Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
* To provide Arts Psychotherapy including assessment, treatment and evaluation of group and individual work for patients within specialist local community mental health teams for a range of diagnoses.
* Working as an autonomous practitioner, to plan, provide and develop an Art Psychotherapy treatment for inpatients which includes systematic assessment, treatment and evaluation of individual and group Art Psychotherapy work.
* Undertake arts psychotherapy research/audit as per the Trust research strategy for the arts therapies/psychotherapies and participate in research and audit.
* To undertake delegated management responsibilities when needed.
* Responsibility for managing your caseload.
* To manage and clinically supervise allocated staff, trainees or honoraries and participate in the Trust's Arts Psychotherapies research strategy and audit.
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Main duties of the job
This is a dual role, covering both Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and Community Arts Psychotherapies Service.
1. To plan, provide and develop Art Psychotherapy treatment for patients on a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) which includes systematic assessment, treatment and evaluation of individual and group Art Psychotherapy work.
2. To provide Arts Psychotherapy including assessment, treatment and evaluation of group and individual work for patients within specialist local community mental health teams.
3. To manage and clinically supervise allocated staff, trainees or honoraries and participate in the Trust's Arts Psychotherapies research strategy and audit.
4. Undertake arts psychotherapy research/audit as per the Trust research strategy for the arts therapies/psychotherapies.
5. To undertake delegated management responsibilities when needed.
6. Responsibility for managing your caseload.
About us
CNWL is one of the largest NHS employers in the UK of Arts Psychotherapists, working in a vast range of services and has an increasing trainee placement programme continually broadening the reach of the profession.
In joining CNWL you'll have access to first-class national and international Arts psychotherapy CPD training through our International Centre for Arts Psychotherapy (ICAPT); as well as through our strong links with Brunel University, supporting and developing their international PHD and masters course in Art Psychotherapy training.
CNWL Arts Psychotherapies is linked nationally with research programmes and has strong QI support; and keen to expand the knowledge and evidence base of the Arts Psychotherapies.
We are committed to supporting our staff to achieve their potential whilst also ensuring they are also putting their health and wellbeing as a priority and have a vast range of support networks and benefits to offer all staff working for us.
We also have a thriving Arts in health service, Arts for staff initiatives and staff support projects such as our CARE project, as we want to ensure that our passion and knowledge of the benefits of the arts reaches patients and staff across the board.
We are keen to ensure that we're meeting all the needs of our diverse range of patients and especially welcome applications from those local to the populations we serve.
Job responsibilities
1. To provide a specialist Art Psychotherapy inpatient provision of group and individual Arts Psychotherapy sessions for patients over both short and medium term.
2. To provide group and/or individual Arts Psychotherapy to patients, planning and reviewing treatment in conjunction with the patient and the community team.
3. To work in conjunction with the Primary Care Network service, accepting and assessing referrals as necessary and developing an appropriate treatment plan.
4. To assess each patient's suitability for individual or group Arts psychotherapy and to ascertain from the ongoing review process a patient's emotional stability, use of the therapy and ability to work with others towards the agreed aims of treatment.
5. To use analytic judgement and sound interpretative insight for the assessment of clients for their suitability for individual or group Art Psychotherapy.
6. To offer specialist treatment for those who would benefit from psychological therapy but find primarily verbal psychotherapy difficult to access.
7. To assess risk and adopt appropriate measures to maintain a safe and therapeutically sensitive environment for all when faced with challenging behaviour.
8. To ascertain from the ongoing review process a patient's emotional stability, use of therapy and ability to work with others in a constructive way.
9. As an experienced clinician to be adept at working intensively and flexibly to sustain involvement with those who are at high risk of disengaging from treatment.
10. To develop a high level of specialist clinical skill relevant to complex emotional needs in the local community services.
11. To maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times and to maintain proper boundaries.
12. To deliver Arts Psychotherapy for patients using evidence-based approaches.
13. To adapt your clinical practice to suit particular challenges of the environment without compromising therapeutic goals.
14. To enable the image-making activity to act as a vehicle of expression for patients.
15. To use sound judgement and interpretative skills to work with the client to understand the content and context of their communication.
16. To work and think responsibly and constructively with the relevant teams and any carers involved.
17. To contribute specialist knowledge from your assessment and treatment to the overall treatment and care plan for each patient.
18. To work as an integrated team member of the multidisciplinary team.
19. To seek out help of seniors or more experienced arts therapists in this field to enhance your clinical practice.
20. To contribute to the development of the Arts Psychotherapies service within the Trust.
21. To contribute to the Trust's research strategy for the Arts Psychotherapies.
22. To manage time-limited therapy with due consideration to the ending in the context of the overall treatment programme.
23. To refer on to other appropriate services after assessment or on discharge.
24. To offer supervision to other team members.
25. To work constructively and flexibly with people from different cultural, social and religious backgrounds.
26. To integrate students into appropriate clinical situations.
27. To write reports and contribute to the writing of reports as required.
28. To do all of the above autonomously, referring when necessary to clinical supervision.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
* Good honours degree in Art or equivalent performing/work experience.
* MA/MSc or equivalent in Art therapy.
* Eligibility for State Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
* Training in risk assessment, breakaway, health and safety, child protection or willingness to complete this in the first year of employment.
* Evidence of CPD since qualifying.
* Other related academic qualifications.
* Further training in Personality Disorder/Psychosis/Trauma.
* Experience of offering autonomously group and individual art psychotherapy with these client groups.
* Experience of working with adults within a complex and severe/enduring mental health in community and inpatient settings.
* Experience of working with people with disturbed and challenging behaviour.
* Experience of working with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder(s).
* Experience of being sole arts therapist/psychotherapist in a MDT.
Other
* The ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job.
* To demonstrate ability to work to professional standards and guidelines.
* Ability to support the development of the profession through participation in professional bodies and activities.
* Flexible approach; Ability to adapt to physical environment.
Skills, knowledge, abilities
* Skills in planning, organising and prioritising own workload.
* Knowledge of and skills in assessing clients for arts therapy/psychotherapy.
* Knowledge of and skills in assessing risk and contributing to diagnosis.
* Ability to work autonomously with people with complex needs.
* Ability to engage and maintain a working therapeutic relationship with clients.
* Knowledge and understanding of a broad range of mental illnesses.
* Ability to demonstrate therapy/supervision experience.
* Skills in applying psychotherapy theories to work with individuals, groups and teams.
* Knowledge of evidence-based practice, clinical governance and related knowledge of research and audit.
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development as required by arts therapies professional bodies.
* Computer literacy and high standard of written communication skills.
* Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times.
* Commitment to and enthusiasm for further training opportunities and CPD.
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.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
£54,320 to £60,981 a year (pro rata P/T) incl HCAS
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