Creative Therapist

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking to recruit a Creative Therapist (music, drama) to work within a 14-bedded low secure inpatient unit for adolescents, which is part of the Specialist Services directorate of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. The post (0.4 wte) provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a comprehensive and high-quality service for young people aged 12-18 years experiencing a range of complex presenting problems.

Austen House sits alongside well-established medium secure and general adolescent units at Bluebird and Leigh House, respectively. The role may involve flexible working across sites to provide a creative therapies service that is offered within the unit or on an outreach basis, according to clinical need.

The post offers close multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working within a team comprising of Psychology, Family Therapy, Creative/Art Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Social Work, Education and Nursing. The role will involve the use of specialist assessment and intervention skills to provide a creative therapies service to young people and their caregivers. In addition to the delivery of individual and group therapeutic work, the role will involve the promotion of a psychologically-informed environment employing attachment theory and developmental perspectives.

The post is graded at Band 7 but welcome newly qualified therapists with a view to starting at band 6, subsequently achieving band 7 following review.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic creative therapist to work within a 14-bedded low secure inpatient unit for adolescents, which is part of the Specialist Services directorate of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. This post provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a comprehensive and high-quality service for young people aged 12-18 years experiencing a range of complex presenting problems. Austen House sits alongside well-established medium secure and general adolescent units at Bluebird and Leigh House, respectively. The role may involve flexible working across sites to provide a creative therapies service that is offered within the unit or on an outreach basis, according to clinical need.

This post offers close multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working within a team comprising of Psychology, Family Therapy, Creative Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Social Work and Nursing. The role will involve the use of specialist assessment and intervention skills to provide a creative therapies service to young people and their caregivers. In addition to the delivery of individual and group therapeutic work, the role will involve the promotion of a psychologically-informed environment. There will also be opportunities to consult and promote models of care informed by a recovery-based ethos, as well as attachment theory and developmental perspectives.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Date posted

17 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

348-SS-I-891A

Job locations

Austen House

Tatchbury Mount, Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2TA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MA/MSc or equivalent in Drama Therapy or Music Therapy.
Met conditions of full membership Professional Association (British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT), British Association of Drama therapists (BADth).
Post-holder must be HCPC registered.

Desirable

Post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of practice.
Membership of a relevant professional association.

Experience

Essential

Post-qualification and supervised clinical experience with young people with complex presentations, including risk to self and others, and their families.
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Desirable

Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
Experience of the application of creative therapies in different cultural contexts.
Experience of delivering group programmes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MA/MSc or equivalent in Drama Therapy or Music Therapy.
Met conditions of full membership Professional Association (British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT), British Association of Drama therapists (BADth).
Post-holder must be HCPC registered.

Desirable

Post-graduate training in one or more additional specialised areas of practice.
Membership of a relevant professional association.

Experience

Essential

Post-qualification and supervised clinical experience with young people with complex presentations, including risk to self and others, and their families.
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Desirable

Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
Experience of the application of creative therapies in different cultural contexts.
Experience of delivering group programmes.

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.