Creative/Expressive Arts Therapist - Cherry Hospital

*Below is the job description directly from the website. Go to www.ncdhhs.gov to apply, this listing will be updated as needed*

Cherry Hospital 

A Place of Hope, Care, and Recovery

"As of January 1, 2025, the salary range will be $41,857 - $62,786".

Prior applicants will remain under consideration and do not need to reapply.

 This is a repost: Previous applicants do not need to reapply to be considered. 

Cherry Hospital, an accredited State Psychiatric Hospital serving the eastern region of North Carolina, is accepting applications for a Creative/Expressive Arts Therapist position.   This position will provide Creative and Expressive Arts Services for the patients throughout the hospital. Duties include planning and implementing active treatment groups, documentation of patients’ response to treatment, conducting Rehabilitation Services assessments, Creative/Expressive Arts evaluations upon referral and assisting treatment teams in developing individualized treatment plans.  This position may also provide Creative/Expressive Arts activities and/or assist with other special activities as scheduled, may include evenings and weekends. Work hours are Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and evenings/ weekends/holidays as scheduled.

 

The NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, with approximately 18,000 employees.  DHHS manages the delivery of health- and human-related services for all North Carolinians, especially our most vulnerable citizens – children, elderly, disabled and low-income families. 

 

 Cherry Hospital (CH) is a State-of-the-Art psychiatric hospital located in a beautiful rural area of Goldsboro, NC.  Although rural, Cherry Hospital is convenient to the Triangle Area (Raleigh/Durham) and the coastal region of the state. It is about an hour's drive to the heart of Raleigh or the beautiful coastal town of New Bern.

  Mission Statement

To provide excellent psychiatric care to individuals with

 the greatest need and the least resources.

 Cherry Hospital serves the 38 most eastern counties of North Carolina with a mission to serve those with the greatest need and the fewest resources.   In earnest efforts to follow our mission, we strive to create a healing environment in which every team member has opportunity to positively impact the lives of those around them and the individuals we serve. Learn more about our facility at: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/dsohf/cherry-hospital.    In addition to a very competitive salary, this opportunity offers an excellent benefits package, loan repayment opportunities, employment stability and rewarding professional opportunities. 

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies

 

To receive credit for all your work history and credentials, you must list the information on the application form. Any information listed under the text resume section or on an attachment will not be considered for qualifying credit. Qualified applicants must document on the application that they possess education/work experience that demonstrates all of the following:

· Considerable knowledge of the therapeutic creative/expressive arts therapy principles, techniques, and methods and their application to the population being served. Ability to integrate a philosophy of creative/expressive arts which is therapeutic in nature into a clinical program.

· Ability to conduct creative/expressive arts therapy services to support mental health treatment plan.

· Ability to implement a variety of assessment methods to create individualized goals and interventions.

· Ability to evaluate and document client progress towards goals to present to interdisciplinary team meetings.

Management Preferences (if applicable)

Experience with inpatient psychiatric setting preferred.

Education and experience in one of the following modalities: Art therapy, Dance/Movement therapy, Drama therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, and/or Music Therapy.

A candidate that possesses one of the following:

Board certified music therapist through CBMT (Certification Board for Music Therapists) with the MT-BC credential.

Registration with ATCB (Art Therapy Credentialing Board) as an ATR-P, ATR, or ATR-BC

Registration with DMTCB (Dance Movement Therapy Certification Board) as a R-DMT or BC-DMT.

Registration with NADTA (North American Drama Therapy Association) as a RDT.

Registration with IEATA (International Expressive Arts Therapy Association) as a REAT or holds an EXA certificate and working toward registration.

 

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

 

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience”. If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience OR a combination of both.  See oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for details. 

Bachelors degree in music therapy which includes a six month internship from an appropriately accredited institution;

or Bachelors degree in music or music education with an equivalency in music therapy which includes a six month internship from an appropriately accredited institution;

or Bachelor s degree in one of the creative/expressive arts areas (art, dance, drama, music) from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of experience in all phases of therapeutic programming; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Administering the class: if the creative/expressive arts degree program has a therapeutic equivalency or emphasis, the experience requirements will be waived.

Degrees must be from appropriately accredited colleges or universities.

 

Supplemental and Contact Information

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

Positions in the Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities shall be subject to pre-employment drug testing and criminal record background checks. Also, the use of tobacco products of any kind including vapor products are prohibited from our campuses. All employees are required to adhere to the facility's Vaccination Policy.

 

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application over the phone. To check the status of your application, please log in to your account. You will either receive a call to schedule an interview or an email notifying you when the job has been filled.

 

For technical issues with your application, please call the NeoGov Help Line at 855-524-5627. Applicants will be communicated with via email only for updates on the status of their application. If there are any questions about this posting other than your application status, please contact HR at 919-947-7478.