Lead Art Psychotherapist

Temple B'nai Abraham; Treorchy; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare service provider is recruiting a Lead Art Psychotherapist to join their Inpatient Rehabilitation Services in Treorchy. The role involves providing specialist assessments and treatments to adults with psychological and emotional disorders, working closely with a multidisciplinary team. Applicants should have Masters level training in Art Psychotherapy, HCPC registration, and experience in a mental health setting. Welsh language skills are desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with adults in a mental health setting.
• Experience of group facilitation.
• Knowledge of a range of Art Psychotherapy interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide Specialist Arts Psychotherapy assessments and treatment.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team and manage a caseload.
• Supervise Art Psychotherapy trainees from the University of South Wales.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

IT skills

Education

Masters Level training in Art Psychotherapy

HCPC Registration as Art Psychotherapist

Job description

Employer heading

Band 7

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Waless capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons. Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job Overview

We are recruiting a Lead Art Psychotherapist to work within our Inpatient Rehabilitation Services. This service is currently provided within 2 units in Treorci, Rhondda. The service focusses on assisting recovery for people with long standing and complex mental health problems. The new post holder will lead on the delivery of art psychotherapy within this service, and will work alongside a multidisciplinary team, including other psychological professionals.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

Work as a high-level clinician, providing Specialist Arts Psychotherapy assessments and treatment to adults with a range of psychological and emotional disorders in mental health rehabilitation services.

Provide expertise in all aspects of Arts Psychotherapy to patients, carers and significant others.

Contribute to the provision of the Psychological Therapy Services within adult mental health rehabilitation services.

Work as part of the multidisciplinary team, carrying a caseload of patients.

Receive regular supervision in line with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) policies and be responsible for management of own caseload and ensuring high standards of care are maintained in line with CTMUHB policies and professional codes of practice.

Provide supervision and consultancy to other mental health professionals and be involved in the development of Psychological Therapy provision within the locality as appropriate.

Provide supervision for Art Psychotherapy trainees on placement from the University of South Wales, and maintain placement relationships with the university.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We Live By Our Core Values

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team
  
  

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Masters Level training and education in Art Psychotherapy
• HCPC Registration as Art Psychotherapist
• Knowledge of a range of Art Psychotherapy evidence based interventions.
• Awareness of research processes and research governance.
• Awareness of other therapeutic approaches and application
• Awareness of Safeguarding Principles. Awareness of Data Protection legislation and participant confidentiality issues.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of e.g. NICE Guidelines and NHS Government strategies.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Membership of the British Association of Art Therapists.
• Additional training in alternative therapeutic approaches e.g. DBT/ACT/CBT.
• Other qualifications within the field of psychology
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with adults in a mental health setting
• Experience of group facilitation
• Experience of managing competing demands, within time constraints.
• Experiencing of undertaking risk assessments.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of taking part in research projects with service users and staff
• Experience of completing safeguarding processes within clinical work
  
  

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to convey complex information.
• Organisational and time management skills
• IT skills.
• Ability to negotiate with, and influence staff who are not managed within the team
• Ability to work independently, and as part of a team
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Ability to speak Welsh
• Presentation skills
• Able to facilitate reflective practice to wider multi-disciplinary team colleagues.
  
  

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or , unless you have p Skilled Worker visaermission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting . If you are eligible for the HealthWork in the UKand Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable