£46148.00 to £52809.00
FAMILY HOLISTIC MENTAL HEALTH
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Meaningful Impact, As a Drama Therapist, you’ll have the opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and autism, helping them to express themselves and enhance their psychological well-being.
Collaborative Environment, The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team, providing a chance to collaborate with various professionals and gain diverse insights into holistic patient care.
Ongoing Professional Development, Islet Systems is committed to the continuous training and development of its staff, providing numerous opportunities for career advancement and specialized training in the field.
State-of-the-Art Facilities, You will work in a modern, well-equipped environment, designed to promote therapeutic practices and enhance the overall care experience for patients.
Supportive Work Culture, The organization prioritizes values such as respect, dignity, and compassion, fostering an inclusive and positive work atmosphere that encourages employee engagement.
Job Security and Competitive Salary, Offering a competitive salary range of £46,148 to £52,809 provides financial stability, especially in a respected trust known for mental health and learning disability services.
Flexibility and Inclusivity, The role supports flexible working arrangements, making it accessible for a diverse range of applicants, including those with lived experience of mental health conditions.
Islet Systems is seeking a Drama Therapist to join their multidisciplinary team at a new Regional Learning Disability and Autism Unit in Dawlish, aimed at providing high-quality care for adults with learning disabilities and complex mental health needs. The role involves enhancing the psychological health and wellbeing of patients during their inpatient journey by delivering specialist dramatherapy, contributing to assessments, treatment plans, and implementing psychological interventions. As part of a collaborative team, the Drama Therapist will also support ongoing service development and foster relationships with clients, families, and healthcare professionals.
The position offers a challenging yet rewarding work environment with opportunities for professional growth within a dedicated team that prioritizes patient recovery and quality care. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and a commitment to the Trust’s core values, which include respect, dignity, and compassion. The Trust encourages applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and is particularly interested in those with lived experience of mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
The position offers a challenging yet rewarding work environment with opportunities for professional growth within a dedicated team that prioritizes patient recovery and quality care. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and a commitment to the Trust’s core values, which include respect, dignity, and compassion. The Trust encourages applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and is particularly interested in those with lived experience of mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
Meaningful Impact, As a Drama Therapist, you’ll have the opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and autism, helping them to express themselves and enhance their psychological well-being.
Collaborative Environment, The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team, providing a chance to collaborate with various professionals and gain diverse insights into holistic patient care.
Ongoing Professional Development, Islet Systems is committed to the continuous training and development of its staff, providing numerous opportunities for career advancement and specialized training in the field.
State-of-the-Art Facilities, You will work in a modern, well-equipped environment, designed to promote therapeutic practices and enhance the overall care experience for patients.
Supportive Work Culture, The organization prioritizes values such as respect, dignity, and compassion, fostering an inclusive and positive work atmosphere that encourages employee engagement.
Job Security and Competitive Salary, Offering a competitive salary range of £46,148 to £52,809 provides financial stability, especially in a respected trust known for mental health and learning disability services.
Flexibility and Inclusivity, The role supports flexible working arrangements, making it accessible for a diverse range of applicants, including those with lived experience of mental health conditions.
Location: Dawlish, EX7 0NR
Salary: £46148.00 to £52809.00
Date posted: 8th January 2025
Closing date: 20th January 2025
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Our professional responsibility is to reduce the risk of infection to others as far as possible. Getting vaccinated against diseases that can be passed person-to-person in healthcare settings is part of this responsibility. The Trust will provide advice, guidance and support on vaccinations and access to vaccinations where requested.
Job Description
The job offers a challenging yet rewarding environment with opportunities to consistently learn.
The Brook is a new regional service which will provide high quality care and treatment for people who have learning disabilities and complex mental health needs. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support the assessment and treatment of adults with a learning disability or autism on the unit.
We are committed to the ongoing training and development of all our staff and offer a range of opportunities for career progression.
The building and environment will be state of the art and the service aims to become a centre of excellence.
Main duties of the job
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health & wellbeing of people with learning disabilities or autistic people as part of their inpatient journey.
You will work as part of a team of arts therapists and as part of the wider multidisiplinary team offering local clinical expertise and leadership.
About Us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationships
Salary: £46148.00 to £52809.00
Date posted: 8th January 2025
Closing date: 20th January 2025
Apply now
Our professional responsibility is to reduce the risk of infection to others as far as possible. Getting vaccinated against diseases that can be passed person-to-person in healthcare settings is part of this responsibility. The Trust will provide advice, guidance and support on vaccinations and access to vaccinations where requested.
Job Description
- Are you someone looking for a career in one of the UK's most respected mental health and learning disability trusts?
- Would you like to be part of a dedicated team committed to making a difference to peoples lives to enjoy a better future?
The job offers a challenging yet rewarding environment with opportunities to consistently learn.
The Brook is a new regional service which will provide high quality care and treatment for people who have learning disabilities and complex mental health needs. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support the assessment and treatment of adults with a learning disability or autism on the unit.
We are committed to the ongoing training and development of all our staff and offer a range of opportunities for career progression.
The building and environment will be state of the art and the service aims to become a centre of excellence.
Main duties of the job
The principal purpose of the job is to improve the psychological health & wellbeing of people with learning disabilities or autistic people as part of their inpatient journey.
You will work as part of a team of arts therapists and as part of the wider multidisiplinary team offering local clinical expertise and leadership.
About Us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationships
- Clients, family and carers: To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner with clients who may have specific difficulties in understand and/or communicating and who may be hostile, antagonistic or highly emotionally disturbed.
- Multidisciplinary team colleagues: To work closely with colleagues in the multi-professional integrated mental health and wellbeing service on a day to day basis.
- Health & social care staff: To communicate with a wide range of health & social care staff in hospital and in community settings in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, complex and sensitive information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under the services care. To provide support & guidance in the application of psychological principles and techniques, and to foster reflective practice.
- Senior managers & professional staff: To maintain and build good working relationships with senior professional staff and managers across the service and in DPT to foster a positive approach to the integrated mental health and wellbeing service and to enable effective negotiation.
- The service: To plan and prioritise own workload, balancing the demands of patient care, support and guidance of carers and professionals and service research and development activities.
- To contribute to the planning and organising of the psychology and therapy services within the locality area and to contribute to the development and improvement of provision of psychological services within services to best meet the organisations strategy and priorities.
- The multidisciplinary service: To provide arts therapy knowledge to the multiprofessional planning, development and marketing of mental health and wellbeing services.
- Responsibility for Judgement and Analysis
- To provide specialist therapy expertise and advice.
- To provide Dramatherapy, developing specialist psychological formulations and assessments of clients, formulating plans for their psychological treatment and implementing specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
- To support the Professional Head, General Manager, Practice and Strategic Development Leads and Professional Leads by undertaking service development and redesign projects and coordinating the resulting work within the team.
- Assessment & intervention: To make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about assessment, treatment and discharge, including the management of risk. To formulate plans for psychological treatment and implementing speci
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