# Dramatherapist

**Company**: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Chertsey
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: £51,657 to £58,785 a year Incl. 5% HCAS ,pa, pro rata.
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Band 7 Dramatherapist to join our dynamic, friendly and welcoming Adult Arts Therapies team.

The post covers North West Surrey/North East Hampshire area with a base at Unither House.

The Adults Arts Therapies team receive referrals from the Neighbourhood Mental Health Services and the postholder will be expected to work flexibly across the trust as need arises.

We are particularly keen to hear from applicants with experience of working with severe, enduring, and complex mental health presentations.

The post holder will have experience working as an Art(s) Psychotherapist in mental health including experience in assessment and intervention, individual and group work with people with complex difficulties. Additional training relevant to this area of work is desirable e.g. Mentalization based Therapy, DBT, SCM, EMDR.

**Main duties of the job**

- To undertake initial screening appointments, assessment and provide group and individual art(s) psychotherapy.

- To liaise with professionals, carers, relatives and external agencies as required.

- Maintain up to date risk assessments for service users directly involved in your care.

- To involve people who use services and their carers in their personal care plans taking their individual needs and preferences into account.

- To help advise other professionals and trainees engaged in mental health work about the role and suitability of arts psychotherapies interventions.

**Benefits**

- Free parking

- Excellent health and wellbeing support

- Flexible working

- Wide range of staff networks

- Opportunities for development and progression

**About us**

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are committed to providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

## Skills

### Required
- Arts Psychotherapy
- Mental Health
- Assessment and Intervention
- Individual and Group Work

### Nice to have
- Mentalization based Therapy
- DBT
- SCM
- EMDR
- Leadership or Management Qualification

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