Attention Art Therapists: Mercy Corps is looking for experienced Art Therapists to help The Haiti Youth Program. The Haiti Youth Program uses training and social revitalization activities to promote healing and resiliency. The Mercy Corps Art Therapy project will use art therapy to support children and youth to recover from the trauma of disaster. The following is a very brief summary of the job. Please read the full job description for more information and details. You can also find more jobs here.
There are 3 anticipated 10-day trips to Haiti between November 2010 and August 2011. Consultants will support the following project objectives:
- To build the capacity and skill sets of up to 100 Haitian caregivers, educators, artists and youth workers to support the psychosocial needs of children and youth.
- To support adult mentors and youth workers’ ability to provide psychosocial support to 7,500 children and youth through community and school-based art therapy programming and the sponsorship of commemorative cultural events.
- To increase the number and range of educational, art therapy, and youth storytelling materials available to support caregivers.
For this particular project, Mercy Corps is looking for 3 U.S. experts in the field of Art Therapy, ideally with the following backgrounds:
- Art Therapy Generalist
- Narrative Therapist and Storyteller
- Photographer/Visual Art Therapist / Youth Media Expert
Read the full job description.
I have updates from Mercy Corp, so please email me with any questions. Or contact us at Art Therapy Without Borders at http://atwb.org. You can join our international art therapy disaster relief database and find out about more opportunities for art therapy around the world.
Best wishes, do good work, and let’s use art to wake up the world [© 2010 ATWB tag line]
I would like more info about theMercy Corps and the work it brings to disaster and needy groups. I am ATR BC LPC in NJ.