Overview
Senior Art Therapist role at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, based in Bexley CAMHS Cedar Team. Leads the Art Therapy pathway and provides clinical leadership to Art Therapists within the service.
Responsibilities
* Provide a high quality, evidence-based art psychotherapy service to children, young people, families, carers and professional networks in line with CYP-IAPT principles.
* Provide highly specialist assessment and therapy to families with children and adolescents who are referred to CAMHS.
* Provide specialist advice and consultation regarding treatment to CAMHS colleagues and external agencies, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to overall service delivery as required.
* Contribute to the development of local and trust-wide policy and service initiatives in Art Psychotherapy and the Psychological Therapies directorate. Assist and support the implementation of trust-wide policies for the Service and interpret Art Psychotherapy policies for the service in which the post is based.
* Plan, organise and manage own workload, prioritising work as appropriate.
* Be responsible for the clinical supervision and professional management of Art Psychotherapists and trainee Art Psychotherapists in the borough of Bexley.
* Manage the workloads of supervisees, within team policies and procedures and oversee clinical standards.
* Inform and advise other professionals and students about Art Psychotherapy through presentations and teaching.
* Be involved in recruitment of staff, sitting on interview panels and taking part in the selection process as required.
* Lead on an agreed area of service development.
* Develop, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the Art Psychotherapy Service in Bexley CAMHS, and contribute to the Art Psychotherapy service as a whole.
* Assist in implementing trust-wide policies for the Service and interpret Art Psychotherapy policies for the service.
Qualifications and Skills
* Registered Art Psychotherapist with appropriate professional registration and substantial post-qualification experience.
* Experience leading and supervising Art Therapists and trainees.
* Experience working with children, adolescents and families, including risk assessment and care coordination.
* Ability to work with diverse families from various cultural backgrounds and with language needs; competence in systemic therapy with families, including use of interpreters.
* Strong clinical reasoning and ability to make complex treatment decisions.
* Commitment to evidence-based practice and development of services.
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