Undertakes risk assessment and risk management of children and their families or carers. The assessment is continuous throughout therapy, including the ability to recognise and deal with complex child protection issues and act appropriately in the best interests of the child.
Contributes to complex assessments of children's abilities, development, and areas of specific impairments, such as behaviour, communication, and relationship difficulties. Provides formulations of complex mental health difficulties for children and families.
Assesses the suitability of clients (children/adolescents/families) for specialist clinical intervention. Specifically makes assessment and treatment plans for arts therapy/arts psychotherapy interventions (group/individual/family).
Is able to recommend other treatment interventions. Implements highly specialist therapy input using a creative arts approach tailored to the identified needs of children and their carers, either individually, in family units, or in groups.
Monitors and evaluates creative arts therapy input with reference to training, professional body, and current evidence base. Provides a specialist consultation service and advice to health, educational, and social care staff and delivers training as required.
Co-ordinates multidisciplinary care plans, where appropriate, and communicates effectively with all involved. Organises and manages own caseload and provision of competencies. Acts as keyworker for clients, plans and organises clinical and non-clinical services, and maintains the arts therapy room/equipment. Ensures that health and safety requirements are met.
Plans expenditure, organises the choice and acquisition of new items, and replenishes stock within the department. Required for prolonged periods or to engage in active physical activity within sessions. Manoeuvres therapy equipment, including play materials such as heavy sand/clay, to sessions, which may be conducted at venues away from the clinic base. This may also necessitate moving furniture to set up rooms that are not dedicated to arts therapies/arts psychotherapies.
Requirement for prolonged in-depth concentration in therapy sessions and assessments and also interrupted patterns of mental concentration.
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