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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a highly clinically skilled, experienced, motivated and compassionate Psychologist/ Psychotherapist to work in a split role between ADAPT-East in Bromley and the specialist Woman's Service which is also based in the same building in Orpington. </p> <p>ADAPT-E is one of the Bromley community mental health teams.</p> <p>WS is a specialist evening psychotherapy service for women, survivors of non recent child sexual abuse. The service operates on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and as it is primarily an evening service, the post holder will be expected to work evenings for the Woman's Service on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.</p> <p>The post holder will join an established and integrated psychological therapies team within ADAPT-E. In the WS the post holder will join a well established team of psychoanalytic, psychodynamic and art psychotherapists offering specialist psychotherapy for women survivors of child sexual abuse.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post presents an exciting opportunity to develop highly specialist, supervisory and leadership skills within secondary care adult mental health.</p> <p>ADAPTE has been developing new ways of working with people presenting with interpersonal issues and complex trauma including a structured clinical management, compassion based and trauma stabilisation group programs. These run alongside established provisions including dual modality MBT, EMDR, CAT, 3rd wave CBT, psychodynamic, systemic and integrative approaches. Personal modality preferences will be encouraged and respected, specialisms in one or more of the above would be highly desirable.</p> <p>The post holder will be involved with assessment, formulation and interventions to the ADAPT population. Supervision of doctoral trainees or junior members of the therapy team will also be expected as appropriate. Leadership support will be encouraged with the Locality Lead in terms of service development and development of the MDT more widely.</p> <p>For WS, the post holder will be expected to provide highly specialised clinical interventions and supervision and contribute to the specialist expertise within a psychodynamic framework for survivors of child sexual abuse. The post holder will offer consultation on clients' psychological care to colleagues in team meetings and supervision, and work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.</p> <p>Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:</p> <ul>  <li>We're Kind</li>  <li>We're Fair</li>  <li>We Listen</li>  <li>We Care</li> </ul>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>22 August 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £61,631 to £68,623 a year
      
        pro rata pa inc
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>277-7392935-CMH</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Carlton Parade</p>
      <p>1-6 Carlton Parade</p>
      <p>Orpington,</p>
            <p>BR6 0JB</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
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    <p>Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Clinical experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Minimum 2 years of Band 7 or equivalent / 2 years post qualification</li>
        
        <li>Relevant post graduate training in a specialist modality</li>
        
        <li>Significant experience of working with survivors of sexual abuse</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>2 years post qualification within the NHS</li>
          
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          Professional
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Professional registration with UKCP/ BPC/ HCPC/ BAAT</li>
        
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          Additional clinical experience
        
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        <li>Experience of working with complex emotional needs</li>
        
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          Clinical Supervision
        
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        <li>Experience of supervising other psychological therapy professions</li>
        
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            Clinical experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Minimum 2 years of Band 7 or equivalent / 2 years post qualification</li>
          
          <li>Relevant post graduate training in a specialist modality</li>
          
          <li>Significant experience of working with survivors of sexual abuse</li>
          
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          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>2 years post qualification within the NHS</li>
            
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            Professional
          
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          <li>Professional registration with UKCP/ BPC/ HCPC/ BAAT</li>
          
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            Additional clinical experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Experience of working with complex emotional needs</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Clinical Supervision
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Experience of supervising other psychological therapy professions</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Carlton Parade</p>
      <p>1-6 Carlton Parade</p>
      <p>Orpington,</p>
            <p>BR6 0JB</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="http://oxleas.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Carlton Parade</p>
          <p>1-6 Carlton Parade</p>
          <p>Orpington,</p>
                    <p>BR6 0JB</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="http://oxleas.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

