Job summary
We are seeking a highly skilled,
enthusiastic, and resilient Art Psychotherapist to join our team in order to
enhance the service on offer for people with high levels of complexity to
engage in psychological work that is available via our Complex Needs Service
(CNS). You will work with people with
personality difficulties, particularly those who have struggled to engage in
verbal focused interventions, as part of a Multi-disciplinary (MDT) team
approach.
Your role is one element in a
structured clinical management (SCM) treatment package and you will need to be
a team player with a strong work ethic. You will give and receive a high level
of individual and group supervision and training, attending weekly group
reflective practice, facilitated by an external psychotherapist. We
welcome enquires (recruiting manager details at the top right-hand side of the
advert) for informal discussion.
Main duties of the job
Working in a team comprising of psychologists, occupational therapist, social worker,
nurses, consultant medical psychotherapist, occupational therapy assistants,
peer support workers, you will be instrumental in the patients journey from
assessment to discharge. You will deliver trauma informed formulations and psychoeducation
alongside your specialist interventions including our extensive group programme.
Training is actively encouraged to support you in your role
including formal training and peer support/mentoring. We are particularly
interested in developing MBT as part of SCM treatment. MBT, DBT, ISTDP, Reflective Practice and
Compassion Focused Therapy are some of the trainings team members have engaged
in. Being a senior clinician within the team, you will also be invited to think
around the strategic planning for the development of the service. You will work
part time hours between Monday to Friday, during office hours excluding bank
holidays, working from community bases.
About us
We are community hospitals, neighbourhood teams and community health services across Worcestershire and the provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We work in partnership with other organisations to keep our community well at home for as long as possible.
We provide services for people of all ages, across a range of settings, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions.
We have an open and supportive culture, recognised by the CQC and other external regulators. We want you to thrive, offering you every opportunity to develop. We will support you; help you fulfil your ambitions with a varied and flexible training programme; and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We endeavour to offer an attractive work-life balance, with flexibility in our approach to help you get the most out of your career.
We provide our staff with direct access to a wealth of resources to support their wellbeing, from our Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, to wellbeing festivals or access to free online exercise classes.
At the core of our values, we are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights. We take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in delivering best patient care and the employment of our staff.
We would encourage you to visit the Trusts Recruitment Microsite, click the Employer Website link.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
- Behave consistently with and
promote the values and beliefs of the organisation
- Undertaking
structured interviews, psychosocial assessments and observations of individuals
and groups.
- Use initiative, being responsible and accountable for providing
specialist art therapy and psychological interventions, clinical and research
supervision and training to other health and care staff as agreed with the
service lead/manager.
- Work with managers and team leaders to develop services and improve
quality in consultation with the service lead.
- Participate in national and regional professional speciality meetings
and seminars as appropriate
- Evaluate referrals, undertake/contribute to the assessment, treatment,
and management of patients with psychological difficulties with a varying range
of complexity and aetiology with reference to clinical need and service
capacity.
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
- Behave consistently with and
promote the values and beliefs of the organisation
- Undertaking
structured interviews, psychosocial assessments and observations of individuals
and groups.
- Use initiative, being responsible and accountable for providing
specialist art therapy and psychological interventions, clinical and research
supervision and training to other health and care staff as agreed with the
service lead/manager.
- Work with managers and team leaders to develop services and improve
quality in consultation with the service lead.
- Participate in national and regional professional speciality meetings
and seminars as appropriate
- Evaluate referrals, undertake/contribute to the assessment, treatment,
and management of patients with psychological difficulties with a varying range
of complexity and aetiology with reference to clinical need and service
capacity.
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Work to BAAT professional guidelines
- Promote the role of art therapy within patient settings
- Own creative activity
- Ability to undertake all statutory and mandatory training as required, e.g. Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA)/Positive Behavioural Management (PBM)/Breakaway (subject to Occupational Health clearance)
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma or MA/MSc in Art Therapy/ Psychotherapy or equivalent
- State Registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Completed or in progress further specialist training/qualification beyond core Art Therapy registration requirements
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development (CPD) in conjunction with Trust and BAAT and HCPC policies
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the NHS and extensive experience of working with adults of older age with psychological disorders and mental health problems.
- Experience of maintaining working relationships and a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical aggression
- Experience of own personal therapy
- Experience in providing training and case presentations and workshops
- Ongoing experience in own Arts practice in line with HCPC
- standards
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to hold a specialist caseload requiring skills and knowledge gained from extensive experience and specialisation in a particular field of adults of working age and mental health.
