Art Psychotherapist

Job Information

Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us

Art Psychotherapist - Clinical Specialist

The Emotional Health Service (EHS) is a dynamic team of Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Systemic Psychotherapists and Creative Therapists. We have cluster teams at Richmond (base Twickenham) and Kingston (base Chessington) and work closely with our colleagues in Early Help and Social Care. We have staff working in specialist posts in Safeguarding, Looked After Children and deliver a local Neurodevelopmental Assessment Service. We have a strong sense of team and work together to support children and young people’s emotional wellbeing.

This is a part-time role and the salary will be pro-rata.

Operational area Kingston and Richmond Primary place of work Civic Offices, 44 York Street, TW1 Appointment type Permanent Business area Education Full time/Part time Part-time Salary from £50,031 (SCP39) Salary to £56,172 (SCP45) Hours 21.6 or 28.8 - flexible for the right candidate Estimated Interview date/s 24th September 2024 Closing Date 08/09/2024 Ref No 1689 Documents
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About the role

As a Clinical Specialist/Art Psychotherapist in the EHS Richmond Cluster you will be passionate about improving the mental health of children and young people and putting them at the centre of all you do. You will be part of an established team and be afforded many different opportunities to use your skills, including providing professional consultations, assessments, individual and group art therapy, supervision and line management. We welcome creative and innovative ways to deliver services. In addition to individual supervision and line management, you will have access to many exciting development opportunities. You will also be part of a Team of 6 Art Psychotherapists in EHS providing access to peer supervision and support. This post is permanent and for 3 or 4 days a week and will be based in Twickenham where there is a dedicated art therapy room. This role has an additional market supplement of £5436 per annum pro rata.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jennifer Downie:

About you

We are looking for a part-time Clinical Specialist Art Psychotherapist (Band 8a equivalent) to join the Emotional Health Service. You will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people as well as demonstrating the following points:

Putting children and young people first Be a Qualified Art Psychotherapist with appropriate professional registration with HCPC.  Have experience in providing clinical supervision or line management to others Have CAMHS experience in working with complex and vulnerable families Have knowledge of and experience working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties such as Autism and ADHD.

About our benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:

29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month(Or for term term workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract.) Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension) Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme A range of staff benefits and discounts An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children . For our social work offer .

Important Information

Start dates: Achieving for Children have meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.

Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the for right to work guidance.

Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

For more information about AfC:  Drop in and meet Regina on the first Wednesday of every month at Civic Centre, Twickenham.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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