Psychologist/Psychotherapist/Art Psychotherapist

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust recognise the important role that Arts Psychotherapies have in supporting people with complex mental health needs. We are committed to broadening access to psychological therapies to ensure that we meet the needs of our diverse communities.</strong></p>
<p>If you are a motivated, highly skilled and experienced art psychotherapist ready to take the next steps in developing your career whilst working as part of a multi disciplinary team please read on... We have seven Steps to Recovery units and an Intensive Community Rehabilitation Team located at various sites across the city. Each offer a range of mental health rehabilitation services and are committed to supporting people with complex care needs. The successful candidate will work across 2 sites facilitating art therapy within 3 of our Complex Care units - Endeavour Court, Erdington and Dan Mooney and David Bromley House located on the same site in Knowle, Solihull. This autonomous role will require you to develop the art psychotherapy resource within these units, to liaise with the MDT and support the delivery of effective and responsive psychological care. You will be warmly welcomed into a well established and supportive group of psychological practitioners working across Steps to Recovery and Assertive Outreach Services.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The successful candidate will, as part of the multi-disciplinary team, inform and develop art psychotherapy referral pathways, facilitate both individual 1:1, and group interventions, as well as provide consultation to other clinical staff. You will be required to clinically supervise band 6 and 7 art psychotherapists working across the trust and will yourself receive clinical supervision from and experienced art psychotherapist. You will have access to training and development opportunities to develop your career within a dynamic team in a busy setting.</p> <p>As an Art Psychotherapist working within the Trust, you will become a member of a large community of Arts Psychotherapists working in various settings including, Secure Care and Offender Health, Early Intervention Services, Complex Treatment Service, Community Art Psychotherapy Service, SOLAR Young People's Service and the Enhanced Team for Personality Disorders. This network of Arts Psychotherapists will ensure you have access to model specific support, mentoring and professional leadership via the Heads of Arts Psychotherapies.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.</p>
<p>Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>11 August 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £55,690 to £62,682 a year
      
        per annum, pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>436-7400886</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Endeavour Court</p>
      <p>210 Reservoir Road</p>
      <p>Birmingham</p>
            <p>B23 6DJ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Develop highly effective working relationships with the multi-disciplinary team.</p> <p>Provides direct clinical services to clients, undertaking highly specialist psychological art psychotherapy assessments and providing highly specialist individual and group based art psychotherapy intervention as appropriate and as required,</p> <p>Facilitates the dissemination of effective evidence informed psychological practice within the team and service by supporting psychologically informed protocols, guidelines and procedures implemented by other members of the MDT.</p> <p>In completing agreed duties, plans, organises and prioritises own time, activities and workload (manages own clinical caseload, plans group sessions, plans and organises teaching and research activities, organises administrative responsibilities, etc)</p> <p>Undertakes governance, audit and clinical administrative activities, collecting, collating and analysing data, writing and presenting reports and undertaking project development and implementation as appropriate. </p> <p><strong><em>We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.</em></strong></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Develop highly effective working relationships with the multi-disciplinary team.</p> <p>Provides direct clinical services to clients, undertaking highly specialist psychological art psychotherapy assessments and providing highly specialist individual and group based art psychotherapy intervention as appropriate and as required,</p> <p>Facilitates the dissemination of effective evidence informed psychological practice within the team and service by supporting psychologically informed protocols, guidelines and procedures implemented by other members of the MDT.</p> <p>In completing agreed duties, plans, organises and prioritises own time, activities and workload (manages own clinical caseload, plans group sessions, plans and organises teaching and research activities, organises administrative responsibilities, etc)</p> <p>Undertakes governance, audit and clinical administrative activities, collecting, collating and analysing data, writing and presenting reports and undertaking project development and implementation as appropriate. </p> <p><strong><em>We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.</em></strong></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Masters Degree in Art Psychotherapy. and registration with HCPC.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Significant post qualifying experience of working in Rehabilitation Services</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Significant post qualifying experience of working in Mental Health Services</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Further professional development linked to Art Psychotherapy specialism.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Clinical Supervision Training</li>
          
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
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            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Masters Degree in Art Psychotherapy. and registration with HCPC.</li>
          
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Significant post qualifying experience of working in Rehabilitation Services</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Significant post qualifying experience of working in Mental Health Services</li>
            
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Further professional development linked to Art Psychotherapy specialism.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Clinical Supervision Training</li>
            
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Endeavour Court</p>
      <p>210 Reservoir Road</p>
      <p>Birmingham</p>
            <p>B23 6DJ</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Endeavour Court</p>
          <p>210 Reservoir Road</p>
          <p>Birmingham</p>
                    <p>B23 6DJ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Band 8a Senior Art Psychotherapist - David Bromley House

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong><em>Are you a registered Art, Drama, Music Therapist with a passion for using creative expression to support older people through complex emotional and psychological challenges?</em></strong></p> <p>We're looking for a dedicated Art, Drama, Music Therapist to join our small, vibrant, and highly creative team. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary team and fast paced environment.</p> <p>You'll be part of a service who are passionate about working with older adults. Our team values innovation, empathy, and reflective practice--and where your creative contributions are encouraged and celebrated.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>For the provision and development of specialised art, drama, music therapy and psychological services for our patients on Ruby ward. The work will have a particular emphasis on later life issues, including Dementia.</p> <ul>  <li>To assess clients with complex and high risk needs for suitability for individual and group art, drama, music therapy.</li>  <li>To facilitate a treatment program which is flexible and sensitive to the needs of the client group and involve clients in group and one to one work using a variety of modalities associated with their particular discipline (i.e., art therapy, music therapy, dramatherapy) in a therapeutic and creative and safe way.</li>  <li>To work as part of a multidisciplinary team in planning, implementing and evaluating treatment, providing assessment and treatment for clients referred to the service and evaluate care.</li>  <li>To provide specialist advice and clinical supervision for other professionals, colleagues or trainees where appropriate.</li>  <li>The post holder will show proof of commitment to continuing professional development.</li>  <li>To work independently, designing and establishing a specialist clinical art, drama, music therapy service for clients.</li> </ul> <p><strong>At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.</p> <p>We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.</p> <p>Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.</p> <p>We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.</p> <p>You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.</p> <p>The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.</p> <p><strong>Our strategy</strong></p> <p><strong>Our mission is what we set out to do every day</strong>We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people</p> <p><strong>Our vision is where we want to be in the future</strong>To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.</p> <p><strong>Check out our recruitment videos Recruitment - YouTube</strong></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>26 August 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>380-AC0712-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Ruby Ward, Maidstone</p>
      <p>Hermitage Lane</p>
      <p>Maidstone</p>
            <p>ME16 9PH</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Art, Drama &amp; Music Therapists perform controlled sessions where arts-based activities are used to observe and explore the behaviour, attitudes and emotions of individuals experiencing physical, psychological, emotional or mental health problems.</p> <p>The Post holder is responsible to the Art, Drama, Music Therapy Inpatient Lead (or a designated deputy) for the provision and development of specialised arts therapies and psychological services in our older adult acute settings across Kent and Medway. The work will have a particular emphasis on later life issues, including Dementia.</p> <p><em>Provision of art, drama, music therapy to patient group as required</em></p> <p><em>Effective communication with MDT</em></p> <p><em>Appropriate record keeping and information sharing</em></p> <p><em>Responding to risk and safeguarding concerns</em></p> <p><em>Professional conduct within HCPC guidance</em></p> <p><strong>Please see the attached job description.</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Art, Drama &amp; Music Therapists perform controlled sessions where arts-based activities are used to observe and explore the behaviour, attitudes and emotions of individuals experiencing physical, psychological, emotional or mental health problems.</p> <p>The Post holder is responsible to the Art, Drama, Music Therapy Inpatient Lead (or a designated deputy) for the provision and development of specialised arts therapies and psychological services in our older adult acute settings across Kent and Medway. The work will have a particular emphasis on later life issues, including Dementia.</p> <p><em>Provision of art, drama, music therapy to patient group as required</em></p> <p><em>Effective communication with MDT</em></p> <p><em>Appropriate record keeping and information sharing</em></p> <p><em>Responding to risk and safeguarding concerns</em></p> <p><em>Professional conduct within HCPC guidance</em></p> <p><strong>Please see the attached job description.</strong></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Honours degree, post graduate dip/MA in Arts Psychotherapy including art, drama, music</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Additional training in mental health/and or dementia</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Registration
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>HCPC registration is required</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          CPD
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Commitment to continuing professional development and own clinical research</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>A number of years in employment as an Art, Drama or Music Therapist post training</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working and delivering art, drama, music therapy treatment in inpatient settings with older people and people with dementia</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Honours degree, post graduate dip/MA in Arts Psychotherapy including art, drama, music</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Additional training in mental health/and or dementia</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Registration
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>HCPC registration is required</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            CPD
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Commitment to continuing professional development and own clinical research</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>A number of years in employment as an Art, Drama or Music Therapist post training</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of working and delivering art, drama, music therapy treatment in inpatient settings with older people and people with dementia</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Kent &amp; Medway NHS &amp; Social Care Partnership Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Ruby Ward, Maidstone</p>
      <p>Hermitage Lane</p>
      <p>Maidstone</p>
            <p>ME16 9PH</p>
    
