We are currently seeking a part-time (30 hours per week) Drama Therapist to join our Enhanced Primary Mental Health Service (EMPHS) based at the Orchards in Hemel Hempstead and covering Hemel Hempstead and St Alban's locality.
EPMHS is a relatively new service in NW Hertfordshire which sits under Primary Care Mental Health Services. We aim to provide interventions to those not meeting the criteria for secondary mental health services but may need more than is offered by Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Services.
Role
We are seeking a Drama Therapist to work alongside our current Drama Therapist to provide assessment and interventions for service users with complex mental health needs. The role will include, but is not limited to:
* Provide clinical assessment, group and 1:1 dramatherapy interventions to service users with moderate and severe mental health issues, with a particular focus on engaging younger adults.
* Work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
* Provide assessment and intervention across GP practices within the EPMHS, and in a variety of venues across the locality.
Additionally, you will:
* Provide assessment, preventative and early intervention treatment for service users experiencing moderate and severe mental health problems who may have a level of complexity that traditional primary care and community support struggle to support, and for those experiencing long-term mental ill-health (severe and common mental illnesses).
* Provide assessment and intervention for individuals and groups, with a particular emphasis on engaging younger adults.
* Implement policy and service development, undertake service evaluation and audit for own team/service.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from 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.
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For further details or informal visits, please contact:
Name: Corrin Smith
Job title: Service Manager, PCMHS West Hertfordshire
Email address: corrin.smith@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07814352281
Barry Brosnan - Drama Therapist 07773 664306
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