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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

Board Certification

Key Skills

Creative Arts TherapyGroup TherapyIndividual TherapyJCAHO ComplianceCMS RegulationsPatient Milieu ManagementArt TherapyMusic TherapyDance TherapyDrama Therapy

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).

Top contract/1099 Counselor Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 37 employers

20
<$85k
12
$85k-105k
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$105k-125k
11
$125k-145k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks40 jobs · 37 employers

401k / retirement match
85%
CME allowance
45%
Sign-on bonus
35%
Loan repayment
28%
PSLF eligible
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$125k-$140k
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$66 per hour
#3

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$66/hr
#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,062 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Forest Park

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$395k
Typical market rent
$1,601/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.