Arts Psychotherapies Integrated Education Facilitator

Key Responsibilities

Education and Training

Multi-Disciplinary Learning Needs Analysis: you will be expected to work across the CNWL – Brunel partnership to conduct a multi-disciplinary learning needs analysis with CNWL arts and health educators. You will also be expected to build relationships with service users and service user forums and facilitate their input into the learning needs analysis.

You will be responsible for developing, implementing, evaluating placements in the NHS and third sector.

You will also be responsible for maintaining awareness of regional and national professional education programmes and up to date best practice guidance and disseminating suitable up-to-date reference material to educators and professionals involved in arts and health clinical education.

You will develop an evidence based, high quality multi-disciplinary education plan for the staff working in the post-Covid pathway informed by best practice, service user feedback and the learning needs analysis. The plan will include:

·       Coordinating education and training for the partnership

·       Coordinating trainee assessments

·       Identifying gaps in trainee education provision and developing or commissioning education opportunities to fill them

·       Development and facilitation of whole-system education and training through webinars, group sessions, for trainees and practice educators

·       Developing, implementation of placement sites

You will be responsible for:

·       Developing and implementing high standard placements across all sectors

·       liasing with CNWL Arts Psychotherapies Partnership Education programmes to ensure consistency of guidance and messaging across professional educators and our trainees

·       curating education material and regularly reviewing this material in line with emerging evidence.

·       Providing timely assessment support and formative and summative assessments

·       ensuring practice educators feel confident and competent to champion health equalities for arts therapies treatment and access, with particular reference to the social inequalities that may result from treatment options offers and to ensure trainees are sufficiently skilled to address these.

·       Working with the Brunel Educators to set up a knowledge and skills development programme for all relevant professionals and trainnes

Managerial and Personal Responsibilities

·       Act as an educator role model and Clinical Lead

·       Develop a project plan aimed at delivering effective education :

o   Key milestones and outputs to be achieved by when

o   Clear governance and reporting structure

o   Consideration of sustainability of all education, placement and development opportunities beyond the lifespan of the project

·       Build and maintain a strong relationship with CNWL Arts Psychotherapies and relevant Brunel University Staff

·       Work effectively across professional and organisational boundaries

·       Maintain registration with a relevant professional body and keep an up-to-date supervision record with professional lead

• Work in ways that promotes and demonstrates respect for services users, colleagues and carers
• Participate in supervision, annual appraisal and Personal Development Planning (PDP)

• Contribute to the development and review of education policies and professional standards across the arts and health subject area

• Manage education projects within agreed timescales and standards
• Maintain external links with national bodies to ensure our practice is in line with national guidance
• Liaise closely with Brunel University to ensure trainee support is managed and staff are aware of HEI ongoing training and development across the career path

Supplementary Information:

This is an outline of the post-holder’s duties and responsibilities. It is not intended as an exhaustive list and may change from time to time in order to meet any changing needs of the CNWL – Brunel partnership education requirements.