Job summary
We are looking to recruit an Arts Therapist to work as part of Psychological Services. This post provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to the care of multiple service users with a range of complex presenting problems. We work to a recovery-based ethos, putting the individual service user at the centre of all we do. This role will require working across different teams and will require an experienced therapist to manage the different pressures and ensure the best care for each setting.
You will be working as part of a dynamic, supportive, skilled and psychologically minded MDT. The role involves delivery of individual and group therapeutic work, will involve the promotion of a trauma-informed environment and will carry outward level service development and research. You will be embedded within a friendly and welcoming Parklands Acute Psychology Team. The Trust also has a strong AHP Therapy team that meet regularly to support each other and develop the services further.
We believe our staff are our most valuable asset; and excellent, well trained and motivated staff will help us deliver this transformation, creating a culture of compassion, collaboration and continuous improvement.
Main duties of the job
Clinical:
a.To provide specialist and generic assessments of referred clients using a range of assessment methods, as appropriate.
b.To formulate, devise and evaluate treatment and management plans for a highly complex client group and to provide Creative therapy, using a range of individual and group interventions appropriate to the service.
c.To provide specialist advice, guidance and consultation to other NHS professionals and to external agencies. To assist in the formulation and treatment of clients with complex and changing needs.
d.To participate in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team meetings.
e.To provide reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation, treatment plans and needs of the client.
f.To liaise with other multi-disciplinary professionals regarding patient care.
g.The post-holder will be required to understand and manage potential verbal abuse and occasional physical aggression.
h.To work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the Trust's policies and procedures.
i.The post-holder will also utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development within the service.
j.To take responsibility for ensuring that rooms and equipment used for Creative therapy are kept in good order and in accordance with health, safety and security standards.
k.To recommend, maintain, order and allocate equipment for use in the service, as appropriate.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MA/MSc or equivalent in Drama Therapy, Music Therapy or Art Psychotherapy.
- Met conditions of full membership Professional Association (British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT), British Association of Drama therapists (BADth), British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT).
- 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
- Wide clinical experience with those with complex presentations, including risk to self and others, and their families.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of leading projects and service developments.
- Knowledge of Creative therapy, drawing on a variety of approaches and/or models, as appropriate to the needs of patients, carers and families presenting with multi-complex difficulties. Ability to use this knowledge and skill with a highly complex client group.
- Knowledge of problems faced by those with mental health problems and their families.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of mental health assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis, as practiced within the clinical field of adult mental health.
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary and multi-agency setting.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of Creative therapy in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of delivering group programmes.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MA/MSc or equivalent in Drama Therapy, Music Therapy or Art Psychotherapy.
- Met conditions of full membership Professional Association (British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT), British Association of Drama therapists (BADth), British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT).
- 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
- Wide clinical experience with those with complex presentations, including risk to self and others, and their families.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of leading projects and service developments.
- Knowledge of Creative therapy, drawing on a variety of approaches and/or models, as appropriate to the needs of patients, carers and families presenting with multi-complex difficulties. Ability to use this knowledge and skill with a highly complex client group.
- Knowledge of problems faced by those with mental health problems and their families.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of mental health assessment, intervention and management.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and data analysis, as practiced within the clinical field of adult mental health.
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary and multi-agency setting.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of Creative therapy in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of delivering group programmes.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
