Job summary
- Main area
- Arts Therapies
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: Band 8a
- Hours
- Part time - 22 hours per week (Successful applicant must be able to work on a Monday and a Tuesday. Other preferred day is either Thursday or Friday. This post is located in two locations: Colchester (2 days) and Clacton (1 day))
- Job ref
- 367-LD&F-8493
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lexden Hospital, London Road, Colchester, CO3 4DB
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 17/09/2024
Employer heading
Clinical Lead Specialist Art Therapist
Band 8a
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
This part time role (0.6 WTE) is for a Principal Art Psychotherapist working with adults with a learning disability in the community. This post is within a long established Arts Therapies Department based in Colchester, Essex which is an integral part of the wider learning disability team. The post holder will hold an active caseload as well as taking a lead on professional issues in relation to art psychotherapy in conjunction with the Head of Arts Therapies. This post is well supported in terms of space, equipment, CPD opportunities, managerial, clinical and peer supervision as well as being a part of the trust wide arts therapies services.
Main duties of the job
The main duties and responsibilities of this post are:
responsibility for a caseload, offering both individual and group art psychotherapy in two different community locations. This may include in patient work where appropriate.
providing professional leadership regarding art psychotherapy, working alongside the Head of Arts Therapies
providing clinical supervision when requested and appropriate
being an integral member of the Arts Therapies Team, assisting with allocations, service development, governance issues, communication and liaison with the MDT and IDT teams.
Working for our organisation
The successful applicant will join an enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated arts therapies team consisting of a Head of Arts Therapies (music therapist), 1 other music therapist, 2 art psychotherapists (3 including this post) and 1 dramatherapist. Our main base is in Colchester, Essex where we have access to two dedicated arts therapies rooms and an office space. Each member of the team works on a Monday when we hold regular peer supervision sessions, team meetings, allocations meetings, other therapy related meetings and discussions as well supportive conversations around the 'kettle'. The Team offers trainee placements when circumstances allow as well as opportunities for professional development. In addition to the department being professionally and operationally managed by the Head of Arts Therapies, we also benefit from having a Learning Disability AHP lead as well as a Trust AHP lead and good working relationships with the other arts therapies across the different Trust Services. The successful applicant will join a Team that holds and demonstrates the overall Trust values of 'welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional' everyday and in all that they do for the Service Users referred to the Department.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY: Working as an autonomous clinical specialist within a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), the Post Holder (PH) will have expertise in providing psychotherapeutically informed assessment and intervention to Service Users who have learning disabilities, history of trauma, behaviours of concern and/or dual diagnosis (i.e. Mental Health and Learning Disability), and who may be detained under the Mental Health Act. To provide professional leadership to other art psychotherapists in the Essex Learning Disability Partnership (North Essex) and clinical supervision within the arts therapies Trust wide when requested and appropriate.
KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To plan, assess, implement and evaluate individual and group art psychotherapy for adults with learning disabilities and/or dual diagnosis referred to the Service within the geographical area of the Trust, including when necessary in-patient services.
- To provide physical safety and confidentiality conducive to effective art psychotherapy practice.
- To practice highly specialist assessment and treatment skills, with an emphasis on creativity, adaptability and psychotherapeutic understanding from clinical training and practice.
- To act as principal Art Psychotherapist for the Arts Therapies Department, Essex. Providing information and recommendations on clinical and professional issues relating to Art Therapy.
- To develop Art Psychotherapy within the Arts Therapies Service, and the Learning Disabilities & Forensics Division in conjunction with the HOD.
- To maintain professional standards at all times and to abide by the Code of Ethics as set out by the Health & Care Professionals Council.
- To receive Clinical Supervision in accordance with Professional Code of Practice. To provide clinical and placement supervision to MA Art Therapy students who are on placement with LD & Forensics, North Essex, Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation Trust.
- To plan and provide Arts Therapies Department seminars and workshops to the MDT within the Service.
- To communicate and develop an effective working relationship with the Area Management Team (AMT) Manager and Team Leader, as appropriate.
- To be responsible for completing, implementing and adhering to risk assessments relating to Art Therapy practice.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience
Essential criteria
- • Good honours degree in art or related subject
- • State Registered Art Therapist/Psychotherapist (HCPC)
- • MA or equivalent in Art Therapy.
- • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development in a specialist area.
- • A high level of clinical skill backed by experience of clinical work with individuals and groups, of which at least 2 years should have been with adults with learning disabilities in an NHS setting.
- • Experience of supervising MA Art Therapy students. and Experience of supervising qualified art psychotherapists.
- • Proven experience of working at a strategic level within an organization and can demonstrate a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.
- • Application of advanced knowledge in art therapy assessment and evaluation.
Desirable criteria
- • Other related academic and specialist training/qualifications.
- • Member of British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT).
- • Experience of presenting own clinical work via seminar, paper, peer-reviewed journal.
- • Experience of in-patient setting.
- • Art Therapy experience of other client groups within an NHS setting
- • Knowledge and experience of research methodology and as a research practitioner.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Wendy Ruck
- Job title
- Professional Head of Arts Therapies
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07747 559881
- Additional information
Informal conversations and site visits are welcome.
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