Therapeutic Mentor Position & artLAB facilitator

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FULL TIME: 40 hours a week 
APPLICATION OPENS: August 2023

PROJECTED START DATE: August 2023

Please e-mail your cover letter, references and resume to:  
Cécile Rêve, LMHC-EAT at artrelief.jointheteam@gmail.com

• ARTrelief™ offers an array of outpatient mental health services, expressive arts services, as well as wellness programs for individuals of all ages, and is now expanding to offer Therapeutic Mentoring. See below for more information on this position:
 

• Candidate must be creative and have experience with visual art and art material.

 

• Candidate must have dependable mode of transportation and have the flexibility to work Monday through Saturday to accommodate our clients’ family needs. 

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• Candidate must adhere to our mission and be well organized, with integrity, excellent communication skills, and the ability to self-manage.

• Candidate must be able to commit to the position for a minimum of 2 years.

• Due to our multicultural population, candidates speaking a second language will be prioritized (Spanish, and ASL in particular).

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artLAB Facilitator Responsibilities: facilitate/co-facilitate therapeutic expressive arts groups and milieu for people all ages, maintain and organize community spaces, collaborate with a team of artLAB facilitators and volunteers, report to artLAB coordinator and program director.

 

Therapeutic Mentor Job Responsibilities (www.mass.gov/masshealth)

“Therapeutic Mentoring Services are provided to youth with masshealth (under the age of 21) in any setting where the youth resides, such as the home (including foster homes and therapeutic foster homes), and in other community settings such as school, child care centers, respite settings, and other culturally and linguistically appropriate community settings.
Therapeutic Mentoring offers structured, one-to-one, strength-based support services between a therapeutic mentor and a youth for the purpose of addressing daily living, social, and communication needs.
 

Therapeutic Mentoring services include supporting, coaching, and training the youth in age-appropriate behaviors, interpersonal communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution, and relating appropriately to other children and adolescents, as well as adults, in recreational and social activities pursuant to a behavioral health treatment plan developed by an outpatient, or In-Home Therapy provider in concert with the family, and youth whenever possible, or Individual Care Plan (ICP) for youth with ICC.

These services help to ensure the youth’s success in navigating various social contexts, learning new skills and making functional progress, while the Therapeutic Mentor offers supervision of these interactions and engages the youth in discussions about strategies for effective handling of peer interactions.

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Therapeutic Mentoring services must be necessary to achieve a goal(s) established in an existing behavioral health treatment plan for outpatient or In-home Therapy or in an ICP for youth in ICC, and progress toward meeting the identified goal(s) must be documented and reported regularly to the youth’s current treater(s). Services are designed to support age-appropriate social functioning or ameliorate deficits in the youth’s age-appropriate social functioning.”

Key role

The Therapeutic Mentoring provider engages the youth in activities in the community. These activities meet one or more of the following purposes:
• Provision of anticipatory guidance
• Teaching of alternative strategies
• Role playing
• Behavioral rehearsal
• Skill acquisition in the community
• Practicing skills in the community
• Exposure to social situations in which age-appropriate skills can be practiced
• Enhancing conflict resolution skills
Developing communication skills

Therapeutic Mentoring interventions are designed to address one or more goals on a youth’s existing outpatient or In-home Therapy treatment plan (for youth not in ICC) and are provided while engaging the youth in the following types of activities:
• Social activities
• Recreational activities
• Athletic activities
• Artistic or creative activities
Educational or vocational activities
Activities of daily living based in the community (e.g., taking public transportation, applying for a job, etc.)

Minimum Qualifications for Therapeutic Mentors include:
 

• 21 years of age or older; and

• bachelor’s degree in a human service field from an accredited university and one year experience working with children/adolescents/transition age youth;

• associate’s degree in a human services field from an accredited school and one year of experience working with the target population; or

• High school diploma or GED and a minimum of two years of experience working with children/adolescents/transition age youth

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Benefits:

 

• Competitive compensation based on qualifications and experience

• Flexible hours whenever possible

• 12 Paid Holidays (full time only)

• Accrued Paid Time Off

• Health Insurance reimbursement

• 401K and contributions

• Health and dental care reimbursement

• Weekly individual and group supervision

• Yoga class and emphasis on self-care

• Creative work environment where service and initiative are encouraged and rewarded

• Creative spaces with a lot of supplies

• Inclusion in a unique team of creative professionals

• Experience in a social enterprise with a unique mission and collaborative approach

• Experience bringing unique and inclusive expressive arts therapy, mental health and community services to a diverse community

• Opportunity for growth

• Training opportunities (free or partially reimbursed)