Creative Arts Therapist
Posted on: April 29, 2013Posted by: Brooklyn Community Services
DESCRIPTION
Brooklyn Community Services is one of Brooklyn's largest and oldest non-sectarian social services agencies. Serving more than 10,000 individuals annually, BCS provides a broad and diverse range of services including prevention of foster care placement; crisis intervention; early childhood and after school education; vocational training, job placement, and clinical services to adults with physical and developmental disabilities, and histories of mental illness.
BCS's Transitional Living Community is a 40 bed section of the Brooklyn Women's Shelter in East New York, Brooklyn. TLC provides homeless, low-income, mentally ill women with temporary shelter and assistance to secure permanent housing. TLC recruits its clients primarily from the assessment unit of the Brooklyn Women's Shelter. Staff conduct comprehensive assessments to identify women with severe and persistent mental illness, many also having serious personal, social, medical and economic problems. A principle feature of the TLC program is the "milieu treatment" in which women are helped to practice the skills they will need to live successfully outside the shelter system, including pre-vocational preparation.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide group and individual therapy which facilitates insight or behavioral change and supports residents' progress toward health and housing.
Assess clients, and determine goals for appropriate methods of treatment within the context of TLC's purpose of attaining mental health stability and obtaining housing.
Create and maintain relevant group structures, milieu activities, trips, and projects to encourage client participation in the therapeutic and housing process and to foster a sense of community and support.
Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team to include participation in client treatment planning, weekly case conference, and staff meetings.
Write progress notes which document the types of activities in which client participates, patterns of attendance, interpersonal behavior, response to modalities, and progress towards goals. Maintain Daily Activity Sheets and Client Activity Records.
Educate other staff about the rationale, methodology, and goals of Art Therapy, through in-services, informal contacts and role modeling.
Perform other duties as assigned by Program Director.
REQUIREMENTS
Masters in Creative Arts Therapy required; ATR-BC and LCAT required. Experience working with mentally ill and/or homeless populations preferred.
HOW TO APPLY
Email cover letter and resume to Adrienne Terry, Program Director, TLC: aterry@WeAreBCS.org
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