Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for two Art Psychotherapist to join the Art Psychotherapy Team, which is part of the Complex Psychological Interventions Team (CPI) in Bristol.



One post is permanent at 22.50 Hours.



One post is fixed term for 9 months at 30 hours



You would be joining the CPI Team, which is an established team of Arts Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologists Psychotherapists and Psychological Therapists



Both post holder will be based at Petherton Resource Centre offering a service to clients from the south area of Bristol. You will be providing assessments, psychological formulation, planning and implementing individual and group art psychotherapy sessions within community services.



We are looking for someone who is a qualified Art Psychotherapist with HCPC registration.

We are looking for someone with the following skills:

Excellent communication and engagement skills, who can work autonomously whilst enjoying being an integrated member of the arts psychotherapy and CPI Team.

Someone with a particular interest in working in a community setting, bringing energy to work psychologically within this part of our service.

Someone able to plan and implement individual and group therapy session and input into service users integrated care programmes.

Someone that is able to offer supervision and consultation to other Art Psychotherapists and staff within multidisciplinary teams.

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust:

a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.



We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.



Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees.



AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture.



At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.



Detailed job description and main responsibilities here.



To be a valued member of the South CPI Team, Arts Psychotherapy CPI Team and working with recovery clinical teams. Also working as an autonomous clinical practitioner, planning and providing an Art Psychotherapy service within own area of practice in line with AWP strategies. Inputting into the development of new strategies when needed. To providing highly specialist Art Psychotherapy treatment and ongoing evaluation. To offer clinical supervision and consultation. To support and engage in research and audits for service development.



Skills and Qualities



Compassion and empathy for service users with complex mental health difficulties



Great communication and understanding on multidisciplinary working



Ability to advocate for psychological approaches and art psychotherapy within a team



Skills in continual development and application of treatment approaches within the profession of arts psychotherapy



Excellent skills in psychological assessment, formulation and intervention



Interest in working with diversity and difference