Creative Therapist Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Peace Hospice Care Full time

Are you a qualified art, drama or music therapist passionate about leading and developing the creative therapies service to help our palliative patients and their carers/families live life as well as they can? If so, this exciting and varied role is just the opportunity you are looking for.**As Creative Therapist Practitioner and Coordinator you will:Lead the Creative Therapies service within the hospice and its outreach locations, carrying out Creative Therapy assessments and therapeutic interventions.


Develop a coordinated supportive care and creative therapy service across our core services (inpatient unit, outpatient services and outreach), that uses a range of approaches e.g.

art, drama, music, writing, craft and other wellbeing therapeutic techniques to support patients with a life-limiting illness, their families and carers.


Support Hospice projects and events when creative arts input is required, such as the annual memorial service, Light Up a Life.


Demonstrate professional expertise and ensure all tasks are completed in line with best practice and Hospice policy.
You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:

  • A recognised professional creative therapy qualification eg BA (Hons) Creative and Therapeutic Arts.
  • Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of your team and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care services or be bereaved.
  • Is dynamic and passionate about how creative/therapeutic interventions can help those in life limiting situations and their families/carers.
  • Is able to provide a quality service to a wider range of needs.
  • Is able to evaluate outcomes and feedback to inform future service design.
  • Can influence the service by providing great leadership and demonstrating out core values:
  • We are caring and compassionate
  • We engage and empower
  • We strive for excellence
  • We develop and innovate
  • We respect and value.

We can offer:
- a supportive environment
- personal development
- flexible working
- opportunities to volunteer
- generous annual leave entitlement
- opportunity to sustain your NHS pension or a workplace pension matching contributions up to 7%
- employee assistance programme
- passionate team with quality at the heart of what we do.


At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we're all about making every moment matter for our patients and families, and you can play your part in that.

We will support people of all ages who are affected by a progressive life
- limiting illness and those who care for them, to live as well as possible by providing choice and ease access to a wide range of palliative care and bereavement services across West Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

We provide care and support for adults and children diagnosed with cancer and other life-limiting illness, and their families, visiting day and night.

It's important work and, to make it all happen, we need talented and passionate people.


If successful, you'll join on the first working Monday of the month so we can best support you with our structured induction programme.

We encourage and strongly recommend our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19.


We are delighted to announce that the proposed merger between Rennie Grove Hospice and Peace Hospice Care commenced on 1 July 2023.

The new organisation has been incorporated and will be called Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care. For more information please click here.

Our commitment to Equality and Diversity

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection processes and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.

Interviews:

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