Expressive Therapy Supervisor

Title: Expressive Therapy Supervisor

State Role Title: Therapist II

Hiring Range: $70,000 - $81,338

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Northern VA Mental Health Inst

Agency Website: https://dbhds.virginia.gov/facilities/nvmhi/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

• Supervises/monitors all employees within span of authority in a professional manner in accordance with policy.
• Maintains performance files with proper documentation on all supervised staff.
• Addresses performance issues as they occur and commend staff in a timely manner
• Completes assigned performance evaluation by established deadlines and within standards identified by Human Resources.
• Assures that new staff complete pre-service orientation and current staff complete annual re-training.
• Assures that staffs are trained on all areas of their assigned duties; and
• Acts as role model in all areas of performance.
• Meets all requirements of the performance planning and evaluation system.
• Leads development of departmental mission, goals and programming.
• Maintains effective ET programs.
• Implements departmental performance improvement (PI) initiatives.
• Establishes ET policies and procedures.
• Manages resources and budget for ET programs.
• Provides supervision to department members.
• Supports department members’ on-going development through attendance at training and educational opportunities.
• Manages intern program to support positive learning experiences for students and the development of supervisory skills for department members.
• Meets with the Director of PSR to develop and improve his/her own professional skills.
• Provides 1:1 and group interventions to individuals.
• Participates in treatment team activities as needed.
• Evaluates individuals following established procedures.
• Documents on individuals following established procedures.
• Provides treatment team coverage as needed
• Participates in PSR activities.
• Educates hospital staff about ET services.
• Participates in hospital wide committees or workgroups.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in an expressive therapy modality or a master’s degree in a related field plus graduate coursework and supervised field experience in expressive therapy required.
• Demonstrated experience providing expressive therapy services to individuals with mental illness in a clinical setting required, including evaluating progress, establishing treatment interventions, and assessing the effectiveness of those interventions.
• For Art Therapists: Registered Art Therapist (ATR) required.
• For Dance/Movement Therapists: Registration as a Dance/Movement Therapist (R-DMT) required.
• For Music Therapists: Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) required.
• Knowledge of the principles, techniques and methods used in Expressive Therapy.
• Knowledge of the principles and methods of basic statistics.
• Ability to evaluate and report progress of individuals served.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other employees and guide ET staff, students and volunteers.
• Ability to plan and administer facility wide ET services in coordination with other treatment programs.
• Knowledge of management techniques.

Additional Considerations

• Graduate degree in an expressive therapy modality (Art, Music, or Dance/Movement) preferred.
• For Art Therapists: Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) preferred.
• For Dance/Movement Therapists: Board Certification as a Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT) preferred.
• Previous experience with Trauma Informed Practices strongly preferred.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Tina Bielonwu

Phone: (703) 323-2809

Email: tina.bielonwu@dbhds.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.