Band 7 Art Psychotherapist - Community Art Psychotherapy Team
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
If you are an Art Psychotherapist looking to develop your experience within a vibrant, growing team of Arts Psychotherapists, read on. We are advertising a 12-month fixed-term role within the community art psychotherapy team, which sits within our Trust-wide Arts Psychotherapies Service. In recent years, the team has grown significantly, and we are proud to offer a career structure from entry-level to Consultant Art Psychotherapist. You will be located in the South hub (based at Longbridge) in a busy Community Mental Health Team setting, working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of clinical staff as part of the Art Psychotherapy Community Team and wider Arts Psychotherapies Service in the Trust. Main Duties of the Job
Developing and informing referral pathways, facilitating a range of art psychotherapy interventions to individuals and groups, providing consultation to other clinical staff, and working as part of the MDT within the community mental health team setting. You will receive clinical supervision from an experienced art psychotherapist, line management support from within the art psychotherapy service, access to training and development opportunities, and have the chance to develop your career within a dynamic team. We welcome candidates who are motivated, dynamic, and forward-thinking. We are a diverse team that thrives on developing new opportunities and offering high-quality, creative art psychotherapy interventions to people experiencing complex and persistent mental health difficulties, many of whom have experienced trauma, abuse, and adverse childhood experiences. About Us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing, and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation. Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to ensure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive, and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you. Job Responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities, please view the attached job description and person specification. Person Specification
Qualifications; Personal
MA Art Psychotherapy HCPC Registration Openness to the supervisory relationship and to team or professional colleague support systems Experience of delivering specialist art psychotherapy assessments/interventions in the field of mental health Resilience in dealing with sustained emotional impacts, experienced in work settings from a variety of sources. Experience of supervising others Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Consultant/Head of Arts Psychotherapies £46,148 to £52,809 a year, per annum, pro rata
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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
If you are an Art Psychotherapist looking to develop your experience within a vibrant, growing team of Arts Psychotherapists, read on. We are advertising a 12-month fixed-term role within the community art psychotherapy team, which sits within our Trust-wide Arts Psychotherapies Service. In recent years, the team has grown significantly, and we are proud to offer a career structure from entry-level to Consultant Art Psychotherapist. You will be located in the South hub (based at Longbridge) in a busy Community Mental Health Team setting, working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of clinical staff as part of the Art Psychotherapy Community Team and wider Arts Psychotherapies Service in the Trust. Main Duties of the Job
Developing and informing referral pathways, facilitating a range of art psychotherapy interventions to individuals and groups, providing consultation to other clinical staff, and working as part of the MDT within the community mental health team setting. You will receive clinical supervision from an experienced art psychotherapist, line management support from within the art psychotherapy service, access to training and development opportunities, and have the chance to develop your career within a dynamic team. We welcome candidates who are motivated, dynamic, and forward-thinking. We are a diverse team that thrives on developing new opportunities and offering high-quality, creative art psychotherapy interventions to people experiencing complex and persistent mental health difficulties, many of whom have experienced trauma, abuse, and adverse childhood experiences. About Us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing, and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation. Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to ensure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive, and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you. Job Responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities, please view the attached job description and person specification. Person Specification
Qualifications; Personal
MA Art Psychotherapy HCPC Registration Openness to the supervisory relationship and to team or professional colleague support systems Experience of delivering specialist art psychotherapy assessments/interventions in the field of mental health Resilience in dealing with sustained emotional impacts, experienced in work settings from a variety of sources. Experience of supervising others Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Consultant/Head of Arts Psychotherapies £46,148 to £52,809 a year, per annum, pro rata
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