Job summary
The Emotional Health Service (EHS) is a dynamic team of Clinical andCounselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists andCreative Therapists. We have cluster teams at Richmond (base Twickenham) and Kingston (base Chessington) and work closely with our colleagues in Early Help and Social Care. We have staff working in specialist posts in Safeguarding, Looked After Children and deliver a local Neurodevelopmental Assessment Service. We have a strong sense of team and work together to support children and young peoples emotional wellbeing.
This is a part-time role and the salary will be pro-rata.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Specialist/Art Psychotherapist in the EHS Richmond Cluster you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be part of an established team and be afforded many different opportunities to use your skills, including providing professional consultations, assessments, individual and group art therapy, supervision and line management. We welcome creative and innovative ways to deliver services. In addition to individual supervision and line management, you will have access to many exciting development opportunities. You will also be part of a Team of 6 Art Psychotherapists in EHS providing access to peer supervision and support. This post is permanent and for 3 or 4 days a week and will be based in Twickenham where there is a dedicated art therapy room. This role has an additional market supplement of £5436 per annum pro rata.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jennifer Downie:jennifer.downie@achievingforchildren.org.uk
About us
Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Clinical Specialist/Art Psychotherapist in the EHS Richmond Cluster you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be partof an established team and be afforded many different opportunities to useyour skills, including providing professional consultations, assessments, individual and group art therapy, supervision and line management. We welcome creative and innovative ways to deliver services. In addition to individual supervision and line management, you will have access to many exciting development opportunities. You will also be part of a Team of 6 Art Psychotherapists in EHS providing access to peer supervision and support. This post is permanent for 3 or 4 days a week and will be based in Twickenham.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Clinical Specialist/Art Psychotherapist in the EHS Richmond Cluster you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be partof an established team and be afforded many different opportunities to useyour skills, including providing professional consultations, assessments, individual and group art therapy, supervision and line management. We welcome creative and innovative ways to deliver services. In addition to individual supervision and line management, you will have access to many exciting development opportunities. You will also be part of a Team of 6 Art Psychotherapists in EHS providing access to peer supervision and support. This post is permanent for 3 or 4 days a week and will be based in Twickenham.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification (MA) in Art Psychotherapy
- Active HCPC / AFT registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Supervisors qualification (desirable)
Personal attributes
Essential
- A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.
- Strong organisational abilities.
- Able to work flexibly and independently with limited management oversight.
- An ability to take a strength based approach to managing situations in order to deliver excellent outcomes for children.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and pragmatic, including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
- Ability to manage high levels of emotional distress and think clearly in emotionally charged situations.
- Able to manage priorities and work under pressure, displaying initiative and creativity
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within CAMHS and schools and working with a range of mental health difficulties.
- Knowledge of delivering evidenced-based assessment and treatment for a range of mental health difficulties and NICE Guidelines.
- Able to work with children, young people and their families with suspected or diagnosed Autistic Spectrum Disorder and/or ADHD.
- Experience of providing consultation and training to a wide range of professionals.
- Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
- Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders.
- Knowledge, and experience of, using safeguarding procedures and statutory legislation and national policy drivers that will affect childrens services and your role.
- Ability to provide high quality supervision and line management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Postgraduate qualification (MA) in Art Psychotherapy
- Active HCPC / AFT registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Supervisors qualification (desirable)
Personal attributes
Essential
- A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.
- Strong organisational abilities.
- Able to work flexibly and independently with limited management oversight.
- An ability to take a strength based approach to managing situations in order to deliver excellent outcomes for children.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and pragmatic, including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
- Ability to manage high levels of emotional distress and think clearly in emotionally charged situations.
- Able to manage priorities and work under pressure, displaying initiative and creativity
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within CAMHS and schools and working with a range of mental health difficulties.
- Knowledge of delivering evidenced-based assessment and treatment for a range of mental health difficulties and NICE Guidelines.
- Able to work with children, young people and their families with suspected or diagnosed Autistic Spectrum Disorder and/or ADHD.
- Experience of providing consultation and training to a wide range of professionals.
- Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
- Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders.
- Knowledge, and experience of, using safeguarding procedures and statutory legislation and national policy drivers that will affect childrens services and your role.
- Ability to provide high quality supervision and line management.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
