Art Psychotherapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in London is seeking an Art Therapist to work within the Blossom Team in Bexley CAMHS. You will assess children and young people with complex needs, contribute to treatment plans, and provide 1:1 and group art therapy as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The role includes triage calls, safety planning, and supervision for colleagues, with CPD commitment. You will maintain patient records, write care plans, and engage with carers and professionals to support

Job description

To work as part of Blossom Team in Bexley CAMHS. Team members also provide consultation, advice and support to professionals and carers involved with the young people. To assess clients with complex needs for suitability for individual and group Art therapy. To facilitate a treatment program which is flexible and sensitive to the needs of the clients group and involve clients in 1:1 and Group work, using a variety of art materials in a therapeutic and creative way. To work as part of a multidisciplinary team in planning, implementing and evaluating treatment, providing assessment and treatment for clients referred to the service and evaluate care. To work as part of the CAMHS duty rota undertaking triage calls, telephone risk assessments and safety planning. To act as a care co-ordinator for approximately half of the postholder's caseload. To undertake CAMHS initial assessments assessing the mental health needs of children and young people with a wide range of presentations and make recommendations regarding suitability for CAMHS and appropriate evidence-based treatment pathways. To provide specialist advice and clinical supervision for other professionals, colleagues or trainees as needed. The post holder will show proof of commitment to continuing professional development. Main duties of the job To work independently, contributing to the continued design and development of the specialist clinical Art therapy service for clients within Bexley CAMHS. To liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team around treatment outcomes, referrals and formulation to ensure the service meets client needs while working within professional boundaries and HPC ethics and code of conduct. Tomaintain own patient records, write care plans and reports to make recommendations and provide feedback on patients' treatment. To be able to access and disseminate up to date research and information in support of clinical work.

To have excellent written and oral communication skills, maintain electronic records, support data collection and be computer literate in line with trust standards. The post holder will be able to work closely, in a sensitive and thoughtful way with disturbing and traumatic emotional material on a continuing daily basis with clients with learning disabilities and mental health issues. The work may involve working therapeutically with people with challenging behaviours displaying verbal and physical aggression and clients who may be resistive to change.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care