Arts Therapist (Music, Art, Drama, Dance Movement)

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Clapham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Clapham is seeking an Arts Therapist to develop and provide therapeutic interventions in community settings. The role includes supervising trainees and evaluating therapeutic effectiveness while contributing to service development. Candidates should have a background in arts therapies and be willing to drive as required. This position offers strong support for professional growth within a committed team.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing arts therapy interventions.
• Ability to evaluate therapy effectiveness using service user feedback.
• Requirement to manage and supervise staff including trainees.

Responsibilities

• Plan and develop arts therapies interventions.
• Evaluate therapeutic work using outcome measures.
• Manage and supervise allocated staff.

Skills

Arts Therapies modalities

Supervision

Quality Improvement

Research and Audit

Teaching and Training

Job description

To provide arts therapy work across community based adult learning disabilities & community recovery services. The team works across community and recovery college settings with a variety of treatment interventions and co‑produced courses. The post-holder will have opportunities to supervise trainees and to manage other members of the team.

Responsibilities

• To plan, provide and develop specialist Arts Therapies interventions including assessment, treatment and evaluation of individual and group work using own Arts Therapies modality (Art, Music, Drama or Dance Movement).
• 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.
• Participate in MDT governance and service development meetings.
• 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.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

At East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) we are committed to supporting the development of arts therapies to increase the choice and access service users have to evidence‑based psychological therapies. Over 50 arts therapists work across the trust in a wide range of services and each year we provide over 30 arts therapies trainees with clinical placements through a centralised programme.

ELFT provides mental health services across Bedfordshire and Luton (B & L). This post offers an excellent opportunity to join a skilled arts therapies team that work across community‑based adult learning disabilities and adult mental health recovery college services. The post-holder will have opportunities to support trainees and to manage other members of the team.

The team is based at Twinwoods Clinical Resource Centre, Bedford, MK41 6AT. The successful post holder will have excellent on‑going support including regular managerial, clinical, and professional supervision along with CPD to support career development.

Being a car driver is essential.