Band 7 Art Psychotherapist

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking two qualified Art Psychotherapists to join their team in Bristol. The positions involve providing psychological assessments, planning therapy sessions, and working collaboratively in a community setting. Candidates should have HCPC registration and demonstrate excellent communication skills. Flexible working arrangements are available, with one role permanent and the other fixed-term.

Qualifications

• Qualified Art Psychotherapist with HCPC registration.
• Experience in community-based psychotherapy.
• Ability to offer supervision and consultation.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments, psychological formulation, and therapy sessions.
• Plan and implement individual and group art psychotherapy within community services.
• Work as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Excellent communication and engagement skills

Ability to work autonomously

Interest in working in a community setting

Planning and implementing therapy sessions

Offering supervision and consultation

Education

Qualifications as a Art Psychotherapist with HCPC registration

Job description

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for two Art Psychotherapist to join the Art Psychotherapy Team, which is part of the Complex Psychological Interventions Team (CPI) in Bristol.

One post is permanent at 22.50 Hours.

One post is fixed term for 9 months at 30 hours

You would be joining the CPI Team, which is an established team of Arts Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologists Psychotherapists and Psychological Therapists

Both post holder will be based at Petherton Resource Centre offering a service to clients from the south area of Bristol. You will be providing assessments, psychological formulation, planning and implementing individual and group art psychotherapy sessions within community services.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who is a qualified Art Psychotherapist with HCPC registration.

We are looking for someone with the following skills:

• Excellent communication and engagement skills, who can work autonomously whilst enjoying being an integrated member of the arts psychotherapy and CPI Team.
• Someone with a particular interest in working in a community setting, bringing energy to work psychologically within this part of our service.
• Someone able to plan and implement individual and group therapy session and input into service users integrated care programmes.
• Someone that is able to offer supervision and consultation to other Art Psychotherapists and staff within multidisciplinary teams.