Specialist Art Therapist

Hpft; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 59,000; Part time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Part-time Main area Specialist B7 Art Therapist/Psychotherapist to join Adult Community Mental Health Services in Hemel Hempstead. This permanent post is 22.5 hours per week, with a salary pro rata (£51,657–£58,785 per annum).

You will provide clinical assessment and intervention to service users with complex mental health needs, supervise arts psychotherapists, and lead on service innovation within the SBU.

Qualifications

• Substantial post-qualification experience in NHS adult mental health care.
• MA in Art Psychotherapy.
• Registered with HCPC as an art therapist/art psychotherapist.
• Member of The British Association of Art Therapists.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and intervention to service users with complex mental health needs, including psychoses.
• Provide assessment and intervention for individuals and groups.
• Provide clinical supervision to Art Psychotherapists.
• Lead on service innovation as delegated by the Head of Arts Therapies.

Skills

Substantial NHS experience

MA in Art Psychotherapy

HCPC registration

BAAT member

Education

MA Art Psychotherapy

Job description

Main area Specialist B7 Art Therapist/Psychotherapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 367-ACMS-101665

Site The Marlowes Health & wellbeing Centre, Hemel Hempstead Town Hemel Hempstead Salary £51,657 - £58,785 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Provide clinical assessment and intervention to service users with complex mental health issues including those with psychoses

Provide assessment and intervention across teams within the SBU

Work in a variety of venues across the SBU

All staff should comply with the Trust’s Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

Main duties of the job

Duties and Responsibilities:

Organisational chart: Adult Community Mental Health Services

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide assessment and intervention to service users with complex mental health needs, including those with psychoses

Provide assessment and intervention for individuals and groups

Provide clinical supervision to Art Psychotherapists

Lead on service innovation as delegated by the Head of Arts Therapies

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. E verything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Relationships:

Working relationships

Works with other arts therapists within the trust, sometimes leading specific delegated projects

Represents arts therapists within the SBU at the request of the head arts therapist so has working relationship across and within teams

Post holder is expected to build relationships with arts therapists in other trusts and within their professional bo

Person specification

Qualifications

• Substantial post-qualification experience in an NHS adult mental health care setting
• M.A. (or equivalent) Art Psychotherapy
• Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an art therapist/art psychotherapist
• Member of The British Association of Art Therapists

Experience

• demonstrable knowledge of and commitment to best practice and evidence based practice.
• Experience of providing a range of therapeutic interventions including: assessment, inpatient and outpatient work, individual and group work, exploratory and supportive.
• Experience of working with people with a range of mental health problems including: personality disorder, psychosis
• Experience of working within MDTs.
• Experience of supervising arts psychotherapists and of liaison with university training courses, in own speciality and other specialist areas

Please note, we do not charge fees for job applications, recruitment processes, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. Please see the Trust careers vacancy webpage and Trac as the only authorised routes for recruitment communications, applications and verification of job offers.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.