Grow your career with Coastal Art Therapy Services
Looking for a creative and supportive work environment?
About Us:
Here at CATS, we believe in creating the best atmosphere for our clients and employees and promoting the importance of creativity for mental health in the community. Our mission is to help members of our communities improve mental health and wellness through creative expression. We are a genuine, creative, and collaborative group of individuals who values working collaboratively and helping improve the health and wellness of our communities via creative expression.
Our Values:
CATS lives by values that guide who we are as a team and how we present to our communities. We hire staff who bring these values to life. Both the work culture and the care we provide include humanistic, genuine, sustainable, effective, and trauma-informed care to ourselves and those around us, because when we as clinicians feel safe and supported we can truly do our best work. Click here to read more about our values.
Benefits:
Malpractice insurance coverage
401K with Safe Harbor Match
Health insurance for full time employees (up to 50% employer covered premium)
Vision and dental insurance
Continuing education reimbursement
Annual art supplies budget
Employee wellness initiatives
Opportunity for diversification of services
Opportunity to provide community art therapy group services (i.e. group homes, substance use treatment facilities)
Compensated administrative time to include clinical documentation and non-clinical services
Choose your own hours; flexible schedule
Your own office if you work full time (25 clinical hours per week)
open positions
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JOB OVERVIEW
Are you an art therapist looking to expand your services to include more than just income from seeing therapy clients? Here at CATS we want to help our clients and our employees achieve purr-sonal well-being through creative expression. We provide clinical services to individuals, groups, couples, and families. We also keep things creative in the work environment with options to diversify our services to include non-clinical work.
We are currently looking for art therapists who work with children, adolescents, and adults, and who utilize evidence-based treatment, trauma-informed care, and collaboration in the workplace.
We are also looking for art therapists interested in non-clinical services such as workshops, social media content creation, creative self-help resources and more.
If you want to work in a safe, supportive, and collaborative work environment where you can really focus on your clinical niche and professional identity, apply!
JOB DUTIES
Provide's evidence-based therapy in addition to art therapy
Communicate with a patient’s treatment team (i.e., PCP, psychiatrist, school, etc.) as necessary.
Timely completion of clinical documentation (24-72 hours after date of service to stay compliant with insurance contracts)
Keep patient files in the Electronic Medical Record accurate and up to date.
Attend biweekly artmaking and peer group supervision
Passion for working with others (being collaborative) and helping our team members grow and learn.
Other duties as may be assigned with respect to the candidate’s meow-tivations, interests, and strengths.
QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree in art therapy or related field; and
Active, unrestricted credential in art therapy (ATR-P, ATR, ATR-BC) from the Art Therapy Credential Board (ATCB). A copy must be provided to COASTAL ART THERAPY SERVICES; and
Active, unrestricted license in VIRGINIA (LPC, LMFT, LCSW, LCP). A copy must be provided to COASTAL ART THERAPY SERVICES.
Available to hold 15-25 patient sessions per week, provided such sessions are available and referred/scheduled by COASTAL ART THERAPY SERVICES.
Have strong written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
Prior experience in a private or group practice setting highly preferred.
At least 1-3 years of experience post-unrestricted licensure.
Have interest in pursuing or already completed training in DBT, CPT, RO DBT, and/or other evidence-based treatments.
Interest in program development, community partnerships, leadership, nonprofit, and/or non-clinical work
Current approval as an in-network provider with Anthem or Sentara Health Plans highly preferred but not required
WHAT WE PROVIDE
W-2 employment model
Paid hourly percentage split for clinical services and flat hourly rate for administrative and non-clinical services
Malpractice insurance coverage
401K with Safe Harbor Match
Health insurance (up to 50% employer covered premium)
Optional vision and dental insurance
Annual professional development budget
Annual art supplies budget
Employee wellness initiatives
Opportunity for diversification of services
Compensated administrative time to include clinical documentation and non-clinical services
Choose your own hours; flexible schedule
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JOB OVERVIEW
Are you an art therapist looking to expand your services to include more than just seeing therapy clients? Here at CATS we want to help our clients and our employees achieve purr-sonal well-being through creative expression. We provide a unique residency experience in private practice that aims to get your hours met and not burn you out in the process.
The art therapist will provide clinical services to individuals, groups, couples, and families. We also keep things creative in the work environment by offering non-clinical work options such as workshops, social media content creation, creative self-help resources and more
We are currently looking for art therapists who want to work with children, adolescents, and adults, who are interested in pursuing training in evidence-based treatment. and who collaborate and provide trauma-informed care in the workplace.
If you want to work in a safe, supportive, and collaborative work environment where you can really focus on your clinical niche and professional identity, apply!
JOB DUTIES
Provide evidence-based therapy in addition to art therapy
Communicate with a patient’s treatment team (i.e., PCP, psychiatrist, school, etc.) as necessary.
Timely completion of clinical documentation (24 - 72 hours after date of service to remain compliant with insurance contracts)
Keep patient files in the Electronic Medical Record accurate and up to date.
Attend weekly individual supervision and biweekly art-based group supervision
Passion for working with others (being collaborative) and helping our team members grow and learn.
Other duties as may be assigned with respect to the candidate’s meow-tivations, interests, and strengths.
QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree in art therapy or related field; and
Holds or is working toward credential in art therapy (ATR-P, ATR, ATR-BC) from the Art Therapy Credential Board (ATCB). A copy must be provided to COASTAL ART THERAPY SERVICES.
Active, unrestricted license as a Resident in Counseling in VIRGINIA. A copy must be provided to COASTAL ART THERAPY SERVICES.
Available to hold 15-25 patient sessions per week, provided such sessions are available and referred/scheduled by COASTAL ART THERAPY SERVICES.
Have strong written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
Have interest in pursuing or already completed training in DBT, CPT, RO DBT, and/or other evidence-based treatments.
Interested in program development, community partnerships, leadership, nonprofit, and/or non-clinical work
WHAT WE PROVIDE
Free supervision, no contingencies
W-2 employment model
Paid hourly percentage split for clinical services and flat hourly rate for administrative and non-clinical services
Malpractice insurance coverage
401K with Safe Harbor Match
Health insurance (up to 50% employer covered premium)
Optional vision and dental insurance
Annual professional development budget
Annual art supplies budget
Employee wellness initiatives
Opportunity for diversification of services
Compensated administrative time to include clinical documentation and non-clinical services
Choose your own hours; flexible schedule
ready to apply?

