Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an Art Therapist who is looking for a varied role that allows for developing a new service and being an integral part of MH services in Barnet. This new permanent role was created to help us deliver our plans to transform our community mental health services, as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The transformation of our community mental health services will lead to truly integrated health and social care for adults in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey who have serious mental illness. In addition it will be part of improving the psychosocial offer for patients on our inpatient wards, building on work that has already been successful.
The Art Therapy role will be integral to the transformation of services and offering our service users recovery focused intervention offers. The Art Therapist will be working alongside Multidisciplinary teams and will be collaborating with Art Therapists, Psychologists and Occupational Therapists to ensure that there are clear pathways for providing psychosocial treatment offers. The successful candidate will have access to CPD opportunities, Arts Therapies Forums and AHP forums within Barnet and across the North London Mental Health Partnership (NLMHP).
Main duties of the job
- To develop and provide short term Art Therapy for people within the community wellbeing pathway including assessment, treatment and evaluation of group and individual work.
- To build on the work completed during a pilot programme to provide Art Therapy intervention for patients in the acute wards at the Dennis Scott Unit.
- Undertake the supervision of students and staff.
- Undertake Arts Therapy/psychotherapy research/audit as per the Trust research strategy for the Arts Therapies/psychotherapies
- To undertake delegated management responsibilities when needed
- To assess patients referred to the services in relation to developing an appropriate treatment plan, considering risk factors, complexity of presentation, patient need, and service priorities.
- To deliver Art Therapy for patients using evidence-based approaches
- To develop a high level treatment offer relevant to people with a range of mental health conditions including schizophrenia, mood disorders and personality disorder/complex emotional needs
- To contribute specialist knowledge of Art Therapy to the overall treatment of each patient through contribution to clinical meetings.
- To work in conjunction with the Complex Emotional Needs Arts Therapies services, the Psychology and Occupational Therapy led wellbeing groups and the Wellbeing Pathway.
- To contribute to the development of the arts therapies research by facilitating placements for arts therapy students.
- Clinical supervision of students.
About us
At Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, we are passionate about making a difference and now could be the perfect time for you to start or return to your career in the NHS.
We are a truly diverse NHS Trust, representing the whole community that we serve, through our mental health and community services.
We hope you want to come and join #TeamBEH where you will always find someone like you to work alongside, you'll be supported and you'll thrive. We offer many different ways to develop, through formal training, continuous professional development, access to research opportunities and also mentoring and coaching.
At BEH we are constantly striving for improvements, and we're delighted that the CQC has recognised us as 'good' and on our way to becoming an 'outstanding' NHS Trust.
We're investing in new tools and technologies to make everyone's working lives easier - with innovations like video consulting, digital records, and we are also committed to continuous learning, so there are lots of opportunities to continue your training, research and achieve a great work life balance.
Because we are firmly rooted in our community, many of our colleagues live and work locally, meaning they can cycle or walk to work, share caring responsibilities at home, or work flexibly or part time.
Relocation packages are available - please get in touch for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- MA/MSc in one of the Art Therapy/Art Psychotherapy
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Clinical supervision training
- Other related academic qualifications e.g. psychoanalytic psychotherapy, or Group analytic training.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Substantial experience of autonomous working with complex mental health conditions both in groups and individually.
- Experience of Community and Inpatient Art Therapy
- Experience of working with people with behaviours of distress
Desirable
- Experience, interest and commitment in conducting research
- Experience of being sole arts therapist in a community setting
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of and skills in assessing clients for arts therapy/psychotherapy and/or other treatment interventions.
- Ability to work with people with complex needs i.e. unstable/suicidal patients, including those with personality disorder or a mixed diagnoses
- Knowledge and experience of practicing evidence-based Arts Psychotherapies
Desirable
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work with trauma and contain emotional impact through clinical supervision and team support systems
- Flexible approach; Ability to adapt to physical environment
- Ability to be aware of risk and be able to work face to face with acutely unwell patients without other staff nearby.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- MA/MSc in one of the Art Therapy/Art Psychotherapy
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
- Clinical supervision training
- Other related academic qualifications e.g. psychoanalytic psychotherapy, or Group analytic training.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Substantial experience of autonomous working with complex mental health conditions both in groups and individually.
- Experience of Community and Inpatient Art Therapy
- Experience of working with people with behaviours of distress
Desirable
- Experience, interest and commitment in conducting research
- Experience of being sole arts therapist in a community setting
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Knowledge of and skills in assessing clients for arts therapy/psychotherapy and/or other treatment interventions.
- Ability to work with people with complex needs i.e. unstable/suicidal patients, including those with personality disorder or a mixed diagnoses
- Knowledge and experience of practicing evidence-based Arts Psychotherapies
Desirable
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work with trauma and contain emotional impact through clinical supervision and team support systems
- Flexible approach; Ability to adapt to physical environment
- Ability to be aware of risk and be able to work face to face with acutely unwell patients without other staff nearby.
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
Dennis Scott Unit, Edgware Community Hospital
Burnt Oak Broadway
London
HA8 0AD
Employer's website
http://www.beh-mht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