  

  
    <br>
    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Kent &amp; Medway NHS &amp; Social Care Partnership Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Ruby Ward, Maidstone</p>
          <p>Hermitage Lane</p>
          <p>Maidstone</p>
                    <p>ME16 9PH</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Art, Drama, Music Therapist

Senior MBT practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>This is an exciting arts therapies opportunity with Newham Arts Therapies, working with adult service users with complex mental health needs, in hospital and the community. The clinical provision is to cover for maternity leave, and may include individual and group work. You will be well supported with supervision from very experienced arts therapies clinicians. You will be part of a well-established arts therapies, and specialist psychotherapy service. We are looking for interested applicants who can work autonomously and be part of a very committed team. Team meetings take place on Wednesdays, 9.30-11am online. This full-time fixed-term role may be split across more than one modality, days to be negotiated accordingly.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>You will work as part of Newham Arts Therapies, offering clinical provision, including assessment, individual and group work, to in-patient and community service users with complex mental health needs. This work takes place in different locations, including Newham Centre for Mental Health, 409 High Street and other community locations, and will include picking up ongoing referrals, and setting up of some new work in the community. You will be qualified and registered as an Arts Therapist (art psychotherapy, dramatherapy, music therapy and dance movement psychotherapy), with work experience relevant to the role. We are looking for committed and enthusiastic applicants who want to work as part of a team and contribute meaningfully to service user experience and recovery.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Newham Arts Therapies is a well-established very committed team of therapists. The work is complex and challenging, but we are a close-knit team working together to create best outcomes. We meet regularly for business and clinical meetings, with regular team supervision and reflective practice. Supervision will also be provided on a regular individual basis.</p>
<p>Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>19 August 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £44,485 to £52,521 a year
      
        per annum pro rata Inc HCA
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>363-NEW7379034</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>409 High Street</p>
      <p>409 High Street</p>
      <p>Stratford</p>
            <p>E15 4QZ</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>For full details of the job and responsibilities please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>For full details of the job and responsibilities please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Education
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Degree in relevant area</li>
        
        <li>MA or equivalent qualification in Arts Therapy Modality</li>
        
        <li>For Art therapist/Art Psychotherapist, Music Therapist &amp; Dramatherapist: Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council</li>
        
        <li>For Dance Movement Psychotherapist: Membership of ADMP UK Professional Register</li>
        
        <li>o For Dance Movement Psychotherapist: Evidence of working towards: UKCP Registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist</li>
        
        <li>Membership of Professional Body</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>For Dance Movement Psychotherapist: UKCP Registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Pre-arts therapy qualification experience of working in adult mental health</li>
        
        <li>Experience of providing individual and group arts therapy in an adult mental health setting</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working as an Arts Therapist in an NHS mental health setting</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li>
        
        <li>Developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic relationships to be developed and maintained with clients who have complex needs</li>
        
        <li>Ability to apply specialist skills in individual and group based assessments and interventions.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Other
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Physical skills including specialist use of the body as required to facilitate a wide range of activities both on a one-to-one and group basis, including using equipment as required.</li>
        
        <li>Mental and emotional effort required to undertake intense concentration for clinical interventions on both a one-to-one and group basis.</li>
        
        <li>Active involvement in ongoing professional and team development.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to travel independently across all sites</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to speak a local community language</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Education
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Degree in relevant area</li>
          
          <li>MA or equivalent qualification in Arts Therapy Modality</li>
          
          <li>For Art therapist/Art Psychotherapist, Music Therapist &amp; Dramatherapist: Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council</li>
          
          <li>For Dance Movement Psychotherapist: Membership of ADMP UK Professional Register</li>
          
          <li>o For Dance Movement Psychotherapist: Evidence of working towards: UKCP Registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist</li>
          
          <li>Membership of Professional Body</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>For Dance Movement Psychotherapist: UKCP Registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Pre-arts therapy qualification experience of working in adult mental health</li>
          
          <li>Experience of providing individual and group arts therapy in an adult mental health setting</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team</li>
            
