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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.
An exciting opportunity to join the NHS Lothian Arts Psychotherapy Service, one of the largest in the UK – a team comprising of over 30 Arts Psychotherapists, working across all age groups and all localities served by NHS Lothian.
What staff say about our team:-
- ‘It’s been a wonderful rich experience I’ll always greatly value’
- ‘My time working within the NHS Lothian Arts Therapies team has been incredibly rich and I have learnt so much.’
- ‘I would like to thank you .. for the incredible opportunities you have provided me within the NHS, I have learnt so much during my time as a student and as an employee and feel very lucky to have worked alongside such an inspiring team.’
The Arts Therapies Service provides Art, Music, Drama, Dance Psychotherapy services to children, young people, adults and older adults with complex needs across all of NHS Lothian and specific additional partners (i.e. local authority social care and third sector organisations). Arts Psychotherapy may be offered within NHS venues or other community facilities.
For this role Arts Psychotherapy will be provided within a Community Mental Health team to those experiencing significant emotional instability &/or relational injury using an Mentalisation Based Treatment theoretical framework.
The successful applicant will be embedded within an Edinburgh Mental Health Team, as part of the Arts Psychotherapy wider service. The requirement is to gather evidence, through clinical delivery, for developing a new post to meet the targets in Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy.
The expectation will be to deliver a group and I:I sessions using the MBT approach and to actively support Service User’s to link with other support available within the community (ie arts in health projects, peers support services, further education opportunities).
The post-holder will also be required to link with other members of the Arts Psychotherapies team, especially when considering supporting discharge from an inpatient admission.
This post may be of specific interest to clinicians with experience of working with adults with complex mental health needs. Training and development opportunities and regular clinical supervision and line management will be provided by the Arts Psychotherapy Team. MBT Skills training will be provided but a good understanding of the model in advance is preferred. Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration is essential.
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and creative in their approach and has had previous experience of working adults using a range of verbal and non-verbal communication. The post holder will be expected to work independently using own initiative and as a team member, linking closely and communicating effectively with other health and social care professionals, and families as appropriate.
For further information please contact - Kate Pestell – Kate.Pestell@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk or Simon Marshall – Simon.Marshall@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk