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Band 8
Group Profile - Senior Registered Practitioner (SRP)
Job Description - SRP: DTC Lead Core Creative
Psychotherapist
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Date of Issue
06 June 2022
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OR-JES-2198-JD-B8 : SRP : DTC Lead Core Creative Psychotherapist v8.0
Job Description
Job Title
SRP : DTC Lead Core Creative Psychotherapist
Group Profile
Senior Registered Practitioner
Organisation Level
Functional Specialist
Band
8
Overview of the job
This is a non-operational, prisoner-facing job within an establishment focusing on
the therapeutic needs of prisoners.
Summary
The job holders covered in this job description are usually categorised as specialists
in their field or those whose role requires significant additional experience, training
and personal development.
The post holder will be a functional lead for the core creative psychotherapy service
in operation across the establishment. The post holder will excel in the area of
psychodynamic, psychotherapeutic or psychological models of treatment. They will
also have experience in risk assessment or be a specialist in a specific area such as
personality disorder, trauma, or working within forensic services. At this level, the
post holder has responsibility for developing the diverse and expanding core creative
psychotherapy service and integrating this service within the delivery of the
therapeutic community intervention. In addition this will involve significant line
management and managerial responsibility. The post holder will have significant
expertise and experience in the delivery of the creative therapeutic disciplines such
as art therapy or psychodrama.
The post holder will be the functional lead for the creative psychotherapist service
within the establishment. They will provide specialist clinical input and advice within
the therapeutic community setting, supporting operational staff and other clinicians
in their approach to TC treatment. In addition to developing and integrating the core
creative psychotherapeutic service which will include music therapy, psychodrama
and art therapy, the post holder will be involved in the delivery of psychotherapy
through a creative psychotherapy medium.
The job holder will be working with complex prisoners and a diverse multidisciplinary
staff team. They will apply their experience and competence in the area of creative
psychotherapies to reduce the risk of harm and reoffending by undertaking complex
treatment with prisoners, coordinating research and evaluation and delivering
training for staff and group interventions for prisoners. They will also have
responsibility for delivering supervision, reflective practice sessions and staff
training.
Delivery of Core Creative Psychotherapy services by the post holder will aim to
address specific offence related issues in more depth, overcome blockages to
progressing treatment, consolidate the work of the DTC and promote pro-social
creative expressions of emotion.
This is a prisoner facing role with line management responsibilities.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities
Activities and Duties
and duties:
• To provide line management for up to 10 Core Creative Psychotherapists.
• To provide the overarching professional lead for three diverse core creative
modalities (Music Therapy, Art Therapy and Psychodrama) and be responsible
for clinical oversight and direction.
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• To have an active clinical role in the delivery of Core Creative Therapies within
the therapeutic communities.
• To provide clinical input and oversight for the delivery of all CCP clinical
assessments and CCP parole and clinical reports.
• To be responsible for leading on meeting audit baselines for the delivery of all
Core Creative Psychotherapies.
• To collaborate with external partners to develop and implement research into
the efficacy of Core Creative Therapies.
• To lead on the development of Reflective Practice within therapeutic
communities.
• Provide CCP representation at all national TC Liaison meetings/conferences, as
well as other prison wide affiliations.
• Specialise in the clinical delivery of an accredited intervention (Democratic
Therapeutic Community) ensuring that clinical requirements are adhered to and
complement operational practice.
• Facilitate Creative Psychotherapy group sessions, and facilitate large community
meetings, supporting co-facilitators and other staff engaged in these processes.
• Provide a specialist creative psychotherapy contribution to the adult male
treatment service in the prison setting, working with men with significant
offending behaviour and Personality Disorder referred to the Therapeutic
Community, utilising information from a broad base of creative and
complementary therapy theory and methodology and integrating it into a
psychological formulation of the client in the context of their family and wider
social context.
• Ensures the integrity and effectiveness of the group sessions ensuring a range of
professional standards are met in relation to the delivery of each session
through oversight and supervision of other staff.
• Ensures that the delivery of treatment complies with the requirements of the
programme and remains consistent with the underlying theoretical models and
prescribed delivery style.
• Contribute to the effective implementation of the Democratic Therapeutic
Communities accredited core model in the prison setting.
• Deliver individual and group clinical supervision to members of the staff team,
where required, and develop the clinical abilities of staff who deliver group
therapy.