            <li>Experience of working as an Arts Therapist in an NHS mental health setting</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li>
          
          <li>Developed interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic relationships to be developed and maintained with clients who have complex needs</li>
          
          <li>Ability to apply specialist skills in individual and group based assessments and interventions.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Other
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Physical skills including specialist use of the body as required to facilitate a wide range of activities both on a one-to-one and group basis, including using equipment as required.</li>
          
          <li>Mental and emotional effort required to undertake intense concentration for clinical interventions on both a one-to-one and group basis.</li>
          
          <li>Active involvement in ongoing professional and team development.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to travel independently across all sites</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Ability to speak a local community language</li>
            
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>409 High Street</p>
      <p>409 High Street</p>
      <p>Stratford</p>
            <p>E15 4QZ</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>East London NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>409 High Street</p>
          <p>409 High Street</p>
          <p>Stratford</p>
                    <p>E15 4QZ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.elft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Arts Therapist

Family and Carer Ambassador

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Can you provide professional leadership to support the organisation, planning, and delivery of peer support across Forensic service's at MPFT?</p> <p>Can you manage operational and strategic plans and policies, ensuring the delivery of effective, efficient and high quality services for patients and their families / carers?</p> <p>If so our Forensic service would love to hear from you as we recruit for a Professional Lead for Lived Experience</p> <p>You will challenge, support and work in partnership with our service health teams (using personal lived experience) in delivering the strategic direction of the peer recovery working approach. You will work closely with the Voluntary sector to address health inequalities by interfacing between VSCE providers and Care Group services.</p> <p>You will champion peer support across the Trust, inter-organisationally and nationally, and provide training, presentation and representation of peer support as appropriate.</p> <p>You will take responsibility for the professional leadership of all lived experience roles within forensics and lead and complete key peer support project work as agreed including initiating, researching, liaison with others, developing and delivery.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>As the forensic professional lead you will be part of the trust wide lived experience leads team contributing towards the strategic development of peer support working across the Trust and representing the needs of the patient population in forensics. .</p> <p>You will provide professional leadership for peer support workers and other lived experience peer roles across Forensic Mental Health Services.</p> <p>You will work in collaboration with the Trust Recovery Lead Partner / Wellbeing and Recovery College Service Manager and the Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) Trainer to ensure the leadership, development and support of the lived experience peer support workers at the Trust, and those based with Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) partner organisations</p> <p>You will be working closely with clinical colleagues to promote, develop and embed the principles of recovery orientated practice across forensic mental health services and supporting the development and ongoing delivery of the System's Peer Support provision.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.</p> <p>We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford &amp; Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.</p> <p>We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.</p> <p>We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.</p> <p><strong>Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications</strong></p> <p><strong>Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.</strong></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>13 August 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £54,710 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Full-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>301-LBG-25-7387613</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>St George’s Hospital</p>
      <p>Corporation Street</p>
      <p>Stafford</p>
            <p>ST16 3SR</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:</p> <ol>  <li>To be responsible for the professional leadership of lived experience peer support workers within forensic mental health services, working closely with the Trust Recovery Lead Partner and Knowledge and Understanding Framework Trainer to promote the principles and practice of the peer and lived experience roles within operational service delivery.</li>  <li>Work closely in partnership with operational forensic mental health teams, using lived experience and other skills to bring challenge, ideas and support to further Lived Experience and peer support working across the Trust.</li>  <li>To exercise responsibility for the operational management and systematic governance of Lived experience workforce and peer support practice within forensic mental health, and to ensure that systems are in place and effective for the clinical and professional supervision and support of staff for whom the post-holder has professional responsibility. </li>  <li>Lead on service development specifically related to Lived experience and peer support, including the implementation of national and local strategies and policies.</li>  <li>Identify external drivers that may impact on clinical services and advise on the implementation of national and local policies relevant to peer support across forensic mental health services.</li> </ol>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:</p> <ol>  <li>To be responsible for the professional leadership of lived experience peer support workers within forensic mental health services, working closely with the Trust Recovery Lead Partner and Knowledge and Understanding Framework Trainer to promote the principles and practice of the peer and lived experience roles within operational service delivery.</li>  <li>Work closely in partnership with operational forensic mental health teams, using lived experience and other skills to bring challenge, ideas and support to further Lived Experience and peer support working across the Trust.</li>  <li>To exercise responsibility for the operational management and systematic governance of Lived experience workforce and peer support practice within forensic mental health, and to ensure that systems are in place and effective for the clinical and professional supervision and support of staff for whom the post-holder has professional responsibility. </li>  <li>Lead on service development specifically related to Lived experience and peer support, including the implementation of national and local strategies and policies.</li>  <li>Identify external drivers that may impact on clinical services and advise on the implementation of national and local policies relevant to peer support across forensic mental health services.</li> </ol>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Master's Degree level study or demonstrable equivalent experience</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Coaching and/or mentoring training.</li>
          
