Clinical Art Therapist - Hospice

Company: Sutter Health
Location: Roseville
Posted on: May 12, 2022

Job Description:

Position Overview:
On any given day, Sutter Care at Home (SCAH) touches the lives of thousands of individuals by bringing health care directly to our patient's home - where most people chose to receive their care.
Sutter Care at Home is one of the largest not-for-profit home health care and hospice agencies in Northern California. Founded in 1906, SCAH is committed to compassion and excellence through home health care, hospice, home medical equipment and respiratory care, home infusion therapy, private and geriatric care, Lifeline medical alert services and community flu and wellness programs. Serving more than 150,000 patients in 23 counties each year, Sutter Care at Home clinicians partner with our patients for better health.
Through competitive wages and benefits, flexible schedules, innovative care models, new technologies, and tuition reimbursement - Sutter Care at Home strives to be your "employer of choice."
Sutter Care at Home is the home health care and hospice affiliate of Sutter Health, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit health care systems.
The clinical art therapist provides art therapy services to hospice patients and family members, and children and families participating in the Children's Bereavement Art Group program. The art therapist assesses, plans and implements art therapy interventions in both individual and group formats. The art therapist provides consultation to other team members with specific representation of the children within the families served.
Qualifications:
Education

Master's degree in art therapy or master's degree in counseling or social work with concentration in art therapy, or equivalent combination of experience and education. Licensure as a marriage, family and child counselor or licensed clinical social worker is preferred.

Experience

Preferred experience in chronic or terminal healthcare and experience in bereavement care work with children, adolescents and families.

Knowledge

Strong clinical assessment skills. Knowledge of art therapy theory and practice. Knowledge and skills in utilizing the visual arts as therapeutic modalities with children, adolescents, and adults. Knowledge and skills necessary to provide therapeutic interventions to the age-specific needs of children and adolescents. Knowledge of grief/loss theory and its interaction with individual and family development. Ability to gather and assess data reflective of the child's and family's developmental stage. Knowledge of child abuse report requirements and other significant regulations affecting clinical art therapy practice.

Skills

Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing. Must demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and ability to function in the context of team care. Must demonstrate effective communication skills with families.
Organization:Sutter Care at Home
Employee Status: Regular
Benefits: Yes
Position Status: Non-Exempt
Union: No
Job Shift: Day
Shift Hours:8 Hour Shift
Days of the Week Scheduled:Monday-Friday
Weekend Requirements: Other
Schedule: Part Time
Hrs Per 2wk Pay Period:48
Applications Accepted:All Applications Accepted
Schedule/Shift: Part Time/ Day

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