We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an Arts Therapist to join our Acute Services, Psychology and Psychological Therapies team, at Mill View Hospital in Brighton and Hove.
Arts Therapies have a long history of providing services to our inpatient wards and are a valued part of acute assessment and treatment services at Mill View.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated art, drama or music therapist to be part of our clinical team, working across Falmer (mixed gender) and Meridian (Older People) acute wards. You will demonstrate experience and a strong commitment to working with people accessing acute mental health services and the ability to use your arts therapies skills and experience to deliver psychological interventions in a hospital setting. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team is a core requirement of the role as well as the ability to be flexible and integrate your practice within the broader work of the service.
The successful candidate will have excellent team working and group work skills and will demonstrate an ability to facilitate arts therapy groups and individual sessions in ward environments. You will have additional opportunities to contribute to the Psychological Therapeutic group programme and support staff learning, development and training.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to providing Arts Therapies as part of the wards therapeutic programme of groups and interventions as well as supporting patient assessment processes. You will have resilience and good self-management to work within a busy acute environment. The post holder will have access to supervision and be able to link in with the Arts and Play Therapies Network in Sussex. You will be joining a friendly, highly skilled and enthusiastic community of psychologists and psychological therapists (PPT) working in Acute services and have regular access to PPT and AHP, CPD events.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work as a member of the clinical service/ team, providing a high quality, specialist arts therapy service to clients, their families or carers. In addition, to support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training and by participating in systematic clinical governance. To work with complex presentations suitable for psychological therapy in the team, utilising a high level of knowledge and experience and adapting approaches as appropriate, with regard to evidence-based practice.
· To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist arts therapy service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways.
· To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment and treatment of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.
· To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.
· To clinically supervise Arts Therapist trainees, Psychological Therapists, Trainee Psychological Therapists and Psychological Practitioners as appropriate
· To professionally supervise and, when appropriate, manage, arts therapy trainees, psychological therapists, trainee psychological therapists, trainee Practitioner psychologists and psychological practitioners.
· To provide consultation and advice about psychological issues to other members of the team/service and other professionals working with service users.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.
· To contribute to and take responsibility for local service developments under the supervision of the professional lead.
· To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the service.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Post-graduate (or equivalent) qualification in Art Therapy, Dramatherapy or Music Therapy
* Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) as an arts therapist.
* Evidence of relevant continuing professional development.
Knowledge/Experience
* Substantial experience of specialist arts therapy (assessment, formulation and treatment), maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
* A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for this therapy with the client group, and a proven track record of delivering positive outcomes in this therapy
* Experience of offering teaching, training and supervision within a demanding organisational context
* A clear and theoretically informed approach to supervision
* Experience of representing psychological therapy within the context of multi-disciplinary care within a complex organisational context.
* Significant experience of working with the particular client group served by the team/service
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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