Expressive Arts Therapist

Job description / Role

Our client is a wellness and rehabilitation facility focusing on the treatment of behavioural disorders. Based in Doha, Qatar the facility will provide the highest standards in clinical treatment along with hospitality-enhanced services. 

We are recruiting for an Expressive Arts Psychotherapist with experience in mental health and/or substance misuse. Please note that for this opening our client is only accepting Male candidates; bilingual in English and Arabic.   
 
Job Purpose:
To work closely with a multi-disciplinary team to provide a high standard of clinical care, which encompasses expressive arts psychotherapy assessment, treatment and management of Guest-clients experiencing substance-elated and addictive disorders and co-morbid conditions.  

Duties:
- To provide high quality expert expressive arts psychotherapy including the; planning, designing and facilitation of rehabilitation program.
- To provide age and developmentally appropriate arts psychotherapy groups and establishing appropriate S.M.A.R.T. treatment goals.  
- To flexibly manage a varied caseload of both residential and ambulatory care Guest-clients with complex needs, using evidence based person centred principles.
- Work as part of a team to ensure effective communication and delivery of care.
- To participate in in-service development.
- To participate in service improvement initiatives.
- To assist in the teaching of other multi-disciplinary team members, clinical and non-clinical staff, and others to promote understanding of expressive arts psychotherapy to enhance Guest-client recovery.
- Perform any other work-related tasks or activities within scope of practice and agreed competencies as directed by the ‘direct supervisor’

Requirements

- A Bachelor's degree in a relevant behavioural health field (e.g. recreational therapy, music therapy or dance therapy)  
- Licensed as an expressive arts therapist in home country, e.g.: Recreational Therapist- Certified Therapeutic Recreational Specialist (CTRS), Music Therapist- Board Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC), Art Therapist-Registered Art Therapist (ATR), Dance Movement Therapist- Board Certified Dance Movement Therapist (BC- DMT)
- Up-to-date CPD in relevant expressive arts therapy areas
- Postgraduate Qualification in a relevant subject area
- A Master's Degree in Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Drama or Dance Movement Therapy
- At least 5 years’ experience in expressive arts therapy
- Multidisciplinary experience in a range of clinical fields to include mental health, or medical
- Previous experience in specialist area of mental health
- Fluent in Arabic and English 

Some of the benefits include:
- Tax free salary
- Accommodation allowance 
- Transportation allowance
- Mobilisation/ Repatriation flights
- Annual return flights
- Medical Insurance
- End of year gratuity award
- Generous annual leave and public holidays 
- Married status contracts available
- Schooling allowance (dependent children up to the age of 18)

About the Company

Cavendish Professionals is a highly respected recruitment consultancy with the energy, expertise and professionalism to offer extensive job vacancies in the Healthcare, Life Sciences and Technical sectors in the UK and Internationally.

Cavendish Professionals is an independent, family-run business, with a team of personable consultants whose aim is to get to know you better. We believe that this considered approach is the best way to ensure we find you a role that perfectly matches your career ambitions.

As a group we’ve been taking this approach for over 30 years. During this time we have successfully helped client organisations and candidates alike to fulfil their corporate and professional ambitions.