Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic Art Therapist with experience working in a mental health setting with women with personality disorder, mental illness? You will be key in promoting and developing the mental, emotional, physical and social wellbeing of service users at Thornford Park Hospital.

Thornford Park Hospital is 142 bedded Forensic Mental Health Hospital. At Thornford Park Hospital, we provide comprehensive personalised assessment and treatment programmes for men with mental illness/complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder within our Medium & Low Secure services. Service users may have histories of offending and/or may have failed in previous placements.

Thornford Park Psychology team is one of the largest Psychology team among Forensic Mental health hospital with 8 Psychologist, team of Art therapist, Dram therapist and Speech and Language Therapist. The team is well supported by team of Assistant Psychologist. The team give you best experience of learning in Forensic mental health.

As an Art Therapist you will plan, provide and develop a service for service users including systematic assessment, treatment and evaluation of individual and group-based treatment.

Working 30 hours a week you will maintain a high quality in all areas of practice including effective team working, using a range of evidence-based approaches, ensuring adherence to national guidelines, legislation, organisational protocols, procedures, policies, standards and systems. 

At Elysium, we want the best for you. That's why you will have continuous access to a range of training courses to enable you to reach your career goals. After all, a better you, means better care. That's what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

As an Art Therapist, you will be:

• Offering specialist treatment for those who would benefit from psychological therapy but find primarily verbal psychotherapy difficult to access (e.g. thought disorder, cognitive difficulties, emotional withdrawal, language problems, etc).
• Assessing referred patients with respect to planning a Art therapy  treatment taking into account risk factors, and complexity of presentation, patient's need, and service priorities.
• Contributing specialist knowledge from your assessment and treatment to the overall care plan for each patient through contribution to clinical meetings (ward rounds, CPAs, tribunals) via written reports, as well as verbal feedback to the ward teams.
• Supporting the team in conducting research, audit and evaluation, particularly in areas of clinical relevance that are aimed at improving quality of service and outcomes.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Registration with the HCPC 
• Experience (either pre-training, on training, or subsequently) of working with clients with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area.
• Experience of managing emotive situations
• The post holder will maintain appropriate registration with the HCPC

Where you will be working

Location: Thornford Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham,

Berkshire, RG19 8ET

You will work at Thornford Park which is a combination of medium secure and low secure units and rehabilitation flats. The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering patients in their recovery and rehabilitation.

You will work alongside the multidisciplinary to provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/ complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder. Service users may have histories of offending and/or may have failed in previous placements.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £38,000 - £42,000 (full time equivalent)
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) - plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.