Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Through creative and kinesthetic treatment, expressive therapy--which includes art, music, and play helps kids and young adults better understand and express their emotions. During the stressful period of dealing with a chronic condition, life- threatening illness, and the trauma that frequently accompanies its treatment, expressive therapy helps children and youth feel empowered in their own creativity, control and aid in their communication of their feelings. A child or young person may find a safe outlet for their feelings through play therapy, painting, or music.

Job Responsibility:

• Uses music, art, and/or play therapies as a creative process resulting in exploration of patient's feelings, reconciling emotional conflicts, fostering self- awareness and making memories.
• Educates patients and family members about expressive therapies including the benefits, purpose and ways to incorporate these benefits into daily life.
• Establish therapeutic goals and objectives for creative or expressive art therapy sessions.
• Organizing expressive activities for recreating.
• Providing patient treatment via expressive therapy.
• Incorporating engaging and expressive activities to help members cope with life changes, trauma, and other challenges.
• Helps children better understand and express their reactions through expressive modalities.
• Maintains a caseload and ensures accurate and timely individualized assessment, planning, implementation and documentation.
• Act as the patient's advocate in relation to Expressive Therapy.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Certification:

Child Life Specialist certification through the Child Life Council; OR

Creative Arts Therapist licensed by the State of New York OR

Music Therapist with a bachelor's degree from a program recognized by the NYS Education Department OR

Play Therapist with a Master's Degree from a program recognized by the state of New York Education Department; OR

Current Play Therapist Registration conferred by the Association for Play Therapy ( Expressive Therapy( Art, Music, and Play)

Minimum of one year working with the medically fragile population AND at least one year of clinical experience with pediatric population involving end of life care, preferred.

Background check required

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