Specialist Creative Art's Therapist

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CLINICAL

• To offer specialist, highly flexible and innovative creative therapeutic interventions to young people and occasionally their families and/or refer a young person to other services as appropriate.
• To offer comprehensive holistic assessments of needs and tailor interventions to the young person's needs and goals. This will include risk assessment and subsequent risk management, with the provision of specialist advice for other professionals.
• To formulate and implement highly specialised and innovative plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of a young person’s mental health needs; be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals and groups and to evaluate and make decisions about the intervention options available. This will involve interpretation and integration of complex psychological data and competing or contradictory theories/hypotheses from professionals from other agencies.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and intervention approaches of young people and to monitor progress.
• To develop, facilitate and deliver creative well-being group based activities and interventions that are grounded in psychological theory and principles or to support the delivery of groups alongside other team members or professionals utilising creative medium such as art, music and drama. 
• To act as a lead professional, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans. This will involve offering staff from other agencies guidance on mental health.
• To engage in clinical audit and maintain appropriate records of work.
• To use own initiative and job-related training in deciding on the approach and interventions required when working with a young person, in line with supervision and other professionals.

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY WORKING

·       To work closely with the team to plan interventions for young people in the local community drawing upon psychological principles e.g. trauma based approaches.

·       To engage with young people at their own pace in an informal community-based context, using an age-appropriate developmental framework.

·       To deliver bespoke intervention plans through supervision for each case in partnership with the young person, their parent (where appropriate) and other agencies (within and outside of the service) involved in their support.

·       To work collaboratively with caseworkers represented within and outside of the service to review intervention plans and amend them as appropriate; ensuring that the interventions are fit for purpose.

·       To develop positive working relationships with key community partner organisations and stakeholders, working both alongside and within community teams to jointly develop and delivery individual and group interventions and staff support.

TRAINING, CONSULTATION AND SUPERVISION

• To support and co-facilitate formulation and reflective practice spaces alongside team members, using creative techniques for external professionals and services where appropriate.
• To contribute in an active way to the network of services for young people and families and to ensure the co-ordination of services provided. This will involve working closely with colleagues from other agencies.
• To provide advice, consultation and training to other professionals within the team and to external services working with the client group as required.
• To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues.

COMMUNICATION

·       Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to engage and motivate young people and families who have lost trust in services or have faced significant barriers when accessing services.

• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.
•  Communicate both verbally and in written format regarding complex and sensitive information.
• Communication with the MDT regarding care and treatment planning
• Communication with colleagues from health and other services regarding the provision of psychological support with the service.
• Responsible for keeping good quality clinical records that comply with data protection legislation and Trust policies and protocols.
• Produce reports following assessment and interventions.

PATIENT/CUSTOMER CARE

·       To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with young people and their families and help young people identify their own achievable and meaningful goals.

·       To support young people to identify and overcome fears and within a relationship of empathy, trust and honesty.

·       To facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable young people to participate in community activities, in order to maximise opportunities for taking on socially valued roles and positive identity.

·       To accompany young people to appointments/meetings of their choice and perform a range of practical tasks, aligned to their goals.

·       To act as a positive role model showing professional and caring attitudes and behavior towards other multi-disciplinary team members, service users and carers.

·       To work in a way that acknowledges the personal, social, cultural and spiritual strengths and needs of the individual.

SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND EVAULATION

• To work closely with the team and young people to develop the service to ensure that it meets the needs of the community and coproducing alongside young people.
• To contribute to the wider service development and innovation to improve access to young people and the community as required.
• To contribute to service evaluation, collecting feedback and peer review as required.
• To support young people in co-producing aspects of the service through encouraging consistent feedback and creative projects.

PEOPLE (HR) MANAGEMENT

·       Attend, facilitate and chair team meetings and participate in clinical formulation meetings.

·       Attend review meetings to feedback progress on young person’s goals.

·       To raise awareness of trauma informed practice with Trust staff within all areas of work.

• Responsible for attendance at all relevant mandatory training in line with Trust policies and protocols as and when required to do so.

·       To participate in regular supervision in accordance with good practice guidelines and Trust policy.

·       To participate in the Trust’s annual Appraisal process.

QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY

·       Protection of Children & Vulnerable Adults – To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

·       Incident reporting - To report any incidents of harm or near miss in line with the Trust’s incident reporting policy ensuring appropriate actions are taken to reduce the risk of reoccurrence.

·       To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients/ clients, visitors and staff.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR PHYISCAL RESOURCES

·       Has a personal duty of care to ensure all equipment is used safely and effectively, following manufacturer’s instructions.

·       Uses available resources effectively and efficiently.

EFFORT, MENTAL AND ENVIRONMENT

• The role requires significant mental effort in terms of assimilating and analyzing complex data in relation to known and evidence based psychological theory.
• Effort to manage the emotional aspects of the role and distress displayed by clients.
• Frequently providing support to colleagues in managing challenging young people in what can be sometimes distressing circumstances.
• The post holder may be required to work flexible hours as required by service need.
• The post holder may be required to work in different locations as required by service need.

GENERAL

·       To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.

·       To comply with the Professional Codes of Conduct and to be aware of changes in these. To maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation and local policies and procedures implementing this.

·       To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with currently quality initiatives within the work area.

·       To comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, Information Governance and Confidentiality of Information and to be aware of any changes in these.

TO BE NOTED

• This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the postholder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.
• This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the postholder.
• The post holder is expected to comply with all relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information.