Senior Art Therpaist

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a Senior Art Therapist to clinically lead our small team of art therapists in our innovative, trauma-informed work with veterans. We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated practitioner who will also be responsible for developing the service as new insights emerge within our groundbreaking work., To provide an art therapy online and in-person, outpatient and residential service structured in terms of referral, assessment, formulation of art therapy intervention, treatment, review, and discharge. The post will involve attendance at senior staff meetings, such as the Therapeutics Group (TG) or Service Reference Group (SRG) when required, and promoting the art therapy service, for example through providing sponsor reports and speaking at public events. The post will also include delivering clinical screenings; risk assessments; Full Clinical Assessments (FCA); Support Network Assessments (SNA); attendance at Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings; and other relevant meetings as part of the Psychological Therapies team, plus involvement in treatment planning, consultation, and advice to other Combat Stress staff on art therapy for the treatment of veterans. To work closely with the Principal Clinical Psychologist to contribute to the development and enhancement of the treatment
programmes delivered at Combat Stress; to contribute to ongoing service development and clinical governance processes; to engage in supervision of Band 6 and trainee art therapists; and to be involved in training and research initiatives as appropriate.

Combat Stress is the UK's leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century we've been helping former servicemen and women deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems. We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.