Art Therapist (Art)

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in the UK seeks an HCPC registered Allied Health professional to provide and develop specialist Arts Therapy, managing junior staff and working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team. Applicants should have relevant qualifications and experience in Arts Therapy, particularly with patients exhibiting challenging behaviors. The role involves planning therapies, evaluating effectiveness, and providing training in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience as an Arts Therapist working with this client group.
• Experience with service users exhibiting challenging behaviors.
• Experience in clinical supervision of a trainee Arts Therapist.

Responsibilities

• Plan and develop patient-centered Arts Therapies.
• Evaluate work using service user reported experience.
• Manage and supervise allocated staff and trainees.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Developed interpersonal skills

Ability to adapt specialist skills

Education

Degree in relevant area

MA in Arts Therapies modality

HCPC registration for relevant therapists

Membership of Arts Therapies professional Body

Clinical Supervision Training

Job description

As an HCPC registered Allied Health professional, reporting to the Lead Arts therapist in your directorate, you will develop and provide specialist Arts Therapy individually and in groups using your own arts therapy modality (Art) and line manage and clinically supervise junior members of staff.

As part of the ELFT Trust wide Arts Therapies you will work as an integrated and collaborative team member upholding the Trust values, 'We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive' and maintaining a holistic approach to promote effective functioning of the team and patient-centered care of service users.

As part of improving population health, improving access to therapies, preventative engagement and meeting service user needs, this post will be embedded across our Acute Services wards, including our High Dependency Unit and our long-stay and rehabilitation wards. You will not only deliver trauma informed specialist arts therapy but also support Psychology, OT and the wider MDT with co- produced and collaborative work.

Main duties of the job

• To plan, provide and develop specialist patient-centered Arts Therapies including assessment, treatment and evaluation of individual and group work using own Arts Therapies modality.
• Evaluate work on an ongoing basis with an emphasis on using appropriate service user reported experience and outcome measures to measure and demonstrate effectiveness.
• Manage and supervise allocated staff, including trainees
• Regularly undertake Quality Improvement, Research and Audit
• Provide a range of teaching and training to multi-professional staff, service users and carers as required
• Take a designated role in local service leadership and development
• Maintain registration with HCPC and relevant professional bodies (eg BAAT)
• Maintain own self-care and ability to practice.

About us

East London Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers nationally of Art, Music Drama and Dance Movement Psychotherapists covering City and Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets , Bedford and Luton and Forensic Directorates both inpatient and wider community services. We are one of the largest providers of arts therapies placements with a commitment to provide bespoke CPD opportunities and training for our arts therapists, opportunities for research and development and partnerships with community arts, the voluntary sector and other NHS Trusts

Job responsibilities

For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

• Degree in relevant area
• MA ( or equivalent) in post title Arts Therapies modality
• For Art Therapist/Psychotherapist, Music Therapist and Dramatherapist : registration with HCPC
• For Dance Movement Psychotherapists registration with UKCP
• Membership of Arts Therapies professional Body
• Clinical Supervision Training
• Further training in an area of psychological practice relevant to the post's clinical area

Experience

• Post qualification experience as an Arts Therapist working with this client group in both group and individual work.
• Working with service users with challenging and/or unpredictable behavior.
• Clinical supervision of a trainee Arts Therapist
• Assessing Service Users and making recommendations to a Multi-disciplinary team
• Providing Arts Therapy teaching/training to a variety of audiences.
• Working as an Arts Therapist in a Multi-Disciplinary team
• Providing Arts therapies as part of research or clinical trial

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained.
• Ability to adapt and use a range of specialist skills in skills in individual and group based arts therapies assessments and interventions

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.