Band 7 Art Psychotherapist - Community Art Psychotherapy TeamJob Summary: If you are an Art Psychotherapist looking to develop your experience within a vibrant, growing team of Arts Psychotherapists, this is a 12 month fixed term role within the community art psychotherapy team that sits within the Trust-wide Arts Psychotherapies Service. The team has grown significantly and offers 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 and being part of the Art Psychotherapy Community Team and wider Arts Psychotherapies Service in the Trust.

Location: South hub (Longbridge), in a busy Community Mental Health Team setting.

Main dutiesDeveloping 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 in a busy community mental health team setting.

We welcome candidates who are motivated, dynamic and forward thinking. We are a diverse team who thrive 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 UsWelcome 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, with areas of deprivation and rising demand. We are a compassionate, inclusive team working to provide excellent care.

DetailsDate posted: 28 August 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per year, pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 436-7401254

Job locations: Northcroft CMHT, 190 Reservoir Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6DW

Job DescriptionJob responsibilities: For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Person SpecificationQualifications; 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

Post qualifying experience of working in Adult Mental Health Services

Desirable

Experience of supervising others

Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams

Notes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a DBS disclosure will be required.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

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