The Arts Therapies Service take referrals for patients where a clear clinical need is identifiedacross all localities within CPFT. Referrals are taken from Children's, Adults and Older Peoples Directorates both in Acute and Community settings. The Arts Therapies Service delivers groups and individual sessions on Wards for inpatients and delivers sessions for community patientswithin the Arts Therapies department main base and where relevant in Community bases for patients in the community.
The postholder will provide specialist Drama/Art Therapy assessment and intervention, both individual and group, and to review the effectiveness of interventions using outcome measures as required by the Arts Therapies Professional Lead.
Main duties of the job
* To work collaboratively with people, their carers and families, and multidisciplinary teams and to plan Drama/Art Therapy interventions.
* To manage a specialist case load, providing assessment, diagnoses, treatment and monitoring of individuals identified needs across the Arts Therapies Service.
* To participate in multi-disciplinary/ multi agency working within the Arts Therapies. and with key partners.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
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