Job summary
To plan, provide and develop Dramatherapy sessions for inpatients with a range of diagnosis. This includes systematic assessment, evaluation and treatment in individual and group Dramatherapy work.
To undertake clinical supervision for allocated staff, trainees or honoraries
To participate in the Trust's Arts Psychotherapies research strategy and audit
Main duties of the job
1. To plan, deliver and develop a specialist Dramatherapy provision for acute patients with a wide range of diagnosis and presentations.
2. To deliver individual and group Dramatherapy sessions for patients using evidence-based approaches
3. To contribute specialist knowledge from your assessment and treatment to the overall care plan for each patient through written summaries and contribution to inpatient clinical meetings (team handover, ward rounds, formulation meetings).
4. To work as an integrated team member of the multidisciplinary team, respecting others' ways of working and having these others in mind when providing Art Psychotherapy.
5. To use your clinical skills to contribute to the overall treatment goals for patients beyond arts psychotherapy treatment where necessary and if appropriate and needed by the team, e.g. facilitation of reflective practice groups, participation in formulation meetings and complex case forums, joint assessments etc
6. To contribute to the development of the Arts Psychotherapies service within the Trust by facilitating placements and offering clinical supervision to students and other clinical team members
7. To contribute to the Trust's research strategy for the arts psychotherapies.
8. To be able to do all of the above autonomously, referring when necessary to line management or clinical supervision.
About us
CNWL is one of the largest NHS employers in the UK of Arts Psychotherapists, working in a vast range of services and has an increasing trainee placement programme continually broadening the reach of the profession.
In joining CNWL you'll have access to first class national and international Arts psychotherapy CPD training through our International Centre for Arts Psychotherapy (ICAPT); as well as through our strong links with Brunel University, supporting and developing their international PHD and Masters course in Art Psychotherapy training.
CNWL Arts Psychotherapies is linked nationally with research programmes and has strong QI support; and keen to expand the knowledge and evidence base of the Arts Psychotherapies.
We are committed to supporting our staff to achieve their potential, whilst also ensuring they are also putting their health and wellbeing as a priority. We have a vast range of support networks and benefits to offer all staff working for us.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To use analytic judgement and sound interpretative insight for the assessment of clients for their suitability for individual or group Dramatherapy sessions where there may be highly complex presentations and situations.
2. To adapt your clinical practice to suit particular challenges of the environment without comprising therapeutic goals.
3. To use sound judgement and interpretative skills to work with patients to understand their verbal and non-verbal communications
4. To enable the Dramatherapy to act as a vehicle of expression for patients who may not be able to successfully communicate in any other way
5. To assess risk and adopt appropriate measures to maintain a safe and therapeutically sensitive environment for all when faced with challenging behaviour, for example verbal abuse, deliberate self-harm, violence, aggression or threatening behaviour. To contribute to the overall inpatient team risk assessment.
6. To continually review a patients emotional stability, use of therapy and ability to work with others in a constructive way, taking into account risk factors, complexity of presentation, patients need and service priorities.
7. To work constructively and flexibly with people from different cultural, social and religious backgrounds, being particularly alert to special vulnerabilities e.g. refugee status, war-related trauma etc.
8. To manage time limited therapy which may include abrupt endings
9. To refer on to other appropriate community services after assessment or on discharge
10. To maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times and to maintain proper boundaries
11. To integrate students into appropriate clinical situations whilst giving a level of support to ensure the safety of and benefit to both students and patients.
12. To seek out help of seniors or more experienced arts therapists in this field to enhance your clinical practice, possibly from sources within and outside the Trust, and to promulgate this knowledge through the arts psychotherapies network within the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To use analytic judgement and sound interpretative insight for the assessment of clients for their suitability for individual or group Dramatherapy sessions where there may be highly complex presentations and situations.
2. To adapt your clinical practice to suit particular challenges of the environment without comprising therapeutic goals.
3. To use sound judgement and interpretative skills to work with patients to understand their verbal and non-verbal communications
4. To enable the Dramatherapy to act as a vehicle of expression for patients who may not be able to successfully communicate in any other way
5. To assess risk and adopt appropriate measures to maintain a safe and therapeutically sensitive environment for all when faced with challenging behaviour, for example verbal abuse, deliberate self-harm, violence, aggression or threatening behaviour. To contribute to the overall inpatient team risk assessment.
