Art Therapist – Comprehensive Community Services

At Wellpoint Care Network, our mission is to facilitate equity, learning, healing, and wellness by restoring the connections that help children and families thrive.

Every person deserves the opportunity to reach their fullest potential. It’s part of human nature, and the promise of our country, that everyone be given a fair chance to be and do their best. Yet, many in our community live with unresolved childhood and generational trauma.

That’s where we come in. We believe we can create a world where children and families have a clearer path to their fullest potential. Wellpoint Care Network has championed the restoration of families for nearly 175 years.

Job Purpose

Our next Art Therapist – Comprehensive Community Services will provide strength-based, trauma-informed, evidence-based behavioral health services to youth and families in clients’ homes and community-based settings. The role provides psychotherapy, art therapy, psychoeducation, limited crisis support, consultation, and supportive collaboration with/for collateral services while integrating art-based and verbal/talk-based therapeutic approaches according to client strengths, needs, preferences, developmental level, and treatment goals.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in art therapy or equivalent from an accredited art therapy graduate program meeting applicable credentialing requirement.
• ATR-P or other applicable provisional art therapy credential required; ATR or ATR-BC preferred.
• LPC-IT or other applicable Wisconsin mental health credential required; LPC or other applicable independent clinical license preferred.
• Two years of post-master’s experience providing individual, child/adolescent, family, and/or group therapy or art therapy, preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed, strength-based, person- and family-centered clinical practice.
• Ability to provide evidence-based/evidence-supported therapies utilizing art-based and verbal/talk-based therapeutic approaches as clinically appropriate.
• Knowledge of a variety of art media, therapeutic modalities, and clinical interventions with the ability to integrate approaches based on individual client needs.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with clients, families, multidisciplinary treatment teams, schools, community providers, and other systems of care.
• Proficient in applicable technology and software systems, including electronic health records and Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication, organization, time management, clinical judgment, and ability to meet established deadlines.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently while functioning effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Physical exam, drug screen, motor vehicle report, and background checks are required for this position.
• Physical exam, drug screen, motor vehicle report, and background checks are required for this position.
• A valid Wisconsin Driver’s License Required.

Travel Requirements

• Regular travel in personal vehicles, including highway driving under varying traffic and weather conditions, is required based on program assignment and client needs with the ability to move intermittently throughout the workday.

• Have current, active auto insurance with liability limits at the Agency minimum coverage of $100,000/$300,000.
• An acceptable driver’s record per Agency policy
• Primary access to a safe, reliable automobile that can support at least 2 car seats.
• Travel to home visits, schools, courts/government buildings, health provider offices, etc.
• Out-of-state travel may be necessary in the course of your work.
• Attend on-site supervision, team meetings, mail pick-up, mandatory in-office days, and conduct on-site learning throughout the state.

Duties

Psychotherapy & Art Therapy Services

• Provides effective, strength-based, trauma-informed, evidence-based/evidence-supported clinical services to an assigned caseload in clients’ homes or at community-based locations.
• Maintains an active caseload and schedule consistent with established CCS productivity, service capacity, and access expectations.
• Provides individual, family, and group psychotherapy and art therapy as clinically indicated and supports clients in the least restrictive and most clinically appropriate environment.
• Provides art-based and verbal/talk-based therapeutic approaches as clinically appropriate.
• Demonstrates knowledge of a variety of art media, therapeutic modalities, and interventions and integrates approaches based on client strengths, needs, preferences, developmental level, diagnosis, treatment goals, and clinical presentation.
• Conducts clinical assessment and identifies client strengths, needs, risks, goals, and treatment priorities.
• Develops, implements, monitors, and updates individualized treatment plans in collaboration with clients and, as applicable, parents/caregivers, county personnel, school personnel, and other members of the treatment team.
• Monitors and demonstrates progress toward treatment goals and adjusts interventions when indicated.
• Provides psychoeducation to clients, families, and supports as clinically appropriate.

Assesses and responds appropriately to behavioral health crises, including crisis resolution, de-escalation, safety planning, and coordination with higher levels of care when indicated.

Client, Family & Caregiver Engagement

• Establishes collaborative therapeutic relationships with clients and families/caregivers.
• Promotes meaningful client and family involvement in assessment, treatment planning, service delivery, and discharge/transition planning.
• Provides consultation, psychoeducation, and support to parents/caregivers when clinically indicated.
• Identifies and addresses barriers that may interfere with engagement or successful participation in treatment.

Care Coordination, Consultation & Collaboration

• Provides individualized clinical recommendations to treatment team members, schools, community providers, and other collateral contacts as appropriate.
• Coordinates services across behavioral health, medical, educational, social service, and community systems as appropriate.
• Engages formal and natural supports to promote a coordinated and comprehensive system of care.
• Participates in multidisciplinary/team meetings as appropriate to client needs.

Documentation, Compliance & Clinical Quality

• Completes accurate, timely, clinically appropriate documentation in accordance with Agency policy, payer requirements, applicable regulations, professional standards, and best practices.
• Develops treatment plans utilizing strength-based, trauma-informed, person- and family-centered approaches.
• Maintains clinical records that support medical necessity, treatment provided, client response/progress, care coordination, and ongoing treatment needs.

Professional Practice & Program Development

• Maintains required professional licensure and art therapy credentialing and completes required continuing education and training.
• Participates in clinical supervision and consultation consistent with licensure, credentialing, and program requirements.
• Contributes clinical and art therapy expertise and peer support to the therapy team.
• Identifies service gaps, referral opportunities, and emerging client/community needs and communicates these to leadership.

Agency Engagement

• All employees will be evaluated on their demonstration of a consistent commitment to the Agency’s Seven Essential Ingredients and engagement in the strategic initiatives of the organization. This will be measured by their active participation in committees and workgroups, and by their communication and practice within their daily work and in the community.
• Participates in assigned meetings, events, training, and learning activities as required.
• Provides coverage and support within CCS when clinically appropriate and within the employee’s qualifications, credentialing, training, and scope of practice.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Position Details & Extras

• Full time.
• Moderate exposure to noise.
• Strong emotional resilience and stress-management skills to maintain performance and well-being.
• Ability to manage competing deadlines and shifting priorities with minimal supervision.
• Capacity to de-escalate tense situations and respond appropriately to individuals experiencing distress.

Organizational Information

At Wellpoint Care Network, we have seen exactly how trauma, poverty, systemic racism, social injustices, and other barriers create instability in all areas of life. The people in our care face education and health disparities, high unemployment rates, and unaffordable housing.

What’s worse, many have lost connections to resources, family, friends, and other support systems. We have seen the toll it has on a person’s physical, emotional, and financial well-being to try and successfully navigate complex systems that may have failed them in the past.

We believe there is a better way. So, we have anchored ourselves in our 170 years of caring for our neighbors through modernized human services.

Wellpoint Care Network provides a rich continuum of services, including:

• Child Welfare and Foster Care
• Support for youth who have aged out of care
• Care Coordination and Wraparound services
• Mental health therapy and supports such as our Clinic, Family Preservation, Caregiver Support, and Integrated Community Treatment
• Professional education and clinical consultation (for organizations, schools, and individual/family)

Wellpoint Care also works to promote a diverse and caregiving environment to ensure that those we serve and employ are valued, accepted, respected, and treated equitably.

• Equity means we work tirelessly toward fair and just treatment, systems, and policies. At Wellpoint Care Network, we believe that we are accountable – individually and collectivel