We, the Adult Inpatient Psychological Services team aim to understand the impact of trauma and adverse experiences on an individuals crisis presentation within the hospital setting. We work together with our MDT colleagues to ensure our Service Users experience purposeful inpatient admissions and timely discharges. EPUTs Adult Inpatient Psychological Services team cover 6 inpatient sites across Essex. Each site has a Principal Lead overseeing the area. Our team is comprised of Principal/Senior Practitioners, Arts Psychotherapists, trainees and CAPs. We acknowledge the excellent day-to-day work of our staff team and also pride ourselves on supporting the development of new creative practice as appropriate depending on specific needs of different inpatient ward settings. This has seen several of our staff being recognised as part of quality and excellence awards, and has further helped promote the important role of our Arts Psychotherapies within our trust. We invest in our staff. Many of our Consultant Psychologists have been promoted within EPUT. We value staff well-being and understand the importance of flexible working to maintain a work/home life balance and offer different configurations, including a combination of remote and on-site working. For more information please see attached Job Description and Person specification.