The Behavioral Health Clinician is responsible for direct patient care and safety including diagnostic, assessment, treatment, and discharge planning for children, adolescents, and their families in Outpatient, Inpatient or Emergency Department settings.
The Creative Arts Therapy Behavioral Health Clinician FLEX (CAT BHC) is a member of the Ponzio Creative Arts Therapy (PCAT) Program within the Integrative & Creative Care (ICC) Division. This flexible clinical role provides direct creative arts therapy services across Psychiatric Mental Health Institute (PMHI) inpatient and ambulatory programs, adapting to evolving patient care needs and program priorities. Primary responsibilities include facilitating therapeutic groups, multifamily groups, and individual therapy sessions, while collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to foster a safe, engaging, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented treatment environment. Candidates must be registered with their respective national creative arts therapy credentialing organization, such as ATR, ATR-BC, R-DMT, or RDT.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care and management of children and adolescents by developing and implementing treatment and intervention plans and conducting needs assessment to gather patient information.
- Provides crisis intervention to families and provides interventions with families to support discharge to home and stabilization. Also develops a therapeutic relationship with patients and families to assist with psychological problems.
- Completes diagnostic behavioral health assessments for treatment or crisis intervention. Compiles and analyzes data and prepares case records, reports, and documents that comply with state and federal standards in providing case notes, treatment plans, and evaluations.
- Collaborates with other disciplines or departments on patient care and unit safety and serves as a liaison with multi-disciplinary care teams and external community agencies to identify, implement, and monitor treatment goals. Presents case presentations and provides consultation to medical teams and callers.
- Coordinates admissions to programs within the Pediatric Mental Health Institute or community programs and coordinates treatment with internal and external services.
- Leads, monitors, evaluates, and collaborates educational and therapeutic groups for patients; participates in clinical rounds and maintains communication with unit or department leadership.
- Attends educational in-services for Behavioral Health Clinicians
- Participates in unit committees and educational offerings; complies with all policies and procedures related to the Pediatric Mental Health Institute and the hospital; and provides customer service as related to the Mental Health field.
Minimum Qualifications
- Degrees
- Area of Study
- Psychology, social work or related field.
- Experience
- 2 years in a mental health setting/agency
- Creative Arts Therapist experience Preferred
- Licenses & Certifications
- Variety of licenses acceptable BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least 6 months left before expiration is required upon hire.
- State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA):
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or
- Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor
- Credentialing must be completed by the Medical Staff Office (MSO) within 3 months of employment
- ATR or ATR-BC (Art Therapist Registered- Board Certification) by the AATA Art Therapy Credentials Board; or RDT (Registered Drama Therapist) by the North American Drama Therapy Association Preferred
Schedule/Shift
- FLEX - As needed
- Days varies - 9-5p (Sunda-Sat coverage)
Salary Information
Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.
Hourly Rate of Pay: $45.93
Benefits Information
As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid sick leave and a robust wellness program.
As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.
Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.
EEO Statement
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.
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