The Red Pencil is looking for certified art therapists who would like to join The Red Pencil’s mission of providing an online Arts-based Capacity Building Training intervention for teachers of schools located in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
The objectives of the Arts-based Capacity Building Training programme are:
• To equip the teachers with knowledge of mental health and trauma care through the use of creative arts therapy tools and techniques which can be used to support their students (children).
• To equip the caregivers with self-care and coping skills through creative arts therapy.
• To equip the caregivers with self-care and coping skills through creative arts therapy.
Estimated start date: May 2022
Estimated end date: December 2022
AT sessions remunerated (40h)
The Arts Therapist will:
• finalise the Training programme with the help of the supervisor
• give weekly online sessions (10x3h) to a group of 10-15 teachers
• give online support (5x2h) to teachers during practice of Art-based tools in their classes
• attend to the supervision meetings
• participate in the evaluation of the mission
The Arts Therapist must be:
• able to speak English
• experienced in working in a multicultural setting
Please send your CV and letter of interest in English to welcome@redpencil.org with the subject line: “2022-CO-IT Application Arts Therapist". Applications will be received on a rolling basis.