Art Therapist

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Surrey is seeking an Arts Therapist for their Learning Disabilities Health Services. The role involves overseeing the arts therapy service and delivering quality assessments and interventions. Candidates must have experience in arts therapy and clinical supervision. The position offers benefits such as flexible working and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working

Free parking

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in arts therapy relevant to learning disabilities.
• Clinical supervision experience.
• Ability to deliver high-quality assessments and interventions.

Responsibilities

• Support leadership of arts therapy provision across the division.
• Deliver high-quality art therapy assessments.
• Administer and run the art therapy service for the learning disability division.

Job description

Job Overview

This role will be responsible for supporting the leadership of the arts therapy provision across the division, by ensuring relevant clinical supervision is provided to staff, standards of service provision are set, monitored and maintained and that people, who use the service, and their carers, are involved in the service in the way they wish to be. This role will deliver high quality art therapy assessments, interventions and consultation within specialised services.

The job will be within our Learning Disabilities Health Services and provision evenly split across the East and West CTPLD’s. The postholder will be expected to work flexibly within all the learning disabilities health services, as need arises.

To administer and run the art therapy service for the learning diability division, as part of a team of trust Arts Therapists. This post covers East and West Surrey and North East Hampshire. The post will be evenly split across the East and West Community Leaning Disability Teams.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

We look forward to receiving your application!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amanda Lapping Job title: Lead Arts Therapist Learning Disability Division Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07796276483