Saint Luke’s Crittenton Children’s Center in South Kansas City, MO is seeking a well-rounded, passionate, responsible, and reliable Expressive Therapist to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team of therapists
The Work:
The Expressive Therapist will implement trauma-informed and therapeutic activities to enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of our children receiving residential and hospital services.
8-hour shifts (9 am – 5:30 pm) Occasional need to be flexible (could potentially need to work a weekend shift or evening hours)
This position is responsible for creating and implementing therapeutic modalities that are consistent with the treatment needs of children and adolescents.
This position will serve clients in individual and group settings.
Will collaborate with the multi-disciplinary treatment team throughout all programs.
Completes assessments, documents behavior and progress in EPIC (electronic medical record).
Must be flexible with co-leading various therapy groups and activities (music, recreation & social events)
Establishes therapeutic relationships with clients to facilitate the treatment process while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
Must have a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two (2) years of experience.
Must have knowledge of specific age-appropriate mental health care needs of children and adolescent patients.
Must have the ability to intervene effectively in crisis situations.
Must have valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
Applicable Experience:
Less than 1 yearBasic Life Support RQI - Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI), Cert Therapeutic Rec Specialist - National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification, Driver's License - Class E - Various, Mandt/CPI APS - Healthstream - HealthstreamBachelor's DegreeFull TimeDay (United States of America)
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About Saint Luke’s
Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health System as a faith-based, nonprofit, aligned health system committed to providing the highest levels of excellence in compassionate health care and health-related services. Saint Luke’s cares for patients in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the elite hospitals in the nation. For more than 140 years, Saint Luke’s has been dedicated to enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the diverse communities we serve.
Saint Luke’s offers:
- The region’s longest continuously operating adult heart transplant program and one of the nation’s leading cardiovascular programs at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- Treatment for complex brain and spinal cord diseases and one of the nation’s leading stroke reversal programs at the nationally ranked Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
- The region’s only treatment center dedicated exclusively to treating metastatic breast cancer—the Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute
- Saint Luke’s Convenient and Urgent Care clinics for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries
- Liver and kidney transplantation programs
- A comprehensive maternal-fetal diagnostic and treatment center
- Three Neonatal Intensive Care Units, including a Level IIIb NICU at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, the only comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital of its kind in the region
- A nationally recognized children's behavioral health center, Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton Children’s Center
