Art Therapist

Post Holder will work across the South Enfield Integrated Core Mental Health Team as an autonomous clinical practitioner planning and providing an arts psychotherapies service, including treatment and ongoing evaluation, drawing on the evidence base specific to clinical area. The post will also include involvement in treatment planning, consultation and advice giving in art therapy to other staff. The post holder will be expected to contribute to ongoing service development and clinical governance processes, engage in supervision of trainee art therapists and be involved in training and research initiatives as appropriate., · To provide assessment, formulation and treatment for patients of the the Enfield Integrated Core Mental Health Teams using appropriate specialised Art Therapy approaches. You will be allocated to work in the south core team however this may change based on service requirements and demands.
· To provide Art Therapy sessions, including group and individual work.
· To maintain systems for prioritising referrals to Art Therapy and maintain a waiting list as needed.
· To carry a caseload of Art Therapy patients as negotiated with the OT & AHP Lead/core team leads.
· To carry out or be involved the review Dialog+ assessment for service users within the Enfield Integrated Core Mental Health Team
· To work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, developing good staff relations and liaising with the multi-disciplinary team on clinical issues., · To use appropriate assessments and outcome measures to be able to audit and evaluate the effectiveness of art therapy delivered within the service.
· To provide specialist clinical placements and supervision for honorary contract holders undertaking Art Therapy training as part of the capital AHP fair share model for practice placements.
· Provide timely written summaries of the art psychotherapy service over selected time periods; translating these highly complex client and therapist experiences into reports and recommendations that inform and assist colleagues.
· To work autonomously within British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) guidelines and the overall framework of the Trust's policies and guidelines.
· To maintain and develop the highest standards of practice, through active participation in continuing professional development and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in psychological practice in areas related to the post.
· To raise the profile and understanding of Art Therapy within the core team and be the voice of Art therapy as the only art therapist within the team.

Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
+ Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
+ Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
+ Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
+ Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
+ Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
+ Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk, North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
+ We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
+ We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
+ NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
+ Excellent internal staff network
The post holder will be aligned with our Values:
+ We Are Kind
+ We Are Respectful
+ We Work Together
+ We Keep Things Simple
+ We Empower
+ We Are Proudly Diverse
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.