Art Therapist - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

NHS Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A large healthcare provider in Glasgow is looking for a committed professional to join their Specialist Children’s Services team. This role focuses on addressing health and wellbeing needs of children and young people through high quality support, assessment, and interventions. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and a strong background in mental health. The position offers opportunities for career progression and is rooted in a team-oriented and caring environment.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Experience in providing person centered and outcome based care.
• Knowledge of integrated care processes.
• Strong background in mental health or children and young people preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality support and interventions for children and families.
• Work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Deliver trauma-informed care and develop art therapy programs.

Skills

Knowledge of mental health care

Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams

Excellent communication skills

Experience with children and young people

Education

Professional qualification and registration

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non‑clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

This is a fixed‑term post of 12 months. The shift pattern is 9am - 5pm.

Working within Specialist Children’s Services in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, which encompasses Community Paediatrics, CAMHS & Acute Paediatrics, you will be committed to addressing the health and wellbeing needs of children, young people and their families.

You will work in multi‑disciplinary teams whose aim is to provide high quality support, assessment and interventions in line with evidence based practice and national policies/ agendas. You will have knowledge and experience of working in teams where care is coordinated and you will fully understand the impact of integrated care and services. You will be professionally registered and have relevant experience in planning and providing person centred and outcome based care.

A strong culture of support, development, CPD, reflective practice and supervision exists to maximise our patient’s experience, safety and outcomes and your career progression. We are ambitious in our visioning for the future and are clear about the need to further develop integrated services that ensure that children, young people and families receive the right support, at the right time and in a way that best meets their needs. As such, you will be required to be person centred and innovative in your thinking and practice, with excellent ability to communicate effectively and compassionately with children, young people, their families, health and partner agencies.

Now is a great time to come and work in Specialist Children’s Services. Our staff are at the heart of everything we do. We value and support career development with good opportunities for career progression. Tier 4 CAMHS are part of Specialist Children’s Services, providing mental health services in the community and through the Regional and National Inpatient Units. Working in Tier 4 CAMHS offers the opportunity to be involved with a diverse service user population. We are committed to providing person centred care, trauma informed care and compassionate care in order to help young people on the road to recovery. Our team aims to offer compassionate care centred in kindness and with the aim of supporting young people and their families through their mental health journey. We would welcome applicants who reflect those values.

A background in mental health or children and young people is preferable but all experience will be considered and professional qualification and registration is required.

This is an exciting opportunity to further art therapy within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and in particular inpatient care.

Informal contact: Iain McGoldrick – [e-mail], 0141 277 7475

Suzanne McCrea – [e-mail]

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process:

This post may close early to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible.

Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we will not be able to provide shortlisting feedback.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.

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