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Personal lived experience of mental health struggles and use of mental health services.</li>
        
        <li>Personal lived experience as a user of secure mental health services or contact with the criminal justice system and recovery from personal mental health challenges</li>
        
        <li>Has significant experience of face-to-face work with people with mental illness and/or other disabilities.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of managing and developing peer support workers.</li>
        
        <li>Has experience of working alongside staff from range of disciplines.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of utilising own lived experience perspectives and insights in a strategic leadership role.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of involvement in service redesign or development.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of applying interpersonal skills in promoting and implementing recovery-based working.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of undertaking evaluation/research/audit activities.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of developing policy guidance and protocol to underpin projects.</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of understanding, producing and analysing and reporting complex data sets or information.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of research methods, audit or other service evaluation techniques</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of talking/presenting in public.</li>
          
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        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Master's Degree level study or demonstrable equivalent experience</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Coaching and/or mentoring training.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Personal lived experience of mental health struggles and use of mental health services.</li>
          
          <li>Personal lived experience as a user of secure mental health services or contact with the criminal justice system and recovery from personal mental health challenges</li>
          
          <li>Has significant experience of face-to-face work with people with mental illness and/or other disabilities.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of managing and developing peer support workers.</li>
          
          <li>Has experience of working alongside staff from range of disciplines.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of utilising own lived experience perspectives and insights in a strategic leadership role.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of involvement in service redesign or development.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of applying interpersonal skills in promoting and implementing recovery-based working.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of undertaking evaluation/research/audit activities.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of developing policy guidance and protocol to underpin projects.</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of understanding, producing and analysing and reporting complex data sets or information.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of research methods, audit or other service evaluation techniques</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.</li>
            
            <li>Experience of talking/presenting in public.</li>
            
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    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
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        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>St George’s Hospital</p>
      <p>Corporation Street</p>
      <p>Stafford</p>
            <p>ST16 3SR</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="https://www.mpft.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
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        <p>Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>St George’s Hospital</p>
          <p>Corporation Street</p>
          <p>Stafford</p>
                    <p>ST16 3SR</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.mpft.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Professional lead for lived experience

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust (LPFT) is an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies site (IAPT). An opportunity has arisen for a qualified counsellor Band 5 or Band 6 to join the Lincolnshire Talking Therapies IAPT Service based in Gainsborough although you may also be required to cover alternative bases to meet service need. The Service provides evidence based interventions within a stepped care model, treating people with mild to moderate common mental health problems. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a major national service, which has fundamentally changed the way in which psychological treatments are provided.</p> <p>In return we can offer you:</p> <p>o A well established, friendly and supportive therapy team.</p> <p>o Personal and professional development opportunities.</p> <p>o Regular management and clinical supervision.</p> <p>o Annual appraisal</p> <p>o Early access to our staff wellbeing service and psychology therapies</p> <p>o Excellent working environment.</p> <p>o NHS Pension</p> <p>o NHS benefits</p> <p>For further information regarding this post please contact Philip Chilvers, Team Manager for Gainsborough Talking Therapies team via email <a href="mailto:philip.chilvers@nhs.net" target="_blank">philip.chilvers@nhs.net</a></p>   <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be able to work within a team environment and be thoroughly conversant with the use of clinical systems.</p> <p>The Band 5 counsellor will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing counselling for depression. The post holder will be expected to hold a clinical caseload, and will be provided with clinical supervision. The service will provide the relevant training to acquire a qualification in an IAPT modality (CfD).</p> <p>To acquire the Band 6 the candidate will need to continue to hold a caseload, be accredited with a professional body. Complete and pass a qualification in an IAPT modality (CfD). They will also be responsible in providing clinical supervision to counselling colleagues.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.</p>
<p>You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!</p>
<p>We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.</p>
<p>This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>20 August 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 5</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £31,049 to £37,796 a year
      
