Specialist Art TherapistNHS

Job summary

Job Summary:

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

o Provide assessment and intervention across teams within the SBU

o 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:

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

o Provide assessment and intervention for individuals and groups

o Provide clinical supervision to Art Psychotherapists

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

Job description

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

About us

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. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.