notes in the agency’s electronic health record and goals
• Enhances and promotes The Arc of Opportunity’s strategic initiatives, overall brand and organizational mission and values through positive promotion and representation
• Maintains any certification and recertification as required and in accordance with agency, state, and federal guidelines
• Develops and executes short- and long-term goals which enhance and support strategic plan and priority initiatives
• Collaborates with CPO, Clinical Director, senior leadership in the coordination and execution of agency and program goals
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• A valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record and CORI are required at all times during employment with The Arc of Opportunity.
• Master’s degree with background in music therapy, art therapy, horticulture therapy, movement therapy or other expressive therapy required
• Experience working with individuals with disabilities preferred.
• ATCB, ATR-BC, MT-BC, REAT, HTM or HTR certification, or other expressive art therapy certification preferred
• Ability to communicate with others effectively which convey clear direction, desired results and vision to staff, individuals and families served, government agencies, community partners, funding sources, and senior management.
• Ability to operate computer and variety of office equipment with reasonable accommodations
• Ability to work flexible hours in a variety of locations (group homes in the community, loud day programs, cubicle-style main office building)
• Ability to exert light to moderate physical effort which may involve lifting up to 25 pounds, pushing and/or pulling objects of similar weight, with or without reasonable accommodations