What constitutes relevant work experience?
Relevant work includes work in a care (nursing assistant, project worker, arts instructor etc) or community setting, art teaching, facilitating art workshops. We appreciate that it is not always possible to obtain paid work in these areas. Voluntary work may often be obtained by contacting any Social Services or Health Service departments. It is worth enquiring locally to ascertain if an Art Therapist is employed and could offer voluntary work. Work experience gives you some basis for thinking about a career in a caring profession and also experience of working within a team or institutional setting. One major component of the MSC Art Therapy entails work on a clinical placement and so prior experience of work setting(s) is very important.
