Creative Arts Therapist - Registry
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Job Description
Responsibilities
Shape the future of behavioral health care throughout the Forest Park community by joining our extraordinary team at Riveredge Hospital. Bring your compassion, expertise, enthusiasm, and passion for quality to a place that cultivates wellness and inspires hope.
We are currently seeking a Registry Creative Arts Therapist for Riveredge Hospital. Qualified applicants can have certification or licensure in: Dance/Movement, Art, Music, Drama, Recreation, etc. Simply apply to the posting and discuss your interests with the hiring manager if you are selected to come in for an interview.
The Creative Arts Therapist uses a variety of organized age/population specific activities for patient treatment. Treatment is provided in groups or individually for all assigned patients.
Qualifications
- Master's required in Music, Drama, Art, Dance/Movement, Drama or Recreation Therapy.
- Registered/board certified or certified (or registration /certificate pending) with the national association of his/her specialty area.
- Successful completion of education with experience in the field.
Maintains compliance with all Hospital annual competencies as well as CPR, and Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI).
Thoroughly understands the management of the patient milieu including age specific and cultural requirements and has knowledge of JCAHO, CMS, OSHA regulations and all other relevant state and federal regulatory standards.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Certifications
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
In Illinois, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$70k (280 salary observations; 963 listings), vs ~$75k nationally (4,965 salary observations; 20,875 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 16% have no call, 54% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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