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Agenda for Change Guidelines

BAAT guidance on the Agenda for Change

BAAT, in partnership with Amicus and the other arts therapies associations has published the following guidance documents which will be useful for all practitioners who are involved in the Department of Health Agenda for Change.

BAAT Agenda for Change Job Evaluation Guidelines
(issued 23rd September 2005)  Back to top of page

BAAT, in partnership with Amicus and the other arts therapies associations, has published the following update to the Job Evaluation Guidelines. This replaces the guidelines issued earlier this year.

The following document will also be useful for those requesting a second matching.

Further Guidance for anybody who has been banded at Band 6
(issued 17th August 2005)  Back to top of page

For those who feel they have been wrongly banded at Band 6 the following advice may help.  For all reviews of bandings refer to the Amicus Guidance on Undergoing a Review of your Matching (pdf)

We suggest in many cases to be banded at Band 6 panels may have deflated certain factors. (Please refer to the AFC guidance for further information)

These factors are:

  • Communications and Relationship Skills
  • Analytical and Judgemental Skills
  • Policy and Service Development
  • Possibly HR
  • Possibly R&D
  • Mental Effort

These are all functions of the arts therapist working autonomously as a practitioner. No experienced Arts Therapist should match at the level for the Band 6 profile. This is an entry level profile. We would vision that a newly qualified Arts Therapist should be at this level for no more than 2 years and as little as a few months as the higher levels of the Band 7 profile can be evidenced. BAAT and Amicus continue to propose that the Band 6 profile should not exist and the preceptorship gateway on Band 7 should have been used for ensuring that newly qualified are competent to work autonomously. Comparisons can be made between the levels on the Band 6 and those for other professions e.g. Mental Effort - compare yourself with a Clinical Psychologist or SLT and for communication compare with a psychologist.

Further Useful Documents on the Agenda for Change  Back to top of page

This document gives an overview of the framework of the Agenda for Change. It is intended as an executive summary for employers but may be useful starting point for BAAT members: 
agenda for change 071005-1.pdf

Advice for members who have been employed under split contracts:
Split Contracts.pdf