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The Mather, a luxury Life Plan Community in Tysons, Virginia, is seeking a compassionate and creative Creative Arts Manager who d elivers creative arts and art therapy services to support the psychosocial wellness needs of the community, including robust Independent Living creative arts programming, Creating My Possibilities creative strengths-based dementia care, and creative support for resident and community needs across the continuum. Supports wellbeing via creative arts and arts therapy interventions addressing autonomy, achievement, and affiliation within individuals and the community system. Supports Culture of Creativity within Life Center, ensuring that “residents are creators, not just consumers of culture – participants in the human experience, not just recipients of care.” This full-time, salaried, on-site role that requires schedule flexibility, including availability for weekends, evenings, and special events. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Facilitates creative arts programs across the continuum , utilizing person-centered, strengths-based counseling techniques and high-quality interactions with diverse materials and media. Fosters creative engagement through multi-modal approach incorporating open studio model, storytelling, inquiry-based art-viewing, creative writing, improv, music, movement, and intergenerational experiences. Facilitates Mather signature creative arts portfolio in Independent Living. Identifies teaching artists/other creative modalities as independent contractors across the continuum. Collaborates with Engagement Manager on non-visual modalities in Independent Living including supporting music/improv/creative writing/dance engagement. Maintains safe and inviting art studios, programs, and exhibition spaces , maintains work areas and amenity spaces in line with Mather standards for presentation and safety. Maintains cleanliness, supplies, and welcoming atmosphere of community art studio, independent artist studio, and gallery spaces. Supports therapeutic environment in Life Center. Oversees Life Center art therapy/music therapy/storylab program delivery, including documentation protocols, clinical processes, and program development . Oversees creative arts therapies referrals, assessments, care plans, progress notes, consent forms, policies, and individual/group creative arts therapy design. Manages, trains, and performance reviews art therapy, music therapy, and counseling team members to address key areas of focus including physical and cognitive impairments, legacy/end-of-life care, life transitions, support of resident mental health. Fosters high levels of resident engagement : via programs that inspire genuine curiosity and peer inspiration, encourage community discourse, highlight resident experience and creativity, and inspire the socioemotional safety needed for residents to try new things and connect authentically. Facilitates opportunities for intergenerational and civic engagement. Supports family and employee connection with residents. Provides clinical supervision for graduate counseling interns. Maintains relationships with art therapy/counseling graduate program partners to maintain internship program. Participates in community Creating My Possibilities (CMP) Champions Team and Implements CMP programs : Co-leads CMP workshops for employees, residents, and families, oversees delivery of CMP signature programs in memory support settings and in any venue in which residents living with dementia may seek engagement. Supports creative engagement and psychoeducation for residents/caregivers/family members impacted by dementia across the continuum. Supports Culture of Creativity in Life Center via collaboration with engagement team and support of program development. Provides therapeutic input, modeling of therapeutic techniques, and strategic program co-design to Life Center engagement team to support best practices for group and 1:1 engagement