Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
Art Psychotherapist /Art therapist
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A great opportunity has arisen for a creative and experienced arts psychotherapist (Music) to work within the Arts Psychotherapies Team (art drama and music) in the Specialist Learning Disability Community Team.
As part of our MDT team in Hertfordshire, you'll have the chance to work alongside other talented arts psychotherapists (art, drama, music), helping to provide exceptional care and support to our learning disability service users. We're committed to helping you develop your professional knowledge and skills, in line with our progressive outcome-focused service objectives with plenty of opportunities for CPD. Together with our excellent rating from the CQC on our last inspection, you can be sure you'll be part of a team that's making a real difference. Plus, you'll receive fantastic ongoing support with a range of supervisions, including operational, professional, and clinical.
Responsibilities
- Develop a strong and compassionate alliance with adults with a learning disability and specialist mental health need and understand the important role of families and paid carers in providing a trauma informed response.
- Provide innovative evidenced-based individual and group music therapy assessment and treatment programs, within various community settings across West Herts.
- Be a highly motivated communicator, with the team's shared passion for achieving the best outcomes for our service users.
- Provide clinical supervision and support to other arts therapists and students when required.
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Requirements
- The post may require working across a number of locations in West Hertfordshire, and will require some travel across the county.
About Us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
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Our Trust Values
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
- Welcoming
- Kind
- Positive
- Respectful
- Professional
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Join Us
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like to work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on…
Contact Us
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Ilona Racz
- Job title: Arts Therapies Professional Lead
- Email address: ilona.racz@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07717468763
Kate Senior; SLDS West Service Manager
01923 837044
Ilona Racz; Professional Lead Arts Therapies LD&F
07717 468 763
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