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ART PSYCHOTHERAPIST - 0.5 WTE Band 6 | 2.5 days per week
COMMUNITY TEAM – BASE EAST LOTHIAN
Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.
An exciting opportunity to join the NHS Lothian Arts Psychotherapies Service – a team comprising of nearly 40 Arts Psychotherapists working across all age groups and all localities served by NHS Lothian.
What employees 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 Psychotherapies Service provides Art, Music, Drama 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).
For this role, Art Psychotherapy is provided to East Lothian Community Mental Health Team – “The CMHT provides assessment, care planning and treatment, and co-ordinates support and follow up, for people predominately aged 18-65 in East Lothian who have moderate to severe mental health difficulties”. NHS Lothian Ref Help.
The successful applicant will be part of the Community Arts Psychotherapy team delivering care to people in out patient settings (groups & I:I sessions). They will be expected to respond to the identified needs of patients and contribute to systemic care planning. The post-holder may also have opportunities to do other roles within the Arts Psychotherapy team as they arise.
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. 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 with other health professionals, visiting specialists, and families as appropriate.
If you would like an informal discussion, please contact:
Emma.MacLean@nhs.scot (Mon & Wed)
W: Arts Therapies – NHS Lothian | Our Services
Please note we may cap application numbers so early submission is recommended
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.
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.
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.