Art Therapist

Delivers art therapy & counseling services to support the psychosocial wellness needs of the community, including Independent Living creative arts, Creating My Possibilities creative strengths-based dementia care, and creative support for resident and community needs. Supports wellbeing via therapeutic interventions addressing autonomy, achievement, and affiliation within individuals and the community system. Implements Culture of Creativity within Life Center, ensuring that “residents are creators, not just consumers of culture – participants in the human experience, not just recipients of care.”

• Facilitates creative arts programs across the continuum, utilizing person-centered, strengths-based counseling techniques and high-quality interactions with diverse materials and media. Fosters creative engagement through multi-modal approach incorporating open studio model, storytelling, inquiry-based art-viewing, creative writing, improv, music, movement, and intergenerational experiences.
• Utilizes art therapy and counseling techniques to address key areas of focus including physical and cognitive impairments, legacy/end-of-life care, life transitions, support of resident mental health.
• Identifies teaching artists/other creative modalities as independent contractors across the continuum.
• Adheres to art therapy/counseling/engagement documentation protocols and clinical processes, including referrals, assessments, care plans, progress notes, consent forms, and policies.
• Fosters high levels of resident engagement: via programs that inspire genuine curiosity and peer inspiration, encourage community discourse, highlight resident experience and creativity, and inspire the socioemotional safety needed for residents to try new things and connect authentically. Facilitates opportunities for intergenerational and civic engagement. Supports family and employee connection with residents.
• Provides clinical supervision for graduate counseling interns. Maintains relationships with art therapy/counseling graduate program partners to maintain internship program.
• Participates in community Creating My Possibilities (CMP) Champions Team and Implements CMP programs:
  Co-leads CMP workshops for employees, residents, and families, oversees delivery of CMP signature programs in memory support settings and in any venue in which residents living with dementia may seek engagement. Supports creative engagement and psychoeducation for residents/caregivers/family members impacted by dementia across the continuum.
• Supports Culture of Creativity in Life Center via collaboration with engagement team and support of program development. Provides therapeutic input, modeling of therapeutic techniques, and strategic program co-design to Life Center engagement team to support best practices for group and 1:1 engagement and calendar flow.
• Maintains safe and inviting art studios, programs, and exhibition spaces, maintains work areas and amenity spaces in line with Mather standards for presentation and safety. Maintains cleanliness, supplies, and welcoming atmosphere of community art studio, independent artist studio, and gallery spaces. Supports therapeutic environment in Life Center.
• Assists with development of multi-media events and art exhibits that support resident and community wellness, family/employee engagement, positioning the Senior Living setting as places of creative encounter and inspiration.
• Maintain on-site an adequate supply of art supplies for planned art therapy experiences within approved budget.
• Assists Repriorment Director and Repriorment Services Manager in developing and utilizing key external partnerships that support resident engagement, with an emphasis on creative intergenerational engagement, inquiry-based museum experiences, arts & culture organizations, etc.
• Supports resident-led creative initiatives as possible, including attending Art Committee meetings, assisting with resident-led art exhibits and events, etc.
• Collaborates with Repriorment colleagues to deliver resident volunteer program.
• Creates relationships based on respect, using a customer-focused approach to problem solving, maintaining a…