Art Therapist

Job Title – Art Therapist Contract – Permanent Hours - Up to 35 hours per week (we would consider applicants that wish to work 4 days) Salary - £31,500 per annum Location – Coram Campus, Bloomsbury, London About Coram Coram Parenting and Creative Therapy Service is an exciting and innovative place to work, offering art and music therapy, therapeutic parenting, drama therapy, clinical psychology, and family therapy to children in schools, at home, and at our dedicated creative therapies building on the Coram Campus. We work with children and young people in schools providing creative therapies to help build resilience, strengthen relational and self-awareness skills, and reduce mental health challenges. We also have expertise in adapting this work when working with children with neuro-diversity and children with special educational needs. We are currently hiring for our creative therapy interventions in London schools (Camden and Lambeth) and our therapeutic work with adopted and special guardianship order (SGO) children and families in our Coram centre. We work within diverse communities and consciously challenge ourselves and our practice, seeking at all times to develop opportunities for anti-racist practice. We want to reflect the communities we serve and welcome applications from therapists who come from global majority communities. About the Role We are seeking an art therapist to carry out work across several of our projects, including creative therapy interventions in schools (Camden or Lambeth) and provide creative therapy in our Coram centre with adopted and SGO children and their families. The therapist will be able to work autonomously, manage their own caseload, and have experience of working with children and their families. You will receive supervision, support from a multi-disciplinary team, and participate in weekly group clinical reflections and team meetings. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic art therapist, with experience working with children and families in schools or with adopted/SGO children, and working within different contexts. If you wish to discuss the role further, please contact: To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application. Closing date: Thursday 6th February at 9am Interviews: TBC Coram (entity) is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean, and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. We recognize we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Registered Charity No. 312278.

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