Art Therapist
Company: Akron Children's Hospital
Location: Akron
Posted on: March 17, 2026
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Job Description:
Full-time, 32 hours/week Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm (four 8 hour
shifts/week) Onsite Summary: Provides comprehensive art therapy
assessment and treatment interventions for patients, families, and
community served by Akron Children's. Responsibilities: 1. Plans,
develops, and implements comprehensive therapeutic art programming
for children, adolescents, young adults, families, and staff.
Facilitates group and individual art therapy sessions with
inpatient and outpatient populations in a variety of settings,
including home environment. 2. Responsible for assessing patients
and families to determine psycho-emotional and developmental needs
to facilitate goal focused art therapy-based interventions to
promote adaptive coping strategies. 3. Maintains accurate and
up-to-date charting related to patient participating in art therapy
sessions. 4. In collaboration with individual
divisions/departments, designs and implements art therapy
interventions for patients, learners, and staff. Oversees
activities of volunteers and interns during group art therapy
sessions. 5. Facilitates art therapy education for patients,
families, staff, and community. Collaborates with faculty at
affiliated institutions to provide comprehensive internship
opportunities for art-therapy students. 6. Participates in research
and professional collaboration, including participation in
multi-disciplinary teams, like Palliative Care, Behavioral Health,
Addiction Services, Burn Center, and Rehabilitation Services.
Actively participate in the development of evidence-based practice
for the field of art therapy and advocate for integration of
evidence-based art therapy interventions into patient treatment
plans. 7. Other duties as required. Other information: Technical
Expertise 1. Experience in working with children, adolescents, and
young adults in individual and group-based interventions is
required. 2. Experience with hospital-community collaboration is
preferred. 3. Ability to organize and prioritize multiple work
assignments and projects. 4. Experience working in electronic
charting software (e.g. EPIC) is preferred. 5. Strong
problem-solving, interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and
written) are required. 6. Research experience preferred. Education
and Experience 1. Education: Master's Degree in Art Therapy
required. 2. Certification: ATR-BC accreditation required Must be
certified or registered by theArt Therapy Credentials Boardor
another recognized state or national body. LPC credential preferred
but not required. 3. Licensure: A valid, active license to practice
as Licensed Professional Art Therapist in the state of Ohio is
required. 4. Years of relevant experience: 2 years 5. Years of
supervisory experience: None required but experience supervising
interns, students, and other practitioners is preferred. 6. Ability
to deal with confidential information and/or issues using
discretion and judgement. Full Time FTE: 0.800000 Status:
Onsite
Keywords: Akron Children's Hospital, Strongsville , Art Therapist, Healthcare , Akron, Ohio