- Knowledge and skills in assessing patients for art therapy and in assessing risk factors and contributing to diagnosis.
- Knowledge of audit/research design and appropriate approaches to gather practice- based research knowledge from routine service delivery.
- Knowledge of other treatment interventions, (e.g. medical, cognitive, systemic, behavioural and psychoanalytical) sufficient to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients.
- Knowledge and skills of specialist Art Therapy supervision for both Art Therapy supervisees and supervisees from other professions.
- Knowledge of new trends in art therapy through research and evidence-based practice.
- An understanding of current developments in the field of working age and mental health.
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice, clinical governance, research/audit.
- Knowledge of appropriate approaches to service review/development and evaluation
- Knowledge and skills to consider whole systems of service delivery including pathways and interfaces and implications of such for service development and delivery
- Knowledge and skill in using art therapy to facilitate the patients safe use of art media and equipment
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role modelling good behaviour.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Skills to work as independent clinicians involving analysis, interpretations of complex therapeutic situations and also to work as part of the multidisciplinary team.
- Skills in applying theory in practice with individuals and groups.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to enable communication with senior operational and clinical services.
- Ability to maintain effective communication when there are barriers to understanding and in circumstances where hostility, manipulation, conflict, and antagonism are present.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Ability to lead autonomously and to exercise initiative and judgement at both clinical and manager/service level.
- Ability to work with distress e.g. abuse, trauma etc.
- Emotional robustness to frequently work with the intense distress of others.
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload.
- Ability to provide effective clinical supervision to other art therapists, trainees and other colleagues, when appropriate.
- Ability to adapt to the physical environment when dedicated therapy space is not available, that is: move furniture, art media and equipment to set up a room (within health and safety parameters).
- Good administrative skills and basic computer literacy
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Work to BAAT professional guidelines
- Promote the role of art therapy within patient settings
- Own creative activity
- Ability to undertake all statutory and mandatory training as required, e.g. Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA)/Positive Behavioural Management (PBM)/Breakaway (subject to Occupational Health clearance)
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma or MA/MSc in Art Therapy/ Psychotherapy or equivalent
- State Registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Completed or in progress further specialist training/qualification beyond core Art Therapy registration requirements
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development (CPD) in conjunction with Trust and BAAT and HCPC policies
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the NHS and extensive experience of working with adults of older age with psychological disorders and mental health problems.
- Experience of maintaining working relationships and a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical aggression
- Experience of own personal therapy
- Experience in providing training and case presentations and workshops
- Ongoing experience in own Arts practice in line with HCPC
- standards
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to hold a specialist caseload requiring skills and knowledge gained from extensive experience and specialisation in a particular field of adults of working age and mental health.
- Knowledge and skills in assessing patients for art therapy and in assessing risk factors and contributing to diagnosis.
- Knowledge of audit/research design and appropriate approaches to gather practice- based research knowledge from routine service delivery.
- Knowledge of other treatment interventions, (e.g. medical, cognitive, systemic, behavioural and psychoanalytical) sufficient to engage appropriately with colleagues and their work with clients.
- Knowledge and skills of specialist Art Therapy supervision for both Art Therapy supervisees and supervisees from other professions.
- Knowledge of new trends in art therapy through research and evidence-based practice.
- An understanding of current developments in the field of working age and mental health.
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice, clinical governance, research/audit.
- Knowledge of appropriate approaches to service review/development and evaluation
- Knowledge and skills to consider whole systems of service delivery including pathways and interfaces and implications of such for service development and delivery
- Knowledge and skill in using art therapy to facilitate the patients safe use of art media and equipment
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role modelling good behaviour.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Skills to work as independent clinicians involving analysis, interpretations of complex therapeutic situations and also to work as part of the multidisciplinary team.
- Skills in applying theory in practice with individuals and groups.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to enable communication with senior operational and clinical services.
- Ability to maintain effective communication when there are barriers to understanding and in circumstances where hostility, manipulation, conflict, and antagonism are present.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Ability to lead autonomously and to exercise initiative and judgement at both clinical and manager/service level.
- Ability to work with distress e.g. abuse, trauma etc.
- Emotional robustness to frequently work with the intense distress of others.
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload.
- Ability to provide effective clinical supervision to other art therapists, trainees and other colleagues, when appropriate.
- Ability to adapt to the physical environment when dedicated therapy space is not available, that is: move furniture, art media and equipment to set up a room (within health and safety parameters).
- Good administrative skills and basic computer literacy
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).
