Programme Lead (Creative Therapies)

Part-time vacancy - 21 hours per week.

Purpose

Would you enjoy teaching the people we support new skills?

We are excited to be launching a new Nature-Based Therapies and Skills Workshop at Grange Village, Newnham. This innovative workshop will provide meaningful opportunities for the people we support to develop new skills, build confidence and express themselves in a safe, creative and welcoming environment. As part of the team, you will play an important role in helping to establish and develop this new workshop, working alongside colleagues to create engaging activities and build a welcoming, inclusive environment from the outset. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute your ideas, creativity and skills as the workshop grows and develops.

Our drama and wellbeing workshops offer tremendous benefits to the people we support. Drama provides a safe space for self-expression, communication and creativity, enabling individuals to share their thoughts and feelings through movement, gestures, music and dialogue. Taking part in these activities can help develop self-confidence, self-esteem, social skills and emotional wellbeing, while creating opportunities for connection, enjoyment and personal achievement.

The Programme Lead will develop, deliver and assess the effectiveness of the programme they lead, collaborating with other leads from across the charity to develop consistent, comprehensive programmes across all our ten communities. The inclusive activities are then shaped and delivered to meet each individual participant’s support needs, goals and desired outcomes.

Location & Travel

Community-based

This role will be based at Grange Village in Newnham on Severn.

Duties & Responsibilities

Programme Delivery

• Develop, plan, deliver, assess and support people to participate in activities within one or more of the Creative Therapies programmes (Supported Natured-based Arts & Crafts, Supported Creative Arts for Wellbeing).
• Work with other programme leads from across the Trust to curate nature-based programmes of activity as vehicles to delivering outcomes and impact.
• Develop comprehensive 13-week programmes of activity, designed to support each of the individual participants to progress towards their personal goals.
• Use templates and established processes, document programme plans and keep records of sessions to inform continual service improvement.

Person-centred Support

• Work with participants to identify individual goals and determine progression objectives.
• Assess, induct and review the support needs of programme participants, ensuring effective support plans and risk assessments are in place, in partnership with other relevant parties such as social workers, family members and key workers.
• Review participants progress and develop plans for each season to build on that progress to meet individual objectives.
• Document reflections on the effectiveness of activities of supported people to progress towards their individual goals.
• Create a safe, enabling environment (as described in the table above).
• Keep records and collect data to evidence progress, outcomes and impact.

Health & Safety

• Responsible for safe practice, dynamic risk assessment of the environment and people, following  safe operating processes and procedures; keeping records to evidence the effectiveness of our systems and processes in doing so.
• Identify, report and follow up any buildings/ equipment issues with our PALS teams and/ or external contractors as required, through to problem solved.
• Find solutions to operational challenges and escalate risks or issues that are outside your control or influence to mitigate/ resolve; assist with actioning recommendations made in internal/external audits to improve safety/ reduce risk.
• Ensure we are meeting all regulatory requirements to keep people safe, as well as any additional measures described in Trust policies and procedures relevant to your role/ programme.

People

• Support the managers to recruit, induct, integrate and train new staff and volunteers towards their individual goals; carry out regular supervisions and develop our staff to reach their potential.
• Assist the manager with staffing schedules/ rotas to ensure we resource the service efficiently and appropriately to ensure a safe environment and meet the support needs.
• Aid communication through information cascades, team meetings etc.
• Conduct regular observations to provide support workers feedback on effectiveness of the support provided to individual participants.

Data & Reporting

• Collect evidence of progression and other data as required to meet KPIs and other reporting requirements which evidence effectiveness, efficiency and achievement of target outcomes.

Service Development & Promotion

• Work with NBTS managers to build a strong and positive presence in the community by attending and supporting both internal and external events.
• Build and maintain good relationships with stakeholders, including family members and professionals, while ensuring the Camphill Village Trust ethos is clearly communicated.
• Support visits and trials for potential new participants and lead their induction process once they join.

General

• Comply with the Trust’s policies and procedures, including Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity and Data Protection.
• Comply with the statutory provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
• Employees must look after their own health, safety and welfare and be mindful of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Employees must co-operate and comply with management instructions regarding health and safety issues and report all accidents, incidents and problems as soon as practicable to their manager or other senior members of staff where necessary.
• Ensure that confidentiality is respected and maintained at all times.
• Attend and participate in team meetings, 1-2-1 supervision sessions and other meetings as required in line with the post.
• Undertake any other duties which are consistent with this post, as directed by line management.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of the department.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Maths and English GCSE Grade C and above (or equivalent to).

Desirable

• Health & Safety and/or First Aid qualification.
• Safeguarding training certificate.
• Care Certificate.
• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social care, or equivalent, or willingness to work towards this.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• A minimum of one years’ experience of working within a social care, education or other support setting.
• A minimum of one years’ experience of line managing people.
• Experience and confidence in using Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel.

Desirable

• Experience in delivering activity-based group sessions to people with support needs.
• Experience of supporting adults with additional needs.
• Experience of supervision of practice in a social care setting.
• Understanding of therapeutic benefits of a connection with nature.

Personal Attributes

• A calm, person-orientated approach with a flexible mind set and the ability to take and give direction from and to others.
• Proven ability to be honest, dependable, and dedicated to your role.
• A common-sense approach, fun but mature attitude and approachability are key. 
• Strong and adaptable communication skills.
• Strong planning and organisational skills.

Key Competencies

Competent to support people to participate in programmes in one or more of the following areas within Creative Therapies and Skills:

Creative Arts for Wellbeing

• Able to lead performance-based programmes such as drama, music, singing, mindfulness.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.

Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.