6. To continually review a patients emotional stability, use of therapy and ability to work with others in a constructive way, taking into account risk factors, complexity of presentation, patients need and service priorities.
7. To work constructively and flexibly with people from different cultural, social and religious backgrounds, being particularly alert to special vulnerabilities e.g. refugee status, war-related trauma etc.
8. To manage time limited therapy which may include abrupt endings
9. To refer on to other appropriate community services after assessment or on discharge
10. To maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times and to maintain proper boundaries
11. To integrate students into appropriate clinical situations whilst giving a level of support to ensure the safety of and benefit to both students and patients.
12. To seek out help of seniors or more experienced arts therapists in this field to enhance your clinical practice, possibly from sources within and outside the Trust, and to promulgate this knowledge through the arts psychotherapies network within the Trust.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of autonomous working with Personality Disorder and Psychosis both in groups and individually.
- Experience of Community Arts Psychotherapies experience
- Experience of working with people with disturbed and challenging behaviour
- Experience of supervising arts therapists/psychotherapists and of liaison with the university training courses, in own speciality and other specialist areas.
- Evidence of participation in research (can be as part of MA/MSc/MMT training).
Desirable
- Other related academic qualifications e.g. psychoanalytic psychotherapy, or Group analytic training.
- Experience of negotiating space/therapeutic boundaries in a difficult context
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registration
- Honours degree in Drama or equivalent performing/work experience
- MA/MSc (or equivalent) in Dramatherapy
Desirable
- Other related academic qualifications e.g. psychoanalytic psychotherapy, or Group analytic training
- Clinical supervision training
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of and skills in assessing clients for arts therapy/psychotherapy and/or other treatment interventions
- Knowledge of and Skills in assessing risks and contributing to diagnosis.
- Ability to work with people with complex needs i.e. unstable/suicidal patients, including those with personality disorder or a mixed diagnoses,
- High standard of verbal communication skills including the ability to provide concise, clear and relevant feedback to a ward round/team meeting
- Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person
Desirable
- Experience of working with multi- disciplinary teams
- Commitment to and enthusiasm for further training opportunities and CPD
Attitudes, Aptitudes, Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Ability to work with trauma and contain emotional impact through clinical supervision and team support systems
- Ability to be aware of risk and be able to work face to face with acutely unwell patients without other staff nearby.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability understand and process complex institutional dynamics
Desirable
- Ability to learn from experience
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of autonomous working with Personality Disorder and Psychosis both in groups and individually.
- Experience of Community Arts Psychotherapies experience
- Experience of working with people with disturbed and challenging behaviour
- Experience of supervising arts therapists/psychotherapists and of liaison with the university training courses, in own speciality and other specialist areas.
- Evidence of participation in research (can be as part of MA/MSc/MMT training).
Desirable
- Other related academic qualifications e.g. psychoanalytic psychotherapy, or Group analytic training.
- Experience of negotiating space/therapeutic boundaries in a difficult context
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registration
- Honours degree in Drama or equivalent performing/work experience
- MA/MSc (or equivalent) in Dramatherapy
Desirable
- Other related academic qualifications e.g. psychoanalytic psychotherapy, or Group analytic training
- Clinical supervision training
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of and skills in assessing clients for arts therapy/psychotherapy and/or other treatment interventions
- Knowledge of and Skills in assessing risks and contributing to diagnosis.
- Ability to work with people with complex needs i.e. unstable/suicidal patients, including those with personality disorder or a mixed diagnoses,
- High standard of verbal communication skills including the ability to provide concise, clear and relevant feedback to a ward round/team meeting
- Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person
Desirable
- Experience of working with multi- disciplinary teams
- Commitment to and enthusiasm for further training opportunities and CPD
Attitudes, Aptitudes, Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Ability to work with trauma and contain emotional impact through clinical supervision and team support systems
- Ability to be aware of risk and be able to work face to face with acutely unwell patients without other staff nearby.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability understand and process complex institutional dynamics
Desirable
- Ability to learn from experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
