Creative Arts Therapist, Adult Psych

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Req #: 0000163091
Category: Occupational Therapy
Status: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Facility: Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Department: Adult Psych (AP)

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Creative Arts Modality

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• Shift working, 8:00 4:00pm Monday-Friday or Sunday-Thursday
• Weekend/evening coverage as needed
• FT

• Participate in the management of crises as directed
• Participate in treatment planning meetings, program participant/staff meetings, and group and community meetings as required
• Contribute to the formation, carrying out, and updating of treatment plans elaborated by the staff
• Report behavioral and/or physical changes in condition to the program director and according to policy and procedure
• Maintain open channels of communication with associates, participants, and families; works within a multifamily group as appropriate
• Assess social, perceptual, and physical skills, and re-creative resources according to discipline-specific standards
• Develop treatment interventions both group and individual-oriented, utilizing an integrated theoretical framework to: elicit expression, communication, and response from verbally defended clients
• Increase self-understanding and insight development through exploration of symbolic content in creative arts modality
• Diagnostically elicit information not readily available through verbal assessment procedures
• Develop self-esteem, problem-solving skills, organization, and risk-taking through creativity
• Integrate and sequence the creative process
• Resolve conflict through the use of creative art modalities
• Teach relaxation techniques, when indicated
• Utilize knowledge of resources to assist in leisure time planning