Older Adult Lead Arts Therapist

NHS; Pontypool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wales is seeking a Lead Arts Therapist to lead and support a team of Arts Therapists in delivering high-quality interventions to older adults. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and a passion for improving patient lives through creative therapies. Extensive training and development opportunities are available, along with a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Extensive training and development opportunities

Occupational health support

Wellbeing Centre of Excellence

Qualifications

• Substantial clinical experience within older adult mental health and dementia services.
• Experience of supervising Arts Therapists and teaching in specialism.
• Research and statistical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Arts Therapists, Trainees, and Assistants.
• Deliver evidence and value-based interventions to improve clients' lives.
• Promote a culture of flexibility, teamwork, and innovation.

Skills

Leadership and direction

Warm communication

Assessment and intervention

Service development initiative

Passion and motivation

Education

Honours Degree in relevant subject

MA in a relevant Arts Therapy

Training in Clinical Supervision

Management or leadership training

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Older Adult service as a Lead Arts Therapist. The postholder will lead our fantastic Arts Therapies colleagues within the team, providing them with a supportive and compassionate environment in which they can work at their best.

We strive to create and maintain high standards of care, and you would bring your passion, creative thinking and strong clinical governance skills and experience to ensure this. You will work closely with the Head of Service for Psychology and all members of the team to develop and showcase the value of Arts Therapists and their work with older adults.

Our team comprises Psychologists, Arts Therapists and Administrators, and we provide therapeutic interventions to older adults across all five boroughs of Gwent. We do this together with our multi-disciplinary colleagues in the wider CMHT's and Memory Assessment Services, and other departments in the Older Adult Directorate.

Main duties of the job

You would be responsible for the leadership and management of Arts Therapists, Trainees and Assistants within the team. Through service development, research and audit you will continue to develop and improve the services we provide. You will provide compassionate leadership that ensures the wellbeing of our colleagues, and creates a culture of flexibility, teamwork and innovation.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job responsibilities

Working closely with your colleagues and the Head of Service in Older Adult Psychology, you will be the key representative for Arts Therapies in the Service, focusing on delivering evidence based and value based interventions which improve the lives of our clients.

Full details of duties are in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Honours Degree in relevant subject
• Training in Clinical Supervision
• MA in a relevant Arts Therapy, accredited by the HCPC
• Further academic qualifications / postgraduate study
• Management or leadership training

Experience

• Substantial clinical experience and expertise within older adult mental health and dementia services
• Management or leadership experience
• Experience of supervising Arts Therapists and other professionals
• Experience of teaching, training or presenting in specialism
• Contributing to Arts Therapy in a wider arena e.g. WAT, HCPC, WTAC
• Research and statistical experience

Skills and attributes

• Ability to provide leadership and direction to develop the service
• Ability to communicate warmly and with empathy
• Ability to assess, interpret, formulate and intervene appropriately in complex clinical situations
• Ability to consider and initiate service developments
• Passion, motivation and energetic

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.