Creative Arts Associate Licensed Mental Health Therapist - HopeSparks Family Services

Salary: $67,704-77,708 (DOE)

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Position Summary

The Creative Arts Associate Licensed Mental Health Therapist (Creative Arts Therapist) is an integral team member of both HopeSparks and participating school support teams. The Creative Arts Therapist will provide a contemporary approach to mental health treatment that utilizes expressive or creative arts therapies (music, poetry, dance, art, etc.), to provide evidenced-based mental health intervention to middle school students in partnership with Franklin Pierce School District.

The HopeSparks Hip Hop Therapy program is strengths-based and guided by tenets of J.C. Hall's Hip Hop Expressive Arts Therapy (HEAT) using measurement-based care and easy to implement evidence-based treatments. The focus is just as much on prevention as it is on treatment, providing culturally relevant services to students with mental health needs.

HopeSparks believes that a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace culture enhances our ability to fulfill our mission. We strive for equity and justice in the way people are treated and the opportunities they have to succeed by working to address racism, inequitable treatment, and other barriers to inclusion. We strongly encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds (including communities of color, the LGBTQ community, veterans, and people with disabilities) to apply and join us in our work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

School-Based Group Expressive or Creative Arts Therapy

• Must have experience leading groups of children, youth, and/or teens in expressive or creative arts
• Experience with Hip Hop Therapy or other culturally relevant arts preferred
• Provide culturally relevant expressive or creative art therapy services to middle-school-youth
• Must be able to collaborate with school/community-based teams to provide services
• Collect and manage program outcome data as directed by leadership

Individual Mental Health Therapy

• Must be able to engage middle-school-aged youth in a full range of community mental health services either in-person or via telemental health (through video and/or phone conferencing) including:
  • clinical assessment
  • problem identification
  • need for medical necessity (DSM 5 criteria/justification)
  • evidence-based treatment modalities
  • support and referrals to crisis intervention
  • case management
  • advocacy
  • outreach/prevention and intervention
• Utilize the Electronic Health Record System to document treatment plans, diagnostic information, treatment notes, and other necessary case documentation in a timely manner according to policy

• Demonstrate clinical competence by interacting with clients in an ethical and professional manner and using supervision and group consultation as necessary and recommended

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree and Licensure in counseling, social work, or a related field
• Experience working with children, youth, and families
  
  • Training in evidence-based practice preferred
  • Training in trauma-informed care/understanding of trauma stewardship preferred
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional organizational and case management skills preferred
• Aptitude in resolving issues and conflicts
• Must be reliable, hard-working, and demonstrate a commitment to community mental health
• Valid State driver's license, automobile insurance, and dependable transportation
• Must pass a background clearance and state patrol check

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise working with middle-school-age children is highly desirable
• Spanish written and spoken fluency highly desirable
• Exceptional organizational and case management skills preferred

Job Conditions

Work will be performed primarily in a school-based setting and may also include community-based and agency-clinical setting or via telehealth. This role must be available during school and after-school programming hours.

• Ability to stand, sit, talk, and listen/hear for extended periods (6-8 hours) daily in order to perform administrative duties
• Ability to use hands to finger, handle or write for extended periods (6-8 hours) daily
• Ability to reach with hands and arms, and climb or balance to perform filing duties for extended periods (6-8 hours) daily
• Ability to ascend and descend stairs
• Ability to lift items weighing up to 50 pounds for filing duties
• Ability to focus and see items with close, distance, color and peripheral vision, and depth perception to drive, perform computer work, and file (8 hours)

We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of physical ability. If you require accommodations to perform these or other tasks, please let us know. We are committed to creating an accessible and supportive work environment.

Benefits

• Full benefits available to all team members working 30 or more hours per week
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous PTO - accrual of 16 days the first year of employment
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Medical and Prescription Drug
• Dental
• Vision
• 403b Retirement Plan
• Paid Life & AD&D
• Employer-Paid Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Spouse Voluntary Life Insurance
• Child Voluntary Life Insurance
• Dependent Care FSA
• HSA
• EAP
• FMLA after the first year of employment
• PFML after two months of employment (if qualified)
• Ongoing Training / Consultation
• Weekly individual and group supervision
• Weekly team meetings to support professional development

This position will adhere to all confidentiality guidelines as outlined by HIPAA and the Office of Civil Rights. The highest degree of confidentiality is required at all times.

HopeSparks is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any persons on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a veteran.