Expressive Therapist

Expressive Therapist

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Expressive Therapist

Walden Behavioral Care

Dedham, MA

Walden Behavioral Care is one of the only rapidly-growing, leading national specialty healthcare systems dedicated to serving all genders and offering the full continuum of care for people with all types of eating disorders. We currently have 14-locations on the East Coast in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Georgia. Over the past 15 years, utilizing our state-of-the art evidence based, personalized approach to care, we have helped over 20,000 people on their road to recovery. Headquartered in Massachusetts we have over 450 employees who are dedicated to helping people with eating disorders get the help they need and deserve. Learn more at www.waldenbehavioralcare.comorwww.waldeneatingdisorders.com.

At Walden we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace, where we celebrate our employees, our patients and the communities we work with. In recruiting for our team we welcome the unique contributions only you can bring in terms of your education, culture, opinions, experience and background. Join us and find out how you can make a difference today.

The Expressive Therapist/Group Leader position provides inpatient and residential group treatment and individual consults to support individuals experiencing mental illness, inclusive of eating disorders.

Hours/Shift: 32hrs/wk, including 1 weekend day every other week (with a compensatory weekday off)

Summary of Benefits

Responsibilities Include::

• Conduct 12-15 multi-modal groups a week with adolescent and adults, and document group attendance and activity in the medical record and individualized treatment plan. Group content focused on expressive art therapies (preference for art and music therapies) and self-soothe activities.
• Participate in daily rounds as time allows, and communicate daily with members of the treatment teams on patient progress and
• Conduct the Expressive Therapy consultations as Review content and share pertinent information with the treatment team and program staff.
• Develop and update group syllabus for skills-based, process-oriented and educational
• Oversee the organization, cleaning, and ordering of materials for the art room used by the entire building
• Participate in weekend tasks, at a maximum of two weekend days a month, with a flexible weekday off in compensation (comp day) to be applied in agreement with your supervisor
• Collect outcome and quality data as required for reports; prepare required reports as
• Work with clinical teams to ensure clients have access to and are participating in pro-social
• Attend required supervision meetings, staff
• Teach group skills and therapeutic content to students, interns, and program staff as
• Assist the treatment team in coordinating referrals for internal and external

Qualifications::

Education:

• Masters degree in expressive arts therapy
• Experience or certification in expressive art therapies preferred

Experience:

• Experience providing groups in a mental health setting, preferably in an eating disorder or inpatient psychiatric setting
• Minimum of 2 years experience working in a mental health setting

Licensure/Certification:

• Preferred to have LCSW, LMHC, PsyD
• CPR certification, required
• Knowledge:
• Must possess knowledge of psychiatric group process, therapeutic relationships processes, age-specific growth and development, limit setting and behavior management, crisis management with aggressive
• Demonstrated capacity to create group ideas and therapeutic group interventions
• Knowledge of behavioral health, including group treatment modalities
• Crisis management skills, and group intervention skills with clients
• Strong clinical and patient counseling skills
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm

Supervision Received:

• Clinical Program Director for Inpatient, LICSW
• Director of Integrative Therapies, ND

Our benefits include paid time off, 401(k) retirement plan, company-paid life and disability insurance, great medical and dental plan choices, vision, and many other insurance options to meet the needs of you and your loved ones.

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