Job summary
Job Summary
Qualified and registered Art, Dance Movement, Drama or Music Therapist, 0.4wte
We are opening a new 8 bedded intensive rehabilitation ward - this is a new service aimed at bridging the gap for those people who fall between acute and mental health rehabilitation services. The service will be aimed at ensuring that people's mental health is optimised and that the care in the community is available to support them following discharge.
You will have the opportunity of working with a new team to develop what is a new service that will be the first of this type in the Trust. It is aimed at easing the flow of patients between acute mental health and the community as well as the flow between acute mental health and rehab services. We envisage people staying for a maximum of 12 weeks. . As such it will be an outward looking service and you will have the opportunity to work with and gain a greater understanding of other part of the mental health system.
We are planning to open the ward in early January 2023. It doesn't matter if you have spent a few or many years working in mental health services we would be happy to consider your application.
Main duties of the job
The post holder work load will include assessment and treatment of people with complex mental health needs who are experiencing a hospital admission.
Individual and group work should draw on evidence based approaches.
The post holder will be required to plan, provide and develop an art, dance movement, drama or music therapy service for the new triage ward. The post will be fully integrated into the wider multidisciplinary team and there is the expectation to develop strong links with other adult mental health services where patients are referred to.
The art therapy service will include systematic assessment, treatment and evaluation of group work, using arts therapy. The post holder will be also required to manage and clinically supervise allocated staff, specifically arts therapy trainees, and regularly undertake arts psychotherapies research/audit as part of the Trust Arts Therapies research strategy.
About us
CNWL Mental Health Rehabilitation Service
- We are the largest provider of NHS in-patient mental health rehabilitation beds in the country;
- We provide a service for people who have complex needs as a result of a severe and enduring mental illness which is psychotic in nature;
- We provide a core service across Brent, Harrow, Hillington, Kensington & Chelsea as well as Westminster;
- In addition, we provide cost per case beds across a number of other boroughs and counties;
- A number of our services are AIMS accredited;
- GIRFT have also recognized the care we provide;
We have a stepped care model, using the principle of least restrictive option, that includes the following:
- High Dependency Units
- Managed Access Units and
- Community Rehabilitation Ward
- We accept people detained under both parts ll & lll of the Mental Health Act.
CNWL has a well-established Arts Therapies network with a large and diverse workforce providing art, dance-movement, drama and music therapies for adults with mental health needs across a variety of inpatient, outpatient and community services. The postholders will be linked to these services and will have access to CPD opportunities and clinical networks. Specialist clinical supervision is provided within the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To plan and develop a specialist arts therapy inpatient service with a focus on individual and group
- To offer specialist assessment and treatment for those who would benefit from psychological therapy but find primarily verbal psychotherapy difficult to access (e.g. thought disorder, cognitive difficulties, emotional withdrawal, language problems, )
- To assess referred (self-referred) patients with respect to planning arts psychotherapy treatment including inpatient/community follow-up if appropriate, taking into account risk factors, and complexity of presentation, patients need, and service priorities
- To contribute specialist knowledge from your assessment and treatment to the overall care plan for each patient through contribution to clinical meetings via written reports, as well as verbal feedback to the ward
- To refer on to other appropriate services after assessment as required
- To work as an integrated team member of the multidisciplinary team, respecting others ways of working and having these others in mind when providing arts psychotherapy.
- To adapt your clinical practice to suit particular challenges of the environment without comprising therapeutic goals.
- To use your clinical skills to contribute to the overall treatment and personal recovery goals for the client beyond arts psychotherapy treatment where necessary and if appropriate and needed by the team, g. facilitation of reflective practice group, joint assessments and so on.
- To assess risk and adopt appropriate measures to maintain a safe and therapeutically sensitive environment for all.
- To maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times and to maintain proper boundaries particularly as the clinical work will frequently involve working alone with individuals for substantial periods in emotionally intense therapy sessions.
- To undertake ongoing evaluations of patients progress to manage time limited therapy including therapy endings and follow up.
