Drama Therapist

3 days ago

London, United Kingdom East London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

To provide specialist individual and group based drama therapy assessment and treatment to young people and their families alongside other MDT colleagues.

Offer flexible, recovery focused and evidence-based episodes of care, assessments and treatments to a wide variety of clinical presentations.

Contribute to the positive working environment within the Coborn Centre multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit. They will supervise and support trainee staff and take a lead role in service development and training provision.

Drama Therapist

An opportunity has arisen for a drama therapist at The Coborn Centre for Adolescent Mental Health. The Coborn Centre is an in-patient unit for young people aged between 12-18 years with acute mental health problems and complex mental health needs. The unit is comprised of a twelve bedded Acute in-patient ward, a twelve bedded Psychiatric intensive Care Unit (PICU), a smaller PICU ward with four beds and nine places in the Day service. The catchment area we serve is multi-ethnic and culturally diverse and we welcome applicants who are skilled at working with the richness and complexity of this multicultural context.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated drama therapist with a passion for working with young people and their families to join our extensive culturally diverse multidisciplinary team. The post will offer you the opportunity to work in an innovative specialist service that encourages learning, self-development and innovation. In addition to your regular formal supervision, you would have access to peer supervision from the large team of art therapists in the local Newham CAMHS team as well as the wider Trust. We offer opportunities to be involved in QI projects, research and evaluation and QNIC.

You will have the opportunity to facilitate staff reflective practice groups and offer clinical supervision. You will have opportunities to work collaboratively with an experienced multi-disciplinary team to plan young people's care.

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.

Please for further information kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.

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