Arts Coordinator
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Job Location:
Minneapolis, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Childrens Minnesota
Childrens Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924 Childrens Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals nine primary care clinics multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts in our region Childrens Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top childrens hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit .
Childrens Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy care delivery and promoting diversity equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.
Department Overview
Position Summary
The Coordinator is responsible for developing implementing and sustaining a comprehensive arts program that supports the emotional developmental and psychosocial needs of pediatric patients and families. This role integrates visual arts performing arts and creative expression into the hospital environment to promote healing reduce stress and enhance the overall patient experience. The Coordinator provides a critical role in serving as a collaborative partner to the Child and Family Services team internal partners and external partners.
Education:
*Bachelors degree in Art Therapy Fine Arts Child Development or related field required; and applicable credential in field of study preferred
*LCAT MT-BC CCLS ATR ATBC or related fields
Experience:
*Minimum 2 years experience in a pediatric hospital or arts programming with youth
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
*Excellent interpersonal skills
*Strong planning and organizational skills
*Proactive problem-solving
*Professionalism and ability to network on behalf of the department and the work
*Able to work independently and delegate responsibility as appropriate
*Able to plan initiate adapt and implement independently
*Ability to develop and coordinate evaluation and reporting
*Strong written and verbal skills
Physical Demands
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The posted salary represents a market competitive range based on salary survey benchmark data for similar roles in the local or national market. When determining individual pay rates we carefully consider a wide range of factors including but not limited to market indicators for the specific role the skills education training credentials and experience of the candidate internal equity and organizational needs.
In addition to your salary this position may be eligible for medical dental vision retirement and other fringe benefits. Positions that require night weekend or on-call work may be eligible for shift differentials or premium pay.
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment drug screen background investigation and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.
Childrens Minnesota is proud to be an equal opportunity employer whose staff is representative of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color creed sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.
Childrens Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924 Childrens Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals nine primary care clinics multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts in our region Childrens Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top childrens hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit .
Childrens Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy care delivery and promoting diversity equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.
Department Overview
The Child Life group promotes the continuous development of children to optimize their responses to medical care to minimize psychological stress and trauma and to increase understanding and coping with illness and health care experiences. Child Life provides children with opportunities for gaining a sense of mastery for play for learning for self-expression for family involvement and for peer interaction. As members of the health care team child life staff advocate for children and families in ambulatory and inpatient settings. They serve as resources to all staff and to the community on issues related to child development and child health experiences.
Position Summary
The Coordinator is responsible for developing implementing and sustaining a comprehensive arts program that supports the emotional developmental and psychosocial needs of pediatric patients and families. This role integrates visual arts performing arts and creative expression into the hospital environment to promote healing reduce stress and enhance the overall patient experience. The Coordinator provides a critical role in serving as a collaborative partner to the Child and Family Services team internal partners and external partners.
Education:
*Bachelors degree in Art Therapy Fine Arts Child Development or related field required; and applicable credential in field of study preferred
*LCAT MT-BC CCLS ATR ATBC or related fields
Experience:
*Minimum 2 years experience in a pediatric hospital or arts programming with youth
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
*Excellent interpersonal skills
*Strong planning and organizational skills
*Proactive problem-solving
*Professionalism and ability to network on behalf of the department and the work
*Able to work independently and delegate responsibility as appropriate
*Able to plan initiate adapt and implement independently
*Ability to develop and coordinate evaluation and reporting
*Strong written and verbal skills
Physical Demands
Please click here to view the Physical Demands
The posted salary represents a market competitive range based on salary survey benchmark data for similar roles in the local or national market. When determining individual pay rates we carefully consider a wide range of factors including but not limited to market indicators for the specific role the skills education training credentials and experience of the candidate internal equity and organizational needs.
In addition to your salary this position may be eligible for medical dental vision retirement and other fringe benefits. Positions that require night weekend or on-call work may be eligible for shift differentials or premium pay.
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment drug screen background investigation and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.
Childrens Minnesota is proud to be an equal opportunity employer whose staff is representative of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color creed sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Classroom Management
- Behavior Management
- Classroom Experience
- Lesson Planning
- Special Education
- Conflict Management
- Teaching
- Creative Arts
- Digital Art
- Experience with Children
- Word Processing