- To seek out help of seniors or more experienced arts therapists in this field to enhance your clinical practice, possibly from sources within and outside the Trust, and to promulgate this knowledge through the arts psychotherapies network within the Trust
- To be responsible for significant clinical input to the Trusts research strategy for the Arts Psychotherapies Service.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To plan and develop a specialist arts therapy inpatient service with a focus on individual and group
- To offer specialist assessment and treatment for those who would benefit from psychological therapy but find primarily verbal psychotherapy difficult to access (e.g. thought disorder, cognitive difficulties, emotional withdrawal, language problems, )
- To assess referred (self-referred) patients with respect to planning arts psychotherapy treatment including inpatient/community follow-up if appropriate, taking into account risk factors, and complexity of presentation, patients need, and service priorities
- To contribute specialist knowledge from your assessment and treatment to the overall care plan for each patient through contribution to clinical meetings via written reports, as well as verbal feedback to the ward
- To refer on to other appropriate services after assessment as required
- To work as an integrated team member of the multidisciplinary team, respecting others ways of working and having these others in mind when providing arts psychotherapy.
- To adapt your clinical practice to suit particular challenges of the environment without comprising therapeutic goals.
- To use your clinical skills to contribute to the overall treatment and personal recovery goals for the client beyond arts psychotherapy treatment where necessary and if appropriate and needed by the team, g. facilitation of reflective practice group, joint assessments and so on.
- To assess risk and adopt appropriate measures to maintain a safe and therapeutically sensitive environment for all.
- To maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times and to maintain proper boundaries particularly as the clinical work will frequently involve working alone with individuals for substantial periods in emotionally intense therapy sessions.
- To undertake ongoing evaluations of patients progress to manage time limited therapy including therapy endings and follow up.
- To seek out help of seniors or more experienced arts therapists in this field to enhance your clinical practice, possibly from sources within and outside the Trust, and to promulgate this knowledge through the arts psychotherapies network within the Trust
- To be responsible for significant clinical input to the Trusts research strategy for the Arts Psychotherapies Service.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- MA in Music/ Art/ Drama/ Dance-Movement Therapy
- Eligibility for State Registration with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
- Membership of BAAT
- HCPC/UKCP registration for Dance Movement Psychotherapists
Desirable
- Other related academic qualifications
- Clinical supervision training
- Training in breakaway/ de-escalation techniques
- Recruitment and selection
- Knowledge of and Training in Mentalization based approaches
Attitudes, aptitudes
Essential
- High degree of self awareness, further Arts Psychotherapy training, especially in Mentalisation, and post-qualifying supervision/personal psychotherapy
- Ability to work with trauma and contain emotional impact through clinical supervision and team support systems
- Ability to assess risk and be able to work face to face with acutely unwell patients without other staff nearby.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others
- Ability to adapt to physical environment when dedicated therapy rooms are not available e.g. transporting art materials/equipment/ instruments etc and willingness to manipulate furniture to set up room (within Health and Safety parameters)
Desirable
- Ability to learn from experience
- Able to provide services in a variety of environments as meets the needs of clients
Skills, knowledge, abilities
Essential
- High standard of arts making and commitment to maintaining skills
- Skills in planning, organising and prioritising own workload and in working autonomously as a Lead Professional
- Knowledge of and skills in assessing clients for arts therapy/psychotherapy balancing risk with client needs and service priorities.
- Knowledge of evidence based practice, clinical governance and related knowledge for research and audit
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to relevant field/s and the full range of client groups
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by Arts Therapies/psychotherapies Professional Bodies
- Skills in applying psychotherapy theories to work with individuals, groups and organisation
- Ability to work with people with complex needs e.g. aggressive/unstable/suicidal patients, including those with personality disorder or a mixed diagnosis.
- Ability to work with non-verbal clients or clients for whom using English is a major difficulty which could be for cultural reasons, or due to their mental state.
- High standard of verbal communication skills including the ability to provide concise, clear and relevant feedback to a ward round/team meeting
- Computer literacy and high standard of written communication skills including the ability to produce clear reports detailing progress of therapy, selecting relevant information from sessions and expressing analytical detail without bias.
- Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person
- Ability to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills
Desirable
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
- Commitment to and enthusiasm for further training opportunities and CPD
Previous experience
Essential
- Substantial post-qualification experience of autonomous working in a mental health setting: both in groups and individually.
