Art Psychotherapists work as members of the school’s team and contribute to reviews and multi professional meetings. They also liaise with other professionals involved in any safeguarding issues and attend case conferences and review meetings.
What is needed for an art therapist to work in a school?
- A self-contained and quiet room, consistently available and free from interruption
- A sink and running water
- A lockable storage space
- Art materials (listed below), a table and chairs
- Liaison time with key staff and parents/carers
- Liaison time with other relevant professionals.
PAPERWORK
I provide my own contract for the school and myself to sign, the referral forms, referral guidance, consent forms, and any other relevant admin paperwork. I send out invoices to schools, and provide receipts.
INFORMATION I WILL NEED FROM THE SCHOOL
The school will agree to share with me any relevant documents about the client’s mental health. This may include the child r young person’s EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan), IEP (Individual Education Plan), any relevant CAMHS assessment information, or any behaviour strategies that work for the child. The school must also provide me with the contact details of parents or legal guardians of my clients. It is the school’s duty to complete the referrals and get back the consent forms from parents, before the art therapy sessions start.
PRICES
Per individual session: £45 (for 55 minutes)
Per group session: £60 (max. 4 participants) (for 1h or 1h10)
Please have a look at my prices page here, for more details.
NB: Schools would have to pay the ‘full-day package’ charge of £285 (reports and meetings included in price), when they employ the art therapist for a whole school day (8.30am to 3.30pm). This covers my supervision costs and insurance costs.
Extra costs:
Report writing: £20
Meetings with school staff (outisde of working hours): £15
ART MATERIALS REQUIRED
Acrylic paints
Poster paints
Paintbrushes
Oil pastels
Dry soft pastels
Scissors
PVA glue and Pritt-stick
Colouring pencils
Felt-tip pens
Pencils & Biro Pens
Rubbers & Sharpener
Sticky tape
Clay (terracotta air dry)
Arts and crafts decorations
Glitter
Masks
Play d’oh
A3 paper drawing blocks or single sheets
A4 paper
A4 paper card
Mapac style A3 clear project art folders (1 per client)
SUPERVISION
I may need to share the artwork of my clients in my supervision sessions. I aim to keep names anonymised and will most likely share digital copies of my clients’ artworks with my supervisor.
