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About Us
Club Toucan is a high-end creativity club offering a warm, beautiful, and inspiring space where creativity and community meet. We welcome children and adults looking to learn new skills, explore their creativity, and connect with others.
About the Role
We are looking for a talented, personable, and self-motivated instructor to join our team. We are currently prioritizing candidates with strong sewing skills, particularly pattern construction, quilting, and alterations.
This is more than a teaching position. We're looking for someone who can confidently lead classes, workshops, and birthday parties (including sewing-related activities), while helping ensure the studio runs smoothly.
The ideal candidate is dependable, organized, and proactive - someone who takes ownership of their responsibilities, anticipates what needs to be done, and doesn't need constant direction.
Responsibilities
- Lead small-group classes, workshops, one-on-one lessons, and birthday parties for children and adults.
- Provide clear, engaging instruction tailored to different ages and skill levels.
- Prepare materials, organize workstations, and independently manage activities from setup through cleanup.
- Create a welcoming, positive, and supportive experience for every guest.
- Maintain sewing machines, tools, equipment, and supplies.
- Keep the studio clean, organized, and guest-ready.
- Multitask, troubleshoot, and proactively address operational needs without waiting to be asked.
- Support general club operations and special events as needed.
Qualifications
- Strong sewing skills, ideally including pattern construction, garment sewing, quilting, and/or alterations.
- Experience teaching, mentoring, or working with children and/or adults.
- Confidence leading groups and managing activities independently.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and multitasking skills.
- A proactive, resourceful, and dependable approach to work.
- A warm, patient, and engaging personality.
Experience in additional disciplines such as knitting, crochet, embroidery, felting, Cricut, painting, drawing, or other arts and crafts is a plus.
Schedule
Part-time position. We are especially interested in candidates with availability:
- Weekday evenings, until approximately 8 PM.
- Saturdays and/or Sundays.
- Occasional special events and birthday parties.
Evening and weekend availability is particularly important.
Professional Expectations
Club Toucan is a thoughtfully designed, elevated creative environment. Staff are expected to maintain a neat, professional appearance and follow our dress code (collared shirt or appropriate dress with an employer-provided apron).
Above all, we want someone who:
- Leads with kindness and makes people feel welcome.
- Takes initiative and follows through without constant supervision.
- Is confident taking charge of a class or event.
- Notices what needs attention and takes action.
- Enjoys working with people and sharing their creative skills.
If you're creative, capable, dependable, and love helping others discover the joy of making things, we'd love to meet you!
Pay: $15.00 - $30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Work Location: In person
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in creative arts therapist jobs.
- Master's degree in art therapy, music therapy, drama therapy, or a closely related clinical field
- Board certification such as ATR-BC, MT-BC, or equivalent recognized credential
- Active state licensure as a creative arts therapist or licensed professional counselor where required
- Experience conducting individual and group therapy sessions with diverse clinical populations
- Proficiency in writing treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge summaries in an electronic health record
- Ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams including psychiatrists, social workers, and occupational therapists
Tips for Your Creative Arts Therapist Job Search
Lead your resume with licensure credentials
List your ATR-BC, MT-BC, or state licensure in the header, right below your name. Many hiring managers filter resumes before reading further, so credentials buried at the bottom often get missed in initial screening.
Tailor your clinical population for each listing
Psychiatric inpatient units, pediatric oncology wards, and adult rehabilitation programs each expect different clinical framing. Rewrite your summary section to mirror the population named in the job description so your fit is immediately obvious.
Build a session-documentation portfolio sample
Employers in hospital and school settings increasingly ask candidates to demonstrate competency in progress notes and treatment planning. Bring two anonymized session notes to interviews that show SOAP or DAP formatting alongside a brief treatment goal.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists creative arts therapist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Ask interview questions about supervision structure
Creative arts therapists often work under a licensed clinical social worker or psychologist for billing purposes. Asking how clinical supervision is structured signals professional maturity and helps you assess whether the setting supports your licensure pathway.
Negotiate continuing education benefits explicitly
Many employers omit CEU reimbursement from their standard offer letters even when it is available. During negotiation, ask specifically about funding for national conferences and credentialing renewal fees, since those costs recur every few years and add up.
Creative Arts Therapist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most creative arts therapists?
The most active employers for creative arts therapists right now are NYC Health + Hospitals, Riveredge Hospital, and MJHS, and the most openings are in New York, Pennsylvania, and California, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand tends to concentrate in large health systems, residential treatment facilities, and school districts with integrated behavioral health programs.
How many creative arts therapist jobs are remote?
About 30% of creative arts therapist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the hands-on nature of most clinical roles. Telehealth-based positions are more common in outpatient counseling, consultation, and program coordination tracks than in inpatient or school-based settings where in-person session delivery is required.
How do you become a creative arts therapist?
You earn a master's degree in your chosen modality, complete the supervised clinical internship hours required by your credentialing body, then pass the national board examination for your discipline. Many states also require a separate state license, so you apply for that credential once you meet the post-degree supervised practice hours. Maintaining certification requires ongoing continuing education.
Can you get hired as a creative arts therapist with little or no experience?
Entry-level positions do exist, particularly in community mental health centers and nonprofit residential programs that value recent graduates. Strengthening your candidacy without extensive post-degree experience means documenting your internship populations in detail, obtaining your board eligibility letter immediately after graduation, and applying to roles that explicitly note they will consider candidates working toward full certification.
What does the creative arts therapist interview process look like?
Most employers conduct a phone or video screen focused on your clinical population experience, followed by an in-person interview with a hiring supervisor and sometimes a multidisciplinary panel. Some settings ask you to deliver a brief mock session or walk through a treatment plan you have developed. References from clinical supervisors carry significant weight at the final stage.
Where can I find and apply to creative arts therapist jobs?
You can find and apply to creative arts therapist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your modality, population focus, and location, then apply directly to each listing from the page.
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