Drama Therapist

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT); Hitchin; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a qualified dramatherapist to work with adults with complex psychological needs in a community setting based in Hitchin. The role involves managing a caseload, delivering individual and/or group dramatherapy, and contributing to the Arts Therapies Team.

The post supports CPD, supervision, and service development within an established arts therapies service and is flexible for 3.5 days (potentially 3 days).

Qualifications

• Qualified dramatherapist with registration or eligibility to practice in the NHS.
• Experience working with adults with complex psychological needs.
• Experience of working within the NHS is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of adults requiring dramatherapy, individually or in groups.
• Be an integral part of the Arts Therapies Team, contributing to service development and governance.
• Possibly provide clinical supervision or trainee placements where appropriate.

Skills

Caseload management

Team collaboration

NHS experience

Education

Dramatherapy qualification

Job description

This role is for a dramatherapist working with adults, with complex psychological needs within the community. This post is within a long established Arts Therapies Department and community team based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, and is an integral part of the wider adult community mental health team.

We are seeking a highly motivated drama therapist to join this well- established department administratively and clinically based in Hitchin. This post is open to experienced, qualified, dramatherapists with specialist experience in the clinical area of complex psychological needs including Schizophrenia and Psychosis. Experience of working within the NHS would also be welcomed.

The post holder will hold an active caseload offering both individual and/or group dramatherapy. This post is well supported in terms of space, equipment, CPD opportunities, managerial, clinical and peer supervision as well as being a part of the trust wide arts therapies service.

Post is for 3.5 days but would consider 3 days

This post is part of the services provided by Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

The Main Duties Of This Post Are

• responsibility for a caseload, offering both individual and/or group dramatherapy
• being an integral member of the Arts Therapies Team, assisting with allocations, service development, governance issues, communication and liaison with the MDT.
• Band 7 responsibility will include when appropriate and possible: provision of clinical supervision and offering trainee placements.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top mental health trusts according to the Care Quality Commission.

Our Family Of Over 4,000 Members Of Staff Provide Health And Social Care For People With Mental Ill Health, Physical Ill Health And Learning Disabilities Across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex And Norfolk, Delivering These Services Within The Community And Several Inpatient Settings. Everything Is Underpinned By Choice, Independence And Equality, With Our Trust Values Embedded Throughout

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gerald Maiello Job title: Principal Dramatherapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07979933540

Informal telephone calls or site visits are welcome.