Assistant Program Director/Art Therapist 

Job Type:  Full time

ArtVan is a nonprofit, mobile art therapy organization founded in 2004.  Traveling in a brightly painted van, professional staff travel to neighborhoods with art supplies selected for specially-designed themes.  Meeting children, youth, and seniors where they are, weekly group art therapy sessions encourage well being and healing.  Service communities presently include Bath, Brunswick, Lewiston, Auburn, Freeport, Rumford, and Mexico.

Position Overview

The Assistant Program Director/Art Therapist works alongside the Program Director/Art Therapist  in designing, co-facilitating, and supporting all direct service programming, which includes networking with community partners.  Programs serve individuals with diverse issues including abandonment, abuse, trauma, isolation, neglect, poor boundaries, undiagnosed and diagnosed mental health concerns and disabilities.  This position also participates in grant and report writing, and the collection of stories, photos, and video to share across social media channels.  Program hours vary during the week and season, including some evenings and weekends.  Collaboration with all staff is essential.

This position reports to the Program Director/Art Therapist and collaborates closely with other staff. 

Program Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Program Director to plan art therapy sessions for a diverse range of participants
• Co-facilitate art therapy sessions in a nonclinical setting with diverse populations
• Build relationships with participants, helping them set personal goals and express themselves through art-making
• Manage ArtVan storage area with other staff members on an ongoing basis
• Network with nonprofits, schools and businesses to support new Community Partner Programs
• Maintain and share photographic and written documentation of session highlights 
• Research and source art materials as sustainably as possible

Development & Communications Responsibilities

• Assist Executive Director and Program Director/Art Therapist in research for grants, drafting proposal narratives, editing, and stories to be used in grant applications and reports
• Create program-related written, photographic and videographic content for website, newsletters, and social media channels for sharing with Communication and Events Coordinator
• Assist in fundraising and community outreach events as needed

Professional Development

• Attend trainings and workshops supportive of ArtVan programming and professional development; obtaining and/or maintaining professional registration in arts-based therapeutic modality via appropriate credentialing association (i.e., IEATA, AATA)

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Art Therapy 
• Commitment to mission driven work
• Work in a team environment
• Experience working with youth and children in a group setting
• Commitment to art as a transformative approach to well being
• Flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances
• Ability to drive a 15-person van
• Willingness to work nights and weekends as needed

Compensation & Benefits

• Full time position
• Annual Salary:  $50,000
• Supervision for ATCB credentialing
• Health Insurance
• 11 paid holidays
• Generous paid vacation time
• Participation in retirement program (MERIT)