British Association of Art Therapists
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email: info@baat.org
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Previous BAAT & Art Therapy News
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- 09/02/2011
Open days for prospective Council members
"The role of the HPC is to protect the health and wellbeing of people who use the services of its registrants. The Council has a strong ethos of public and service user engagement, transparency, inclusion and rigour in all its endeavours.
It has public protection at the heart of its functions. This year there will be two vacancies for registrant members of Council with terms starting in July 2011.
We are holding two open days for those considering applying for appointment to the HPC Council. The first of these is on Thursday 10 February at HPC's offices (Park House, 184 Kennington Park Road, London SE11 4BU). This will give prospective candidates the opportunity to meet members of the Council and Executive and understand more about the organisation. The open day will start with an informal lunch at 1pm and will end at 3.30pm. You may also wish to observe the Council meeting which starts at 10.30am on the same day and runs through to 1pm. The second event on Tuesday 1 March, 5pm – 7pm, will also be held at HPC's offices, although there will not be a Council meeting that day."
Advertisements for these roles will be published on the HPC's website and the Appointments Commission website during the first week of March. For further information about the role of a Council member, or to confirm your attendance at one of these open days, please call Louise Hart on +44 (0)20 7840 9711 or email louise.hart@hpc-uk.org
- 06/09/2010
Art Therapy for Ghanaian students
Ghanaian students, especially those who come from poverty, receive no exposure to art education during their limited schooling. Art therapists Carrie Bradish and Benita von Stillfried plan to introduce art as a tool for communication and expression as well as to engage and strengthen the local community while raising the profile of PROFESA. They will do this through open art groups, painting murals inside and outside the school, photography projects and workshops. Most of the materials will be sourced locally and will be influenced by traditional crafts.
Further information and how to support this project >>
PROFESA academy >>
- 02/08/2010
The National Arts in Health website is now live at www.cultureandwellbeing.org.uk
- 13/08/2009
Chamberlain Dunn have just launched the 2010 UK Awards for Allied Health Professionals & Healthcare Scientists. For full details see the brochure (pdf) and visit the website: www.ahpandhsawards.co.uk
This year, the DH is sponsoring The Chief Health Professions Officer's award for leadership (England). The closing date for entries is 6 November with the judging day on 19 January. The awards lunch is on 12 March. All AHP and HCS personnel including Art Therapists are eligible to enter. - 11/05/2010
The London Arts in Health Forum has just launched a national survey to put together an up to date map of arts in health activity in England. This research will also help create a searchable database which will be the central component of a new national website for arts in health. The database will include organisations and individuals which provide arts in health activities and will be a resource for health providers across the country when the website goes live this summer. - To tell us what you do and make sure you and your organisation are represented please fill in the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/cultureandwellbeing. Please contact Damian Hebron Director, London Arts in Health Forum, if you have any queries damian@lahf.org.uk
- 15/04/2010
Petition for More Art in mental health
Breakthrough is a User-led Arts Organisation and they would like the support of Art Therapists for their on-line petition.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Artworks/
- 05/01/2010
HPC publishes conclusions on the proposed statutory regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors: read HPC news release >>
- 23/10/2009
HPC Launch New Student resources
The HPC have today launched a variety of new resources for students and those working on approved programmes via a newly dedicated area of the HPC website. Further details >>
www.hpc-uk.org/education
- "Working in Partnership - Creative Competencies in CAMHS" - presentation by Tiffany Care at the York Conference.
Tiffany describes her role of Art Therapist with Specialist CAMHS (Children and Adolescents Mental Health Service) and the DVD 'About Bullying', which was made in partnership with young people at Sir Thomas Jones school, Anglesey, North Wales. The film enabled the young people to express their opinion about an issue of importance to them, and to get their voices heard at commissioning level in North Wales, informing service delivery. Download the presentation (PowerPoint 1.5MB) - 31/07/2009
EAC Over 60's Art Awards Call for Entries - Deadline for entries 26th October
- Exhibition at The Bankside Gallery 2nd to 6th December
- All details, including online and postal entry are on EAC's brand new Art Awards website, at www.eacartawards.org.uk. Please visit the website and view the gallery of over 700 exhibited works from 2003 onwards, as well as three videos highlighting creative activities within residential settings. More details and quotes from previous entrants >>
- Rethink report from the "Your Treatment, Your Choice" survey: 83% of respondents found the Arts Therapies helpful
- In a speech on the 16th September, Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, supports the role of the Arts and Arts Therapies for mental health service users. More >>
- Advancing Arts and Mental Health: What is a gallery for? BAAT and Tate conference at Tate Britain >>
- NICE expected to recommend art therapy on the NHS for people with schizophrenia.
- Results of two BAAT surveys are now available: on-line survey of newly qualified Art Therapists and the first pilot survey of Arts Therapies within Adult Mental Health Service.
- Organisational Consultancy - an Art Therapy Approach: the BAAT Council has agreed to support a pilot project which aims to develop a new and distinct method of working with teams and organisations
- Useful information on the Children's Plan for Art Therapists working with children (from the Department for Children, Schools and Families)
- Clinical Leadership for NHS Commissioning
- White Paper just published for those working with looked after children – 'Time for Change'
- White Paper on professional regulation "Trust, Assurance and Safety – the Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century".
- Guidelines for arts therapies and the arts in palliative care published.
- RATs group (Regional Arts Therapists group) in Essex and Suffolk
- Guidelines for Art Therapists Working in Prisons
Clinical Leadership for NHS Commissioning
The NHS alliance has just produced a well publicised document on clinical leadership for NHS commissioning. It makes a strong case that Allied Health Professions' involvement in shaping services is beneficial to Patient Care and to the health of communities. Art T
herapists are included in examples of good practice, and this document will be very useful when engaging with commissioners.
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http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/timeforchange/
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Help the Hospices, in collaboration with Creative Response and BAAT, have published new guidelines for arts therapists working within the palliative care sector. To order a copy of guidelines please follow the link http://www.hospiceinformation.info/publications.asp to the Help the Hospices publications page.
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Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Counsellors to State Register under HPC >>
