# Specialist Dramatherapist

**Company**: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: St. Albans
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Fixed term
**Salary**: £51657.00 to £58785.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a skilled and enthusiastic dramatherapist to cover maternity leave 1 day a week in our adult community mental health team in St Albans supporting adults who experience complex mental health difficulties.

The post holder will hold an active caseload offering both individual and/or group dramatherapy. This post is well supported in terms of space, equipment, CPD opportunities, managerial, clinical and professional supervision.

Main duties of the job:

- To work as an autonomous clinical specialist within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in St Albans, Hertfordshire, providing dramatherapy assessment and intervention to service users with complex mental health needs, including personality disorder, complex trauma and psychoses

- To assess, plan, undertake and evaluate dramatherapy as appropriate through group and/or individual sessions, in accordance with service user care plans and contribute to MDT review processes.

- The main responsibilities of this post are:

- The assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating of both individual and/or group Dramatherapy sessions for community and where clinically appropriate.

- Management of the waiting list

- The completion of risk assessments and patient records

- Integration and attendance to primary MDT meetings.

- To be available to clinically supervise other dramatherapists and placement manage students as required.

- Lead on service innovation as delegated by the Arts Therapies Leadership Team or line manager

The salary for this post is £51,657 to £58,785 a year per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS).

Person specification:

- Good Honours degree in relevant subject

- M.A. (or equivalent) Dramatherapy

- Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Dramatherapist

- Evidence of continued professional development.

- Relevant post qualifying professional experience and a demonstrable knowledge of and commitment to best practice and evidence-based practice.

- Experience of providing a range of therapeutic interventions including assessment, individual and group work, exploratory and supportive.

- Experience of working with people with a range of mental health problems including personality disorder, psychosis

- Experience of working within MDTs.

- Experience of supervising arts therapies trainees and of liaison with university training courses, in own specialty and other specialist areas

- Experience of key working and care co-ordination of clients

## Skills

### Required
- Dramatherapy
- Mental health
- Psychology
- Therapeutic interventions

### Nice to have
- British Association of Dramatherapists membership

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