• Be accountable for the conduct of those under their supervision.
• Manage therapy group dynamics and support other staff such as officers to
facilitate groups, providing clinical input and knowledge where required.
• Promote clinical principles, supporting staff to put these into practice in the way
they communicate with and work with one another, modelling TC values and
culture for other staff on the unit.
• Act as a ‘professional witness’ in parole board hearings, multi-agency meetings,
and other formal settings where specialist input is required, such as re-
categorisation boards. May also act as expert witness in respect of court
proceedings for Ministry of Justice.
• Provide clinical assessments of referrals to the creative psychotherapy service,
ensuring that this assessment aligns with risk management and treatment plans.
• Contribute to effective risk assessment and resulting risk management of
complex, vulnerable or high risk prisoners, reporting on treatment and
therapeutic progress in relation to criminogenic factors.
• Develop and maintain expertise in the assessment and treatment of offenders
and risk areas targeted by the programme.
• Provide specialist advice to decisions relating to progress in treatment for
residents on the TC, continuation or termination of therapy and therapeutic
dosage.
• Contribute to other offender management processes (usually with more
complex cases in work such as Assessment, Care in Custody & Teamwork (ACCT)
assessments and self-harm or personality disorder assessments).
• Attend weekly clinical, community, staff team meetings, including
administrative, assessment and academic meetings, and other service meetings
as necessary for effective team working and service development needs.
• Integrate into the Therapeutic Community, engaging in all aspects of its
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community life, abiding by the rules of the constitution in line with other
members, staff and residents. Ensure all members of the team adopt this
approach.
• Ensure interactions between prisoners and staff is actively encouraged and
constructive within the therapeutic environment.
• Provide supervision, training, mentoring and support to trainee creative
psychotherapists and those undertaking psychotherapeutic qualifications where
required.
• Ensure the clinical effectiveness of own practice and of service functioning by
participating in audit and development activities relevant to the service area.
• Remain informed of and critically evaluate current research to support
evidence-based practice in own professional work and to contribute this
perspective in the multi-disciplinary team.
• Lead on the evaluation of the Service by working with colleagues in the design
and development of service-related research and evaluation projects, as agreed
with the Head of Clinical Services.
• Provide a specialist contribution to the preparation for clinical external audit of
the therapeutic community, including preparation of case studies, detailed self-
reviews and liaison with external agencies such as the community of
communities. Act as a peer-reviewer consultant to other Therapeutic
Communities outside of the prison service.
• Provide specialist reports when requested for prisoners and to submit within
the appropriate time framework.
• Maintain professional networks with other clinicians and TCs sharing best
practice.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not
intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable
alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant
adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall
be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
Behaviours
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
Strengths
It is advised strengths are chosen locally, recommended 4-8.
Essential Experience
Qualification and experience in providing clinical supervision (preferably both group
and individual).
Technical
Qualified and registered clinician with an associated and relevant professional body
Requirements
e.g. BAAT, BACP and UKCP. This qualification will usually be a recognised post
graduate qualification in Art Therapy (or similar) which would facilitate registration
with the Health Professions Council (HPC).
Have undertaken further creative psychotherapy or mainstream psychotherapy
training, usually at Masters level.
Ability
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium
of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.
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Minimum Eligibility
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• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post.
• All external candidates are subject to 6 months’ probation. Internal candidates are
subject to probation if they have not already served a probationary period within
HMPPS.
• All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or
organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
37 hour working week.
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
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Success Profile
Strengths
Behaviours
It is advised strengths
Ability
Experience
Technical
are chosen locally,
recommended 4-8
Making Effective Decisions
An ability to fulfil all
Qualification and experience in
Qualified and registered clinician with an
spoken aspects of the
providing clinical supervision
associated and relevant professional
role with confidence
(preferably both group and
body e.g. BAAT, BACP and UKCP. This
through the medium of
individual).
qualification will usually be a recognised
English or (where
post graduate qualification in Art
specified in Wales)
Therapy (or similar) which would
Welsh.
facilitate registration with the Health
Professions Council (HPC).
Leadership
Have undertaken further creative
psychotherapy or mainstream
psychotherapy training, usually at
Masters level.
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Developing Self and Others
Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
OR-JES-2198-JD-B8 : SRP : DTC Lead Core Creative Psychotherapist v8.0