Creative Therapist (Art, Music or Drama Psychotherapist)

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 29 January 2025

Job summary

The Southampton Acute and Crisis Psychology Team is excited to be offering a fixed term creative therapist post, and we are seeking to recruit a qualified music therapist, drama therapist, or art psychotherapist to join our team.

Antelope House is a modern acute mental health inpatient and psychiatric intensive care unit, as well as housing the Southampton Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT). The Acute and Crisis Psychology Team offers high quality, recovery focused care to adults with a range of mental health needs, across inpatient and crisis services. We work transdiagnostically with a range of presentations, including psychosis, trauma, and relational difficulties.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting the psychological wellbeing of people with complex emotional needs and/or severe mental illness. You will understand how to provide innovative, evidence-based group and individual creative therapies assessment and treatment programmes (in your chosen modality), adapted to work within an acute and crisis setting. Alongside the direct therapeutic work, you will be contributing to establishing a high-quality creative therapies provision within the inpatient and crisis service and working to promote the value of creative therapies for those in acute distress.

Although the post is advertised as full-time, we would also welcome applications from those looking for part-time hours, job share, or flexible working.

Main duties of the job

*Assessing service users in the inpatient and crisis services for art/music/drama therapy (dependent on chosen modality).

*Formulating and delivering creative therapy treatment, in both individual and group formats.

*Evaluating the effectiveness of creative therapy interventions within the acute and crisis services, contributing or leading on aspects of service development, undertaking audit and research, providing training to others as appropriate and needed.

*To exercise autonomous professional judgement and responsibility for the therapeutic intervention including assessment, formulation, intervention, discharge, effective communication of these plans with referrers and other multi-agency professionals involved in the care of the service user.

*To provide specialist therapeutic advice, guidance, and consultation to colleagues.

*To provide letters and reports and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of service users.

*To provide and receive information in a skilled and sensitive manner using high levels of interpersonal skills.

*To participate in MDT meetings/discussions providing a therapeutic perspective as appropriate.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Date posted

14 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

348-AC-7084

Job locations

Antelope House

Brintons Terrace

Southampton

Hampshire

SO14 0YG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*MA/MSc or equivalent in Drama Therapy, Music Therapy or Art Psychotherapy.
*Met conditions of full membership Professional Association (British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT), British Association of Drama therapists (BADth), British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT).
*Post-holder must be HCPC registered.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*MA/MSc or equivalent in Drama Therapy, Music Therapy or Art Psychotherapy.
*Met conditions of full membership Professional Association (British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT), British Association of Drama therapists (BADth), British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT).
*Post-holder must be HCPC registered.

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.