Art Therapist *5,000 Sign-On Bonus Available!

Job Description

Job Description

Art Therapist (Full-Time)

Full Time

St. Louis, MO, US

*This position is offering a $5,000 sign on bonus, paid in three increments across six months of successful employment!

Join Us to Build Healing and Hope Together!

As leaders in children’s mental health and wellness, St. Louis Children’s and KVC Health Systems Youth Mental Health Care have partnered to create one of the nation’s most innovative and transformative youth mental health and wellness campuses. The partnership includes a 77-bed acute care hospital and outpatient programs. Located on the KVC Missouri Children’s Mental Wellness Campus conveniently located in Webster Groves, Missouri, the peaceful environment and broad continuum of care allow children and families to access the appropriate level of treatment throughout their healing experience. The new campus is slated to open in late 2026. Learn more at stlouischildrenskvc.org. Join us and be a part of this journey of healing and hope for thousands of children and teens.  

Job Summary

The Art Therapist will implement trauma-informed and therapeutic activities within the creative process of art making to enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of the children and youth receiving residential services. Therapist will collaborate as an active member of the treatment team.

Minimum Requirements:

Education:  A Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Art Therapy, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work, or Psychology, with supervised post-graduate art therapy experience.

Licensure/Certification: Art Therapist - Registered (ATR) or Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) required, Valid driver’s license and auto insurance 

Experience: Supervised post-graduate art therapy experience. Requires intermediate computer skills in typing/keyboarding, Microsoft Word and Excel programs as well as Outlook email.  

Preferred Experience/Skills: Six months to one year experience. Preference given to experience providing art therapy to youth receiving mental health services.

Key Responsibilities

• Functions as a member of the Treatment Team   

• Requires comprehensive knowledge of youth’s history, plan of care and discharge plan  

• Maintains timely and accurate documentation  

• Works with clients both individually and in groups  

• Schedules and conducts therapeutic art activities  

• Provide timely fiscally responsible supply requests  

• Promotes community integration of clients  

• Responsible for the storage and tracking of art supplies and equipment  

• Writes clinical reports from an artistic perspective  

• Consults with staff on art therapy issues to increase quality and efficiency of treatment services

• Maintains art therapy credentials  

• Maintains compliance with state, federal, and TJC guidelines  

Additional duties may be assigned based on organizational needs and staff qualifications.

Physical & Work Environment
This role involves a mix of standing, walking, and occasional lifting, along with regular use of office equipment. You’ll work in a professional office setting with moderate noise levels and occasional exposure to outdoor conditions.

If you’re ready to take ownership of a critical role that keeps operations running smoothly while making a meaningful impact on people’s lives, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits & More

Employee benefits and culture fall under the KVC Health Systems umbrella. KVC is a family of private, nonprofit organizations that strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help people achieve mental health wellness. Through our broad continuum of care, we are proud to be a national leader in mental health, child welfare, and health and human services transformation. 

At KVC, we offer a positive, supportive workplace where each person can do work they love. In fact, we’re so proud of our culture that we see it as our top competitive advantage in the health and human services field. Based on the voice of our employees, KVC has an incredible 86 Work Wellbeing score on Indeed, a rating so high and rare that it places KVC among the top 1% of employers nationally. KVC was also named #15 on Glassdoor’s Best-Led Companies 2025 list, a recognition achieved entirely based on anonymous employee reviews. In addition to being mission-driven, we offer employees an unparalleled level of flexibility, wellbeing, learning, inclusion, recognition, and rewards