We’re Hiring: Full Time Art Therapist

Location: Brantford, ON Hours: Full Time – 37.5 hours per week

Start Date: As soon as possible (Vacant Position)

Apply by: September 2nd, 2026

Email Applications to: [email protected]

About SOAR Community Services

At SOAR, we believe in lifting communities through compassionate, inclusive, and innovative care. Serving the communities of Brantford, Brant, Haldimand, and Norfolk since 1968, we are accredited in Children and Youth Mental Health, Community Mental Health and Addictions Services and Youth Justice Services through the Canadian Centre for Accreditation. Our departments include Employment, Justice, Mental Health and Addictions, and Housing. Join a team that’s committed to making a difference – every day.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Full Time Art Therapist. This role is a vital part of our Addictions and Mental Health program, supporting individuals with addictions and mental health issues through a strengths-based approach. You are part of a team-oriented team that supports clients by providing individual and group Art Therapy sessions as part of the clients’ individualized support plans. You work across various programs in the department, including outpatient counselling, withdrawal management and residential treatment, and crisis services. You work closely with other clinicians and counsellors to provide clinical therapeutic interventions and collaborate with partners to support client recovery.

What You’ll Do

- Respond to client needs by providing individual and/or group art therapy
- Collaborate with the Addictions and Mental Health Primary Clinician and the client to incorporate goals specific to Art Therapy within strength-based support plans




- Create and facilitate art-based activities to staff to increase knowledge of art therapy
- Provide art-based activities at community events to promote Agency and treatment modality

What You’ll Bring

- Have graduated from an Art Therapy Program recognized by the Ontario Association of Art Therapy
- Provide proof of current registration in good standing with a governing body such as the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSW/SSW), etc.
- Have a minimum of two years’ combined student placement and/or paid experience in providing Art Therapy clinically or in a group setting
- Be proficient in MS Office and be familiar with databases
- Have access to reliable transportation
- Be able to manage frequent exposure to vicarious trauma

Why Join SOAR?

- Salary: Starting at $27.07 per hour.
- Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and travel insurance, with options fully paid for Full Time staff.
- Time off: 3 weeks’ vacation, 60 hours of personal leave, and 15 hours of wellness time (pro-rated first year).
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) for staff and their families.
- RSP/TFSA matching for eligible staff.
- A supportive, values-driven workplace that prioritizes your well-being.

Ready to Make an Impact?

We’re looking for someone passionate about empowering client voices,



connection in community care and inclusion in action! If that’s you, we want to hear from you.

Our Commitment to Job Seekers

SOAR Community Services is committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wyandot, the Haudenosaunee, and some of the Ojibwa Nation. The territory is mutually covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this community, on this territory. We also acknowledge that the settler population has been able to benefit from this beautiful land. We are all treaty members and will strive to act in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and center their voices. SOAR Community Services is committed to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging within our workplace and across the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals with lived and living experience and from members of equity-deserving groups, including Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, and persons with disabilities. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

If you require accommodations as part of the hiring process, please let us know so that we may arrange for their provision.

Personal information submitted will only be used for the purposes of the competition in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Full Time – 37.5 hours per week

📌 Full-Time Art Therapist - Addictions & Mental Health (Brantford)
🏢 Soar Community Services
📍 Brantford