Job Description

HCPC qualified Art Psychotherapist, Dramatherapist, Music Therapist or Dance Movement Psychotherapist (UKCP)



We are looking for experienced and qualified Creative Therapist/ Arts Psychotherapist to join our Core CAMHS team



Do you have a core registration as an allied health professional HCPC or UKCP? Are you passionate about providing quality mental health services for children, young people and their networks, using creative psychological interventions tailored to their needs?

You will have the necessary knowledge and clinical skills to:

Offer assessments for children, young people and families Create integrated biological, psychological, and social formulations to aid an understanding of the child or young person's needs Utilize evidence based, goal focused and effective interventions which lead to a helpful and co-produced discharge from our service. Have clinical experience of working within an MDT and as part of the child's wider network.

Within Core CAMHS we offer individual, family and group interventions which may be time limited or longer-term according to agreed need. Core CAMHS delivers high quality mental health services to children and young people until their 18th birthday.



We pride ourselves on working within a supportive, experienced and progressive multi-disciplinary team MDT including having a diverse workforce to meet the range of clinical needs.

Key elements of the job:

Provide a range of specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people as well as their families/ carer's who present with emotional and mental health difficulties Provide care-coordination responsibilities for an agreed caseload of children and young people presenting with complex and high-risk mental health issues. There will be a specific focus upon providing specialist clinical assessment, formulation and treatment. Provide self-harm and safety assessments where the Voice of the Child is embedded within personalised care planning. Demonstrating a commitment to ensuring routine outcome measures are embedded within clinical practice to demonstrate clinical based improvements for children, young people and parents/carers.

All CAMHS Registered Practitioners hold a generic job description, however specialist skills and responsibilities related to this role will be reflected within a personalised job plan.



The qualifications, training & experience required for this role are underlined in the /Person Specification.



We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.



Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:



72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.



76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.



81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.



This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.



Provide a range of specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-18yrs) as well as their families/carers who present with emotional and mental health difficulties as well as those children and young people who have learning disabilities. Undertake clinical responsibility for a caseload, adhering to risk management and care planning processes in line with Care Programme Approach (CPA) and liaising with Trust and multi-agency partners across Gloucestershire as required. Provide CAMHS specialist clinical risk assessments (including Self Harm assessments) and complex risk management plans as part of routine clinical work. Provide clinical interventions within a multidisciplinary team where expected roles, responsibilities and activity/performance expectations are outlined within a personal (team based) job plan. This job plan will be reviewed on a quarterly basis and may be adjusted to meet team or service led requirements. Ensure high quality, accurate and contemporaneous clinical record keeping is maintained in line with current Trust policies. Provide CAMHS consultation, training and advice to professionals working within a range of children's services within Gloucestershire on a routine basis. Provide clinical supervision to junior staff as required as well as CPD learning activities within the team. Provide professional based clinical reasoning, knowledge, skills and competencies regarding a range of CAMHS therapeutic interventions. Demonstrate commitment to working with team colleagues to develop a strong multidisciplinary ethos and focus to delivering high quality clinical services. * The "voice" of the child will be central to developing personalised care planning for all children and young people.