Creative/Expressive Arts Specialist pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000589
- Class code
- 32000589
- Pay group
- MH05
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Creative/Expressive Arts Specialist is $37,558 to $56,336 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000589.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/2018.
What the state says the job is
Work in this class involves providing rehabilitative/habilitative services in an institution to clients (patients or residents) who have mental, social, physical, and/or emotional disabilities through the use of creative/expressive arts. The mediums which may be used include art, music, drama, or dance. Complexity in this class reflects knowledge required for these specialized mediums. The programs are generally geared toward socialization and the improvement of self-concept. Employees write progress notes and provide input into treatment team planning. Some employees may have responsibilities for facility-wide services such as music in which emphasis is on planning, coordinating, and scheduling within constraints of unit programming. Employees may also be involved in group and individual supportive counseling.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of the population served and of the medium area as required for the particular job. Considerable knowledge of fundamental principles, techniques, and methods of the creative/expressive arts field as it relates to the rehabilitative/habilitative process. Considerable knowledge of behavior management techniques. Ability to plan and conduct a program of leisure/therapeutic activities rehabilitative specific to the population served. Ability to evaluate and document progress and present to the treatment team. Ability to coordinate and instruct support staff in carrying out methods and techniques utilized in the creative/expressive arts field. Ability to establish rapport and re ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a human services field from an appropriately accredited institution and a demonstrated knowledge of the medium being utilized; or a bachelor's degree in creative/expressive arts area (art, drama, music, dance) from an appropriately accredited institution; or Associate's degree in a human service field which includes a practicum or internship in a similar setting from an appropriately accredited institution with a demonstrated knowledge of the medium being utilized and two years of experience with a similar population; or High school or General Educational Development diploma and four years of experience in conducting programs with similar populations including a demonstr ...
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.