Art Therapist

Department: 35133 Advocate Christ Medical Center
- Child Life Creative Arts Therapies and Education

Status:
Part time

Benefits Eligible:
Yes

Hours Per Week: 24

Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Part Time
- Day Shift

Pay Range: $28.55 - $42.85

• Provides direct assessment, consultation, and delivery of art therapy services to improve and enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well‑being of individuals birth through 18.
• Assesses individual and/or group psychosocial needs and identifies therapeutic goals based on assessment.
• Designs and implements art therapy interventions for patient(s), siblings, guardians, and groups of patients.
• Evaluates progress toward established goals based on developmental level and goals for treatment.
• Responds to referrals from physicians, nursing, child life specialists, music therapists, chaplains, and other hospital staff for group and individual sessions.
• Develops, leads, and supervises individual and group sessions on all pediatric and neonatal intensive care units.
• Incorporates a working knowledge of psychological theory, therapeutic interventions, and therapeutic principles with a thorough understanding of the creative process.
• Utilizes knowledge of human development to identify the pediatric patients’ developmental level to formulate the plan of delivering art therapy services for each individual patient.
• Provides initial and ongoing assessments of the individual’s overall coping effectiveness and overall psychosocial functioning.
• Makes assessments and subsequent treatment plans within the context of patients’ and families’ medical, emotional, social, and cultural concerns.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in treatment plan formulation by contributing to the assessment of the patient’s and family member’s needs from a psychosocial point of view.
• Maintains art supplies and ensures safe handling and appropriate use within the hospital and outpatient settings.
• Practices in accordance with the Ethical Principals for Art Therapists governed by the American Art Therapy Association.
• Coordinates, plans, and implements events with patients and families to ensure typical development and enhance coping while receiving medical treatment.
• Partners with Public Affairs and Marketing and Advocate Charitable Foundation to coordinate and implement special events with donors and community partners in order to develop, nurture and maintain relationships.
• Maintains all in‑kind donations and utilizes restricted funding per donor intent.
• Manages delivery and storage of all in‑kind donations, toys, and supplies.

• Recruits, interviews, accepts, and supervises all art therapy interns.
• Evaluates performance and growth throughout the students’ training.
• Oversees work assignments in relationship to the needs of clinical units and the learning goals of each student.

• License/Registration/Certification: ATR required within 2 years of hire. Preferred ATR prior to hire date.
• Issued by:
  Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB)
• Level of
  
  Education:
  
  Master’s Degree in Art Therapy
• Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  One or more years of Art Therapy experience with children and adolescents.
• Preferred:
  Art Therapy experience in medical setting including grief and trauma.

• Working knowledge of a wide range of art materials in therapeutic sessions, including drawing, painting, clay, mixed media, and digital art methods.
• Ability to function in a multidisciplinary environment while providing direct patient/family care.
• Ability to establish supportive relationships with children and their families and maintain rapport.
• Experience and comfort working with hospitalized children, patients diagnosed with mental illness, developmental delay, and/or who display challenging behaviors in individual and group contexts.
• Ability to adapt interventions to meet the needs of patients with special needs.
• Experience and/or comfort working with patients and families during critical illness and at end of life.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span with expertise…