Job Summary
To provide assessment and evidence-based interventions for clients presenting with complex secondary care needs, including group and individual work to the Havering Psychological Professions within MHWTs.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Provide specialist psychological assessments for service-users referred to psychological services in Havering based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of highly complex, sensitive data.
2. Lead on providing group-based and individual art psychotherapy interventions to service users referred to the PPs in MHWTs in Havering.
3. Provide interventions in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice.
4. Implement a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for individuals and groups.
5. Have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
6. Be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
About Us
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients, and carers, we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT:
* We are kind.
* We are respectful.
* We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training, and the allocation of equipment.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part-time).
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 p.a. pro rata for part-time).
Date Posted: 10 March 2025
Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Part-time
Reference Number: 395-HV013-25
Job Location: The Petersfield Centre, Petersfield Avenue, Romford, RM3 9PB
Job Responsibilities:
Art Therapist, band 7 O.6 to assess and provide suitable art therapy interventions for complex secondary care presentations. HCPC membership and MA qualification required.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential:
* Post-graduate qualification in group psychotherapy accredited by UKCP
* NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
Desirable:
* Training in delivering group interventions.
* Training in quality improvement
Experience Essential:
* Working with people with complex mental health needs to include psychosis
* Experience of ensuring equality of access and acceptable intervention to diverse populations.
* Experience of providing other specialist therapies to patients with diverse clinical presentations.
* Knowledge and experience with working with safeguarding issues, issues concerning risk, and highly complex mental health problems.
Knowledge Essential:
* Thorough knowledge of the theory and practice of evidence-based interventions for people presenting with complex Mood, Anxiety, and Personality difficulties.
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of group psychotherapy.
* Theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies for a broad range of complex Mood, Anxiety, and Personality difficulties (treatment-resistant depression, complex trauma, OCD, BDD, personality disorder).
* Well-developed knowledge and skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention, and management.
Skills Essential:
* Capacity to work psychotherapeutically on a group basis with a person with severe and enduring mental health problems and who is experiencing psychological distress.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
* Ability to resolve difficulties which affect working relationships and to offer support to staff, service users, and carers on an ongoing daily basis.
* Capacity to cope with frequent exposure to highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances (e.g. severe challenging; disclosure of emotional, physical, or other forms of abuse).
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship:
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details:
Employer Name: NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address: The Petersfield Centre, Petersfield Avenue, Romford, RM3 9PB
Employer's Website: https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/
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