        per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>274-11499-AC-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Gainsborough Health Centre</p>
      <p>Hickman Street</p>
      <p>Gainsborough</p>
            <p>DN21 2DZ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.</p> <p>When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.</p> <p>We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:</p> <p> Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy</p> <p> Competitive annual leave allowance</p> <p> Car leasing scheme</p> <p> NHS pension scheme</p> <p> Free eye tests</p> <p> Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme</p> <p> Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants</p> <p>Get in touch today:</p> <p>Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Philip Chilvers, Team Manager for Gainsborough Talking Therapies team via email <a href="mailto:philip.chilvers@nhs.net" target="_blank">philip.chilvers@nhs.net</a></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.</p> <p>When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.</p> <p>We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:</p> <p> Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy</p> <p> Competitive annual leave allowance</p> <p> Car leasing scheme</p> <p> NHS pension scheme</p> <p> Free eye tests</p> <p> Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme</p> <p> Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants</p> <p>Get in touch today:</p> <p>Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Philip Chilvers, Team Manager for Gainsborough Talking Therapies team via email <a href="mailto:philip.chilvers@nhs.net" target="_blank">philip.chilvers@nhs.net</a></p>
    
  


      
  
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Diploma in counselling (therapeutic) or equivalent  (Recognised Core Professional trainings that allow access to CFD/DIT/IPT/CTFD  training programs and accreditation with the regulating body)</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>NICE recommended therapeutic IAPT training - IPT/ CFD/ DIT</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Supervised practice</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of a broad range of psychological therapies including time limited interventions</li>
        
        <li>Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively</li>
        
        <li>Ability to manage own caseload and time</li>
        
        <li>Ability to meet agreed/ specified service targets</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Accreditation with BACP/UKCP/NCPS or working towards accreditation Knowledge of and commitment to appropriate ethical framework.</li>
          
          <li>Counselling in a GP practice or Healthcare setting</li>
          
          <li>Delivery of time limited interventions</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Good written and communication skills</li>
        
        <li>A good level of analytical and judgemental skills</li>
        
        <li>Excellent organisational skills</li>
        
        <li>Ability to carry out assessment</li>
        
        <li>Awareness of Child Safe guarding requirements</li>
        
        <li>Awareness of adult safe guarding requirements</li>
        
        <li>Understanding of common mental health problems and of current approaches to treatment e.g NICE Guidelines</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>IT skills</li>
          
          <li>Worked in a service with agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes</li>
          
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          <li>Diploma in counselling (therapeutic) or equivalent  (Recognised Core Professional trainings that allow access to CFD/DIT/IPT/CTFD  training programs and accreditation with the regulating body)</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>NICE recommended therapeutic IAPT training - IPT/ CFD/ DIT</li>
            
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            Experience
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>Supervised practice</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of a broad range of psychological therapies including time limited interventions</li>
          
          <li>Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively</li>
          
          <li>Ability to manage own caseload and time</li>
          
          <li>Ability to meet agreed/ specified service targets</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Accreditation with BACP/UKCP/NCPS or working towards accreditation Knowledge of and commitment to appropriate ethical framework.</li>
            
            <li>Counselling in a GP practice or Healthcare setting</li>
            
            <li>Delivery of time limited interventions</li>
            
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            Skills
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Good written and communication skills</li>
          
          <li>A good level of analytical and judgemental skills</li>
          
          <li>Excellent organisational skills</li>
          
          <li>Ability to carry out assessment</li>
          
          <li>Awareness of Child Safe guarding requirements</li>
          
          <li>Awareness of adult safe guarding requirements</li>
          
          <li>Understanding of common mental health problems and of current approaches to treatment e.g NICE Guidelines</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>IT skills</li>
            
            <li>Worked in a service with agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes</li>
            
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Gainsborough Health Centre</p>
      <p>Hickman Street</p>
      <p>Gainsborough</p>
            <p>DN21 2DZ</p>
    
  

  
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        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Gainsborough Health Centre</p>
          <p>Hickman Street</p>
          <p>Gainsborough</p>
                    <p>DN21 2DZ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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