Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Band 4 Studio Assistant - Sandalwood Court, Swindon

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Job summary

Band 4 Studio Assistant (Swindon Psychological Therapies Service, Sandalwood Court, Swindon) (26.25 : 0.7 wte) - Fixed term- 11 months

Adults of Working Age & Later Life, Swindon Local Delivery Unit (LDU)

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Are you passionate about the role of art and music as therapeutic media? Are you keen to support individuals to access art and music psychotherapy as part of their recovery journey?

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual, to work alongside our qualified Art and Music Psychotherapists, to provide art and music psychotherapy for individuals with severe and enduring mental health difficulties and dementia. The role will involve working with adults of working age and later life service users, in both in-patient and community settings. You would be working at both Sandalwood Court and the Victoria Centre.

This is a job share with our existing Studio Assistant.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with our qualified Art and Music Psychotherapists, supporting them in the delivery of group and individual interventions across the age range. The role will include practical tasks such as ensuring that our therapy rooms are kept tidy and ordering materials, and clinical tasks including assisting with the running of groups and completion of clinical record keeping after sessions.

You will also liaise with staff from other disciplines working in in-patient settings, including Occupational Therapists and Practitioner Psychologists.

The Swindon PTS team has a strong emphasis on promoting staff wellbeing, including a bi-monthly reflective practice. As a team, we believe that staff need to be well supported in order to provide excellent, compassionate care to service users.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Date posted

02 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share

Reference number

342-SWN088-0824

Job locations

Sandalwood Court

Swindon

SN3 4WF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the job roles and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the job roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

An arts qualification or able to demonstrate active engagement in own arts medium.
Able to work as a member of a team and able to work using own initiative with minimal contact from qualified staff.
Will have an understanding of mental health disorders/problems, needs and issues.
Will have good observation skills and listening skills.
Will have a good communication and interpersonal skills to enable working with challenging behaviour and complex mental health issues.
Must be able to communicate confidently and effectively with other Arts Psychotherapists, other members of Swindon PTS and members of the MDT.
Able to communicate with service users who are experiencing psychosis, emotionally distressed, or angry and hostile, with empathy, understanding and professionalism.
Have an understanding of Arts Psychotherapy process and techniques.
Able to work in emotionally demanding environment with service users who can present with challenging behaviour.
Good organisational, administrative and IT skills.

Desirable

Foundation qualification in an arts psychotherapy - Music, Drama, Dance & Movement, Art.
Experience of working in an arts psychotherapies environment
Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems.

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

An arts qualification or able to demonstrate active engagement in own arts medium.
Able to work as a member of a team and able to work using own initiative with minimal contact from qualified staff.
Will have an understanding of mental health disorders/problems, needs and issues.
Will have good observation skills and listening skills.
Will have a good communication and interpersonal skills to enable working with challenging behaviour and complex mental health issues.
Must be able to communicate confidently and effectively with other Arts Psychotherapists, other members of Swindon PTS and members of the MDT.
Able to communicate with service users who are experiencing psychosis, emotionally distressed, or angry and hostile, with empathy, understanding and professionalism.
Have an understanding of Arts Psychotherapy process and techniques.
Able to work in emotionally demanding environment with service users who can present with challenging behaviour.
Good organisational, administrative and IT skills.

Desirable

Foundation qualification in an arts psychotherapy - Music, Drama, Dance & Movement, Art.
Experience of working in an arts psychotherapies environment
Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Sandalwood Court

Swindon

SN3 4WF

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Sandalwood Court

Swindon

SN3 4WF

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)