- Experience of working with people with disturbed and challenging behaviour.
- Experience of supervising arts therapists/psychotherapists and of liaison with the university training courses in own speciality and other specialist areas.
- Substantial experience of personal therapy.
- Experience of assessing clients for an arts therapy/psychotherapy and making recommendations to a MDT.
Desirable
- Experience of being an arts psychotherapist in a Multi Disciplinary Team.
- Experience of negotiating space/therapeutic boundaries in a difficult context
- Evidence of participation in research
Other
Essential
- Ability to work to professional guidelines
- Must be capable of working autonomously with traumatised, severely disturbed, aggressive and/or distressed people for prolonged periods individually and in groups
Desirable
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic professional journals and/or books
- Must demonstrate ability to support the development of the profession through participation in professional bodies and activities.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- MA in Music/ Art/ Drama/ Dance-Movement Therapy
- Eligibility for State Registration with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
- Membership of BAAT
- HCPC/UKCP registration for Dance Movement Psychotherapists
Desirable
- Other related academic qualifications
- Clinical supervision training
- Training in breakaway/ de-escalation techniques
- Recruitment and selection
- Knowledge of and Training in Mentalization based approaches
Attitudes, aptitudes
Essential
- High degree of self awareness, further Arts Psychotherapy training, especially in Mentalisation, and post-qualifying supervision/personal psychotherapy
- Ability to work with trauma and contain emotional impact through clinical supervision and team support systems
- Ability to assess risk and be able to work face to face with acutely unwell patients without other staff nearby.
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others
- Ability to adapt to physical environment when dedicated therapy rooms are not available e.g. transporting art materials/equipment/ instruments etc and willingness to manipulate furniture to set up room (within Health and Safety parameters)
Desirable
- Ability to learn from experience
- Able to provide services in a variety of environments as meets the needs of clients
Skills, knowledge, abilities
Essential
- High standard of arts making and commitment to maintaining skills
- Skills in planning, organising and prioritising own workload and in working autonomously as a Lead Professional
- Knowledge of and skills in assessing clients for arts therapy/psychotherapy balancing risk with client needs and service priorities.
- Knowledge of evidence based practice, clinical governance and related knowledge for research and audit
- Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to relevant field/s and the full range of client groups
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by Arts Therapies/psychotherapies Professional Bodies
- Skills in applying psychotherapy theories to work with individuals, groups and organisation
- Ability to work with people with complex needs e.g. aggressive/unstable/suicidal patients, including those with personality disorder or a mixed diagnosis.
- Ability to work with non-verbal clients or clients for whom using English is a major difficulty which could be for cultural reasons, or due to their mental state.
- High standard of verbal communication skills including the ability to provide concise, clear and relevant feedback to a ward round/team meeting
- Computer literacy and high standard of written communication skills including the ability to produce clear reports detailing progress of therapy, selecting relevant information from sessions and expressing analytical detail without bias.
- Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person
- Ability to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills
Desirable
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
- Commitment to and enthusiasm for further training opportunities and CPD
Previous experience
Essential
- Substantial post-qualification experience of autonomous working in a mental health setting: both in groups and individually.
- Experience of working with people with disturbed and challenging behaviour.
- Experience of supervising arts therapists/psychotherapists and of liaison with the university training courses in own speciality and other specialist areas.
- Substantial experience of personal therapy.
- Experience of assessing clients for an arts therapy/psychotherapy and making recommendations to a MDT.
Desirable
- Experience of being an arts psychotherapist in a Multi Disciplinary Team.
- Experience of negotiating space/therapeutic boundaries in a difficult context
- Evidence of participation in research
Other
Essential
- Ability to work to professional guidelines
- Must be capable of working autonomously with traumatised, severely disturbed, aggressive and/or distressed people for prolonged periods individually and in groups
Desirable
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic professional journals and/or books
- Must demonstrate ability to support the development of the profession through participation in professional bodies and activities.
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
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Preston Ward, Mental Health Rehabilitation, Kingswood Centre
Honeypot Lane Kingsbury NW9 9QY
Kingsbury, London
NW9 9QY
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
