Visual Arts Senior Technical Instructor

Are you a creative artist looking for a rewarding role?

Visual Arts Senior Technical Instructor

Location: Northampton

Salary: £27,002 - £30,370 per annum dependent on experience

Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours

We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative and resilient individual with the skills to use visual art as an effective therapeutic activity; delivering a robust and meaningful programme across a variety of clinical areas. You need to be effective in working autonomously, communicating with a wide range of people and motivated to support the development of the Recovery and enabling pathway. You will be delivering a wide range of art interventions guided by Occupational Therapy theory and principles; working with people with complex needs whereby interventions are personalised to promote health, wellbeing and occupational therapy outcomes.

You can achieve more at St Andrew’s Healthcare

We are St Andrew's, we are a mental health Charity and our purpose is to inspire hope for those living with complex mental health needs.

We are looking to a future with less stigma, more community support, more research and education, and we aim to be at the forefront of inspiring real change. We want to ensure we can all live in a society where everyone with complex mental health needs is heard, valued and has hope for their future. So please if you feel you can contribute to our vision then come and join us, and support us to help people transform their lives

The Arts team sits within the Allied Health Professionals department, consisting of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics and Speech and Language Therapy. The Arts team currently offer a centralised service to the Northampton site whilst Birmingham and Essex have their own Arts Team managed locally within the Occupational Therapy services.

The Person and Role

We are looking to recruit into our Visual Arts Senior Technical Instructor role, a highly motivated, knowledgeable and innovative person who will join our existing and highly experienced team of 2 art practitioners.  We will be asking you to take responsibility for organising and delivering art interventions demonstrating versatility and show initiative.  We are looking for a person to be effective in their communication skills, both written and verbal, which are essential, and have the ability to develop good professional relationships with individuals in our care and members of the ward teams. 

As an employee of St Andrews Healthcare you will adopt an inclusive and ‘can do’ attitude in approaching your work and will demonstrate good understanding of employing creative activities to engage a diverse range of patients. You will be expected to work with a high degree of autonomy and be actively engaged to develop creative opportunities for the patients in our care.

Continued professional development is encouraged, with access to a range of in-house CPD events.  Further opportunities include networking opportunities with colleagues of the same and different grades within the service and the Charity. 

Rewards and Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• Excellent professional and career development and training opportunities
• Relocation allowance (eligibility criteria applies)
• Pension and life assurance
• Sickness policy on par with the NHS
• 35 days annual leave, increasing further after service (including bank holidays)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• Paid DBS application

If you have any questions regarding the post or want to arrange a visit please contact: Jackie Branston, Head of Occupational Therapy

Closing Date: 6